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joelkarpowitz's review
4.0
Really great and unusual story. My first exposure to Swamp Thing. Guess I should track down the Moore books next.
thebeardedpoet's review
5.0
It's beautiful. It's horrific. Exciting. And heartbreaking. It's an epic! It reminded me of how I felt when I read Y the Last Man, enthralled and exhausted, eager to find out what happens, but not really wanting it to end. No, it's not perfect. There are a couple scenes where snap decisions are made, where there's not enough build-up or turmoil. But for the most part, everything seemed just right.
apageinthestacks's review
5.0
Actual rating: 4.5/5.
What bumped this up to five stars for me was how unexpected it was. Granted, Scott Snyder's one of my all time favorite authors (period--including prose-only authors), but Paquette isn't my favorite artist and I've never read any Swamp Thing. I knew people loved his character, and I knew there were good stories out there (Alan Moore's run, for example), but it was never all that high on my to-read list.
That is, until DC created this lovely Deluxe Edition of Snyder's run. And it was great--it kept my interest the whole way, and I'm really invested in the Swamp Thing character. I really hope they collect Soule's run in a nice Deluxe edition as well.
What bumped this up to five stars for me was how unexpected it was. Granted, Scott Snyder's one of my all time favorite authors (period--including prose-only authors), but Paquette isn't my favorite artist and I've never read any Swamp Thing. I knew people loved his character, and I knew there were good stories out there (Alan Moore's run, for example), but it was never all that high on my to-read list.
That is, until DC created this lovely Deluxe Edition of Snyder's run. And it was great--it kept my interest the whole way, and I'm really invested in the Swamp Thing character. I really hope they collect Soule's run in a nice Deluxe edition as well.
joshbrown's review against another edition
4.0
Cool mix of Snyder's superhero and horror tendencies. I haven't read any Swamp Thing before so it took some adjusting to the mythology, but this was a decent entry point.
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