He's always been my fave since i was 4 watching his movie on video to buying his comics since, hell i even saw Return of Swamp Thing in theaters when i was 7 turning 8, had the toys and watched his cartoon with live-action show.
Me too.The new Swamp Thing/Animal Man series were probably my favorites of the New 52.
Is it that they're that good or the others that bad?The new Swamp Thing/Animal Man series were probably my favorites of the New 52.
Aside from Batman, who's my favorite fictional character period, Swamp Thing is definitely my favorite DC character. I would put Alan Moore's work on Saga of the Swamp Thing up against almost any other work of literature. Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson's seminal work is also really fun, and I'm enjoying Snyder's run as well. Even the leaner years of the character's history are worth reading just because he's so damn interesting. I would give a hand to see a film adaptation of the character that borrowed heavily from his early years and Moore's stories directed (ideally) by Guillermo del Toro with top notch creature effects from Rick Baker.
I don't know how the early Swamp Thing can be said to be more powerful than during Moore's run considering Moore essentially revealed Swampy to be an elemental god (and actually uses a lot of the same ideas he later explored with Dr. Manhattan.)
But yes some definition of powers is certainly needed at this point. What exactly is the benefit of having the living human Alec inside the Swamp Thing. What makes him this legendary warrior king?
Is it that they're that good or the others that bad?
I think it was issue 3 of Snyder's run, where one of the Parliament members was explaining to Alec that had Alec not died in the blast that resulted in him being Swamp Thing, he would have been much more powerful than he was. If i recall correctly, it had something to do with the necessary fusion of green and flesh, that they were dependent on one another.
As far as I know, up to issue 12 atleast, Snyder never really bothered to explore this. Swamp Thing could grow wings, fly, and shoot vines out of his ass, but that was really it. But nothing about that really conveyed "Elemental God!".