Tomorrow Stories #10

Alan Moore's anthology series hits issue #10 with a cover by Kevin Nowlan that captures the spirit of tabloid absurdity perfectly — young, bespectacled Jack B. Quick comes face-to-face (literally nose-to-nose) with a looming, grey extraterrestrial, the headline blaring "Jack B. Quick Abducts Alien!!" in true supermarket-checkout style. The cover also teases stories featuring Greyshirt, the First American, and Cobweb, each announced with the same gleeful mock-gossip energy that makes Tomorrow Stories such a distinctive corner of America's Best Comics. Nowlan handles both pencils and inks here, and the close-up confrontation between the wide-eyed boy inventor and his otherworldly guest has a wonderfully deadpan charm that sets the tone for the issue's sense of humor.