Official Swamp Thing Thread

[Movies205]

You've been saying that for a loooong time

The watchmen came along... And the crazy marv... And before those two was our favorite green archer... Too much to read and so little money

As for the current story I like how they're returning to the swamp with a small horror tale I think that what Swamp Thing needs to get back to it's roots(no pun intended)

 

[Platypusplaya]

no offense to anyone but alan moore killed swampthing for me, i was very content with swamp thing being a misfit of science and not a divine guardian

 

[Eric Draven]

Heh...I kinda expected it, but guess what Swamp Thing villain is coming back in issue 10?

 

[Movies205]

Oy His first appearance was he wanted to switch bodies with Swamp Thing, I forgot what was his second appearance about?

 

[Eric Draven]

I dunno. But the guy is always dying and always coming back to life. When Sargon first came back, I was expecting Arcane's return as well in the future. I hope this time they actually give a proper explanation for this return

 

[Movies205]

Yeah, then again sometime mystery works? There putting out the first of Veitch's run on TPB

 

[Eric Draven]

Mystery Shmystery. That was a huge cop-out. Sargon had an appropriate fate. And for him to come back to life without any explanation is pretty sloppy IMO. I mean, I hear all the time about people *****ing about characters coming back to life with no explanation, how is this any different?

 

[Movies205]

Really depends on the story, when it involves magic there's a lot more lee-way as oppose to someone like Superman or Green Lantern coming back.

 

[Themanofbat]

Arcane's back, eh?

Let's hope they can make it a doozy of a stroy....

 

[Eric Draven]

Yeah me too.

I kinda lost count of how many times he's died and come back to life

 

[Eric Draven]

After a pretty interesting issue number 7, issue number 8 was such a huge mess


Such an interesting premise in the previous issue was so ruined by this issue by suddenly making

Spoiler

the butler some kind of angel or something. Hell, I don't even know what's going on anymore

.

Oh god, I hope the new writer can do something good with this series....

 

[Movies205]

You've been saying that for a loooong time

MOO HAHA! I just ordered Swamp Thing Vol. 2-5!!! And it only took me 6 months

 

[John Constantine]

Good for you

I have the entire run right now

Yes, I even got all of the issues by Veitch (which were pretty cool) and Wheeler (which sucked big time. I think I got a huge headache reading his first 5 issues)

 

[Movies205]

Good for you

I have the entire run right now

Yes, I even got all of the issues by Veitch (which were pretty cool) and Wheeler (which sucked big time. I think I got a huge headache reading his first 5 issues)

There selling the swampy jesus script on ebay I'm tempted to buy it I love swampy so badly so after I buy Volume 6 and 7, what else should I buy?

 

[John Constantine]

There are probably some places on the internet where you can probably view that story for free. I know because I found a place where I could read the banned Warren Ellis issue. Maybe look around first before you buy it

I dunno what to buy next though. Hellblazer maybe But Swamp Thing is barely in that book.

 

[Movies205]

There are probably some places on the internet where you can probably view that story for free. I know because I found a place where I could read the banned Warren Ellis issue. Maybe look around first before you buy it

I dunno what to buy next though. Hellblazer maybe But Swamp Thing is barely in that book.

I probably make the jump to hellblazer next And you're probably right, and what warren ellis issue are you talking about?

 

[John Constantine]

Basically, the same thing that happened with Veitch and Swamp Thing happened with Ellis and Hellblazer.

 

[Movies205]

I believe you recommended I pick up Dangerous Confessions as my first Hellblazer TPB?

 

[Themanofbat]

I'd recommend "Dangerous Habits" to ANYONE looking to buy a HellBlazer TPB.

 

[Movies205]

I'm currently looking into picking up Fallen Angel 1-17 and Runaways 1-18, since the word of mouth on both has been excellent, and with Swamp Thing Volumes 2-5 on the way... Eh what the hell I could squeeze in some Hellblazer, it's got be good if it's got the JackCool Seal of Approval and also a TMOB recommendation

 

[Themanofbat]

Well, issue #10 came out yesterday, but I haven't read it yet.

Anyone still getting this book?

 

[Movies205]

It's decent but the book has tottally lost touch with what I love about Swamp Thing, and what Alan Moore did for the book that this is some Plant who thinks he's human but never will be human nor was he ever human, now he just walks around mumbling stupid ****

 

[John Constantine]

The latest issue was definitely an improvement over the previous one (Tefe a lesbian...WTF?). I'm still not liking the way they brought back Arcane. But, it's really not as bad of a read as issue 9 was.

 

[Movies205]

Volume 2-5 I have just came in, Oh Snap! I'm going to go read Volume 1 again, and then 2-5!

Edit: On second though I'm just going read volume 2

 

[John Constantine]

I would actually recommend reading volume 1 again. Just so you can remember what went on before because stuff in volume 2 does reference what happened in volume 1.

P.S. Did you ever see John Constantine's cameo appearance in the first Swamp Thing TPB?