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reickel's review
1.0
I'm trying to do Swamp Thing right, so I read Wein and Wrightson's original run, and then with Moore's iconic run starting with Saga of the Swamp Thing #20, I'd read 1-19 in this convenient volume.
I wish I had not.
I do not recommend. Even to completionists. The original run is a much better ramp into the character, and even it doesn't hold up to modern standards. Gutting through this volume was unpleasant, and I considered throwing in the towel a few different times.
I wish I had not.
I do not recommend. Even to completionists. The original run is a much better ramp into the character, and even it doesn't hold up to modern standards. Gutting through this volume was unpleasant, and I considered throwing in the towel a few different times.
bstratton's review
3.0
This era of Swamp Thing is ambitious, but it quickly gets tangled in a web of plot threads that slow the progress to a crawl. Some great moment-to-moment scenes, but as a whole, it unfortunately doesn't quite add up.
And then, in the last few issues, Steve Bissette and John Totleben show up to take over the art duties, and suddenly it’s amazing. (And, of course, You-Know-Who starts writing the book as soon as these issues are over.)
Seeing where the book was at before Bissette, Totleben, Moore, and Veitch took over makes me respect their contributions even more. If that’s the era of SWAMP THING that you enjoy most, I don’t know if you’ll get much out of this one until the very end. But it is interesting from a historical perspective.
And then, in the last few issues, Steve Bissette and John Totleben show up to take over the art duties, and suddenly it’s amazing. (And, of course, You-Know-Who starts writing the book as soon as these issues are over.)
Seeing where the book was at before Bissette, Totleben, Moore, and Veitch took over makes me respect their contributions even more. If that’s the era of SWAMP THING that you enjoy most, I don’t know if you’ll get much out of this one until the very end. But it is interesting from a historical perspective.
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