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james_desantis 's review for:
Saga of the Swamp Thing
by Alan Moore
New Review 2024 - Well damn. I loved this entire thing. I disagree with old me, the last story wraps up great, and really helps flush out the supernatural elements here. While the first story is more grounded, both serve the exact purpose. I loved this entire book, a 5 out of 5.
Old Review 2020: Welp, it took me forever to get to this but damn was it good.
So the first two issues are really the best part of this run so far (not to say the rest is bad of course) but man the emotions. It starts off a bit shaky, Swamp Thing weeping for his loss, but then we get into a hunt where he is shot to death. Upon awakening he learns the truth, Holland had died years ago, and the plants have his memories. So is he the man turned monster, or the monster turned man? This is what the rest of the run focuses on answering. The next few issues you get to learn a lot about Holland, Abby, trying to fit into a world as a monster, saving children who've been hurt, and more. It's a great character piece and now it might be my favorite Moore comic so far.
My only negative is the last story gets wrapped up a bit too quick and the start of the entire collection is picking up from someone else's story so can feel a bit shaky too. But besides that I really dug a lot of this and expect this run to only get better.
A 4.5 out of 5.
Old Review 2020: Welp, it took me forever to get to this but damn was it good.
So the first two issues are really the best part of this run so far (not to say the rest is bad of course) but man the emotions. It starts off a bit shaky, Swamp Thing weeping for his loss, but then we get into a hunt where he is shot to death. Upon awakening he learns the truth, Holland had died years ago, and the plants have his memories. So is he the man turned monster, or the monster turned man? This is what the rest of the run focuses on answering. The next few issues you get to learn a lot about Holland, Abby, trying to fit into a world as a monster, saving children who've been hurt, and more. It's a great character piece and now it might be my favorite Moore comic so far.
My only negative is the last story gets wrapped up a bit too quick and the start of the entire collection is picking up from someone else's story so can feel a bit shaky too. But besides that I really dug a lot of this and expect this run to only get better.
A 4.5 out of 5.