Spectral #6
In "La leçon d'anatomie," Alan Moore, Stephen R. Bissette, and John Totleben deliver a chilling exploration of identity and memory, as Jason Woodrue is brought in to dissect the truth behind Swamp Thing’s transformation. What begins as a clinical inquiry into Alec Holland’s metamorphosis unravels into something far more unsettling—revealing that the creature’s sense of self may be built on a foundation of mistaken memory. Tom Yeates’ cover captures the eerie precision of the moment, matching the story’s unsettling tone.
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General Sunderland hires Jason Woodrue to examine Swamp Thing and determine how Alec Holland became the monster, but Woodrue discovers that Swamp Thing only thinks that he was Alec Holland. When Sunderland fires Woodrue, the scientist allows Swamp Thing to take revenge on Sunderland for the both of them.
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