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[Punchy]

Wow, that was one dense comic, a lot of information was doled out here, and I’m still processing it. Being a relative Swamp Thing neophyte, a lot of it went over my head, but it seems like there’s this big threat coming, and Alec Holland needs to become Swamp Thing in order to defeat it, and the last time he was Swamp Thing was a failure because he actually died. Right? Right. Snyder is walking a difficult tightrope here because the stuff Alan Moore revealed in ‘The Anatomy Lesson’ is basically sacrosanct, but I feel he’s done a good job in keeping what Moore did and also adding to it. I’m certainly intrigued by what kind of Swamp Thing Holland will eventually become, or if he will at all! Even if some readers were a bit flummoxed by this one, it still had fantastic artwork from Yanick Paquette, who really cuts loose here with some exciting and unusual panel layouts. And the ending is an exciting and scary action scene that makes up for the wordiness. A great ending too, Alec was warned to stay away from Abby Arcane, so what’s her agenda?

[Chris]

Wow, that was one dense comic, a lot of information was doled out here, and I’m still processing it. Being a relative Swamp Thing neophyte, a lot of it went over my head, but it seems like there’s this big threat coming, and Alec Holland needs to become Swamp Thing in order to defeat it, and the last time he was Swamp Thing was a failure because he actually died. Right? Right. Snyder is walking a difficult tightrope here because the stuff Alan Moore revealed in ‘The Anatomy Lesson’ is basically sacrosanct, but I feel he’s done a good job in keeping what Moore did and also adding to it. I’m certainly intrigued by what kind of Swamp Thing Holland will eventually become, or if he will at all! Even if some readers were a bit flummoxed by this one, it still had fantastic artwork from Yanick Paquette, who really cuts loose here with some exciting and unusual panel layouts. And the ending is an exciting and scary action scene that makes up for the wordiness. A great ending too, Alec was warned to stay away from Abby Arcane, so what’s her agenda?

No.. there was no last time. Alec Holland was never Swamp Thing. That's the point of the issue. He died before he could become Swamp Thing as he was fated to.

The Swamp Thing we've known up to now was just a creation of The Green.


Anyway, I loved this issue. I loved the developments. I love that Snyder and Lemire seem to be tying their runs together on this and Animal Man.

[Punchy]

No.. there was no last time. Alec Holland was never Swamp Thing. That's the point of the issue. He died before he could become Swamp Thing as he was fated to.

The Swamp Thing we've known up to now was just a creation of The Green.


Anyway, I loved this issue. I loved the developments. I love that Snyder and Lemire seem to be tying their runs together on this and Animal Man.

Yeah, but he remembers being that Swamp Thing.

[Chris]

Yeah, but he remembers being that Swamp Thing.

Well, that's part of the mystery Snyder is working with, yes.

[Victorian Squid]

Abby's a plant-fucker.

[ReturnoftheMack]

The Green needs to STFU. Talk about a wordy comic.

[Chris]

I like that.

I'd rather have that than $4 comics that I can finish in two minutes.

[Victorian Squid]

Hmm...the set-ups for both Swamp Thing and Animal Man stumbled just a little bit in how information loads were dealt to readers in their respective second issues. Lots of exposition in both, probably it just means Lemire and Snyder are eager to get things going. I liked ST a little better this month than AM.

[Victorian Squid]

We should just have one thread to talk about both Swamp Thing and Animal Man.

[Punchy]

We should just have one thread to talk about both Swamp Thing and Animal Man.

Why? The connections weren't that massive to my mind.

[ReturnoftheMack]

I like that.

I'd rather have that than $4 comics that I can finish in two minutes.

If it's a good story, it doesn't matter how much dialogue is in it.

[Victorian Squid]

Why? The connections weren't that massive to my mind.

And just what is massive to your mind?

[Punchy]

And just what is massive to your mind?

I dunno, something a bit more overt than just both mentioning 'The Red'.

Besides, Animal Man is the Review Group book, and we never go off-topic there!

[Victorian Squid]

I dunno, something a bit more overt than just both mentioning 'The Red'.

Besides, Animal Man is the Review Group book, and we never go off-topic there!

Oh it is?

Jerks.

I'll start a thread about it later then.

[Chris]

If it's a good story, it doesn't matter how much dialogue is in it.

I like to have my money's worth.

But this is a good story.