Swamp Thing's ken is more damp and murky than Doctor Manhattan's, but that provides a great chance to show off Moore's skill at horror and metaphysics. In his 1986 classic Watchmen, Doctor Manhattan screws around with physics and encounters Swamp Thing's elemental relativism up close and personal, as he exiles himself to Mars to wonder whether or not the stupid human race, always at war with itself, is worth saving. But Moore made a career of bringing heroes to heel. 'Ever since we first encountered Woodrue, he's lost every battle he fought.' 'This is ridiculous,' Flash complains to Superman and crew, as things get ugly between Floronic Man and Swamp Thing. 24 finale only concede that they are out of their element. 21 exhumes the minor Atom foe Jason Woodrue, known as Floronic Man, for a diabolical four-issue arc packed with gore, philosophy, allusion, surrealism and even the Justice League, which Moore brings into the issue No. Moore's now-legendary run on Swamp Thing breathed life into characters old and new. By the time it is over, Swamp Thing is killed so he can be reborn.Īnd it's not just him. On one page, an addled redneck name-drops Nicholas Roeg's bizarro thriller Don't Look Now on another, Swamp Thing soliloquizes at length like Hamlet pondering Yorick's skull.

It's an action-packed debut, intensified by experimentation in layout and pacing, and shot through with Moore's humor and gravitas.

Moore went right to work raising the stakes on 'Loose Ends,' creating the corporate mercenaries of Sunderland, whose lethal pursuit and attempted murder of Swamp Thing, and pretty much everyone associated with self Alec Holland (his former human), shoved aside the more personal intrigue of previous Swamp Thing issues. In 1983, this revolutionary English writer joined a trio of trailblazing American artists and by the time they’d finished their work four years later, Swamp Thing was universally recognized as one of the handful of titles that defined a new era of complexity and depth in modern graphic storytelling.Change comics for good, Swamp Thing. This first volume includes the issues The Saga Of The Swamp Thing #20-34 and Swamp Thing Annual #2 and features a monumental new afterword from Bissette accompanied by a wealth of historic behind-the-scenes material from the title’s original creative team. Comprising three deluxe hardcover volumes, Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore debuts completely new coloring for every page, crafted exclusively for this definitive collector’s edition by legendary color artist Steve Oliff ( Akira, Miracleman). NowDC Comics and Vertigo present an all-new vision of this landmark achievement. comic book market with the revitalization of the horror comic book Swamp Thing.

Pin-Up & Adult –You must be 18 or olderīefore the groundbreaking graphic novel Watchmen, Alan Moore made his debut in the U.S.

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