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Swamp Thing Vol. 1

Saga of the Swamp Thing

By Alan Moore

(17)

| Paperback | 9780930289225

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After throughly enjoying book 3 in this series I felt a little disappointed by 4. There were some great moments, when they finally got to the coven who were trying to bring about the end of the world, the betrayal, but the earlier part of the collection just felt a little disjointed and slow. It fel ... (continue)

After throughly enjoying book 3 in this series I felt a little disappointed by 4. There were some great moments, when they finally got to the coven who were trying to bring about the end of the world, the betrayal, but the earlier part of the collection just felt a little disjointed and slow. It felt like a little bit like the writers were too contrained by Big Crossover Event happening and not able to get on with things at their own pace. I must admit I'm currently finding Constantine to be a bit boring. He doesn't really do much besides show up and be a know all who doesn't reveal anything. I'm having a hard time seeing why he became such a popular character. (Dare I say that Jamie Delano did a better job of developing him than the Great Bearded One?). I think my biggest problem with this was there wasn't enough monsters and too many superheros and it felt like going over old territory a little with the trip back to hell. Two collections left of the series though and I will definitely finish it. I'm glad I decided to read the series I think book 3 just set my expectations a bit too high so that I ended up being let down by this one.

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Robot-mel said on May 4, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

I'm continuing to enjoy Swamp Thing. I must say I was a little dissappointed that the evil flies that returned were a previously defeated villian, it just felt a bit too much like a comic book cliche. But apart from that it was a very creepy story to start out the collection. I'm really liking Abi, ... (continue)

I'm continuing to enjoy Swamp Thing. I must say I was a little dissappointed that the evil flies that returned were a previously defeated villian, it just felt a bit too much like a comic book cliche. But apart from that it was a very creepy story to start out the collection. I'm really liking Abi, even when she doesn't do much. Swamp thing's descent into hell to save her was very sweet. The story about the cute little aliens felt a little out of place after such a dark adventure! But it was quite funny. I loved the visit to Cain and Abel, I was amused to learn that it was Moore and not Gaiman who'd given them their Biblical associations, as they were two of my favourites in Sandman. And the last story of psychadelic love between woman and plant was pure brilliant Moore that was very sweet and lovely! Not quite as lovely as the end of the world in Promethea but still very nice! Unfortunately the third book in the series seems quite hard to find for some reason so waiting patiently for the new year to order it then.

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Robot-mel said on Dec 13, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback