A review by cesspool_princess
Swamp Thing, Vol. 5: Earth to Earth by Alan Moore

4.0

Let me ask u this girlies: is a woman dating a sentient plant god a queer relationship??? According to Louisiana who tried charging our girl Abby with "crimes against nature" it sure is ! Anyway this was a rly rly fun one for a few reasons: we get to see ST put new powers to use, we see just how insanely powerful he is and ALSO we see him totally take over and rewild gotham, we see the social and cultural consequences of this as well whew. I feel here we get some interesting commentary on how the hippy generation ended up, on intolerance (could be read through queer or interracial lens) but most of all this shit was just so satisfying and cathartic. First of all Swamp Thing fucking MOPS batman, like beats the breaks off him, beats him so bad he literally goes and cries about it. That shit was so satisfying. Also just seeing the gritty urbanism of Gotham be transformed into pure jungle with fruits and berries growing everywhere was so cool, seeing how Gotham's citizenry reacted to this change was also sick. This is also one of the most visually stunning volumes with some of the most iconic panels of swamp thing period. Finally we get the most scary swamp thing "death" to date with him getting completely ejected from the Green. The final chapter where he tries to reconstruct his life out of the blue on that random moon was very well done, underrated in my opinion. Overall just a very satisfying and fun volume. Not like the best of the best but just below that.