Saga of the Swamp Thing

An apocalyptic volume which builds on the themes introduced in previous volumes to provide a climax worthy of the grand realignment that was happening in DC comics at the time. It's telling that instead of hewing to the strict morality of traditional comics, the swamp thing offers us something far more nuanced that it isn't even sure of itself.

The art is unreliable, some of it painful, but then there are panels like the close up of the thing imbued with South American flora that stand with the best of the series so far.

Somehow Moore has packed this schlocky monster pulp with classical allusions and ornate psychedelia. Better than you might expect it to be, but perhaps a little dated. Though even by today's standards the subject matter is somewhat, err, controversial.

It's the wrap up issue for the previous run and the start of Moore's run. Not bad, but not great either. I will continue to give the series a try.