Saga of the Swamp Thing Book 1

Title: Saga of the Swamp Thing Book 1

Creators: Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, John Totleben

Page Count: 208

Cover Price: $24.99 – Hardcover

$19.99 – Paperback

Release Date: February 10, 2009 (Hardcover), April 10, 2012 (Paperback)

Collects: Saga of the Swamp Thing #20-27

Review: I’d never read any Swamp Thing before.  Heard good things about it, but I’d never actually read it.  Wow, was I missing out.

After reading this first volume, it puts a lot of things in place.  The way I see it, more than a couple of comics that came after this, were trying their best to rip off themes and narrative devices originated in this series.  And again, the original is still the best.

I was immediately sucked into this book, and it turned out to be a real page-turner.  The action never stopped.  This is the first edition of this book, which has been in print on and off since the late 80’s, to include Alan Moore’s first issue, #20.  The issue had always been left out of collections due to it wrapping up the previous storyline, but while it did that, it also laid the ground work for many future stories.  I didn’t feel lost for a minute while reading that issue.

And the art… the art is absolutely stunning, perfectly fitting into Moore’s moody writing.

To say that I’m looking forward to the second paperback volume would be an understatement.   It’s going to be a long wait until October.

Summary:  Amazing start to what I hope will be an amazing series.

Overall: 4.5 out of 5