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rmcgoran 's review for:
Saga of the Swamp Thing
by Alan Moore
Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing is pretty much universally recognised as a brilliant series. So I was hesitant to pick it up as it was before my time and my knowledge of Swamp Thing was limited. But I throughly enjoyed it. I’m grateful for what this series allowed Alan Moore to achieve in comics following on from this. Alan Moore showed what was possible with comics. They could be more poetically and beautifully written. He turned a generic monster story into something more powerful and nuanced. The comics code had made stories watered down or more melodramatic but Moore was able to capture something more real and human in his work. I think this book throws you into the story so it is possibly better to read/google what came before to have some context. He also changed the origin of the character opening up a world of possibilities that I can’t wait to explore. I feel the series will getter better now that I have read the first book and better know Swamp Thing.