Reviews - Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing

Alan Moore’s insurgent takedown of DC from within its hallowed halls. The way he manages to balance between full on superhero narrative and environmental cosmic horror yarn is impressive. The Monkey King is terrifying. Floronic Man deserves his own title. The cameo of the Justice League, the over-men, is an all-timer.

ethaninglis72's review against another edition

4.0

Great shit. Just my type of thing: only note was some sketchy stuff with autistic kids but that’s more an artifact of the time it was written.

maxerblaster's review against another edition

4.0

Normally I post well thought out reviews but all I can say about this comic is holy crap. I desperately need more of this series after reading this book.

thomas_edmund's review against another edition

4.0

Swamp Thing has been one of those superheroes(?) that I have been aware of for some time, but never read read any of. Eventually I got my chance with THE SAGA OF THE SWAP THING. One this I can say is Swampy is certainly different. Part ecological, part humanistic, all original much unlike your typical (although would one ever expect otherwise from Moore?)

jeffreyisaacpincus's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jackoboymanperson's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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