In 1983, a revolutionary English writer joined a trio of trailblazing American artists to revitalize a longstanding comic book icon. Moores classic, critically acclaimed Swamp Thing stories are now collected with brand-new coloring in Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore Vol. comic book market with the revitalization of the horror comic book Swamp Thing. Book Synopsis Before the groundbreaking graphic novel Watchmen, Alan Moore made his debut in the U.S.
It had its ups and downs but I always find it interesting to go back snd read the roots (pun intended) of a character.About the Book Swamp Thing created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. And seeing as I've never seen the movie but want to, I don't want it spoiled. I did not read the annual at the end because it's literally just the Swamp Thing movie from the 80s in comic form. Especially because Stephen Bissette replaces Yeates om the interiors. However things pick up pretty fast from there fortunately and Pasko's run actually ends on a high note for me. The lack luster story (imo) combined with the lackluster art made for a hard read for me to issue thirteen. Not saying that Yeates' art was bad, but there was a noticeable decline. It didn't make it any better that art in the book went that of Wrightson and Redondo to Tom Yeates. There is a plot point that gets picked up in issue one that is the main arc by the end in issue thirteen and it just fell completely flat with me. It set up a lot of interesting story plots and was actually really good at keeping me engaged.then everything felt like it just dragged on. I liked Martin Pasko's run in the beginning. Here's where what I say might be a little controversial for some. one with a two issue story that does nothing of note.Įnter Saga of the Swamp Thing. Nestor Redondo comes in to finish up Wein's run and if you ask me his art was just as good as Wrightson's.ĭavid Michelinie comes in next and although some of his stories were fun, they end up just retracing the same steps that Wein had already laid out so it got repetitive after a while. Bernie Wrightson just enhanced it even more with absolutely beautiful artwork that would hold up in any time period. His "Monster of Month" style mixed with the overarching "who killed Alec and Linda" story was so enjoyable. Wein has a very modern and creative writing style that not only made it enjoyable but also interesting. I was afraid that maybe since this run took place during the 70s that it would be a little difficult for me to read through but to my surprise I was wrong. Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson's run was easily my favorite of the entire book. Decided to go back to the character's root and I was not disappointed. My first introduction into Swamp Thing comics were during Ram V's run and I absolutely loved it. So I was super excited to pick this bad boy up and read it.
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