The Roots of Vertigo are set.
Alan Moore's Swamp Thing is ground breaking. It is the first series to discard the Comic Code Authority and just tell stories for grown ups. All Mature stories are Rooted in Swamp Thing.
This volume Alan Moore destroys Swamp Thing, just to reconstruct him. This idea of changing the old character to and creating new ones from them, would inspire Neil Gaiman to create his world beloved Sandman series.
Horror comics hit new heights with Alan Moore pushing the limits of comics, creating what would later become DC's Vertigo Universe. Which that would turn into an imprint which has set the standard for mature comics today.
Okay, enough of selling the series. This Volume introduces us to Alan Moore's Swamp Thing. He literally cuts up the main character to show how he ticks. Genius!
Many mature topics would be explored in this series, this it the first of a long string of great Swamp Thing Books.
If you have never read Swamp Thing, but have Read Neil Gaiman's Sandman, you need to read this. It is classic Vertigo and the reason we can be happy that comics have grown up. So I thank Alan Moore for planting the seeds of the future so early in the 80s. Now the more then 20 years later, this book is still relevant and has set the true template of what can be done with comics.
Cheers!
- Silkcuts
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