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Swamp Thing #[1]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis volume collects the first six issues of Alan Moore's landmark run on Swamp Thing, beginning with 'The Anatomy Lesson' and redefining the character as a plant elemental rather than a man transformed. Moore's sophisticated, horror-tinged storytelling, paired with artists like Stephen Bissette and John Totleben, elevated the series into a critically acclaimed exploration of ecology, identity, and the supernatural. It includes issues #20-27 of the original 1982 series, which were retroactively numbered as part of the 1987 series.
In "Book One: The Anatomy Lesson," General Sunderland commissions Jason Woodrue to dissect the truth behind Swamp Thing’s transformation, seeking to understand how Alec Holland became the creature. As Woodrue probes the swamp’s secrets, he uncovers a chilling revelation: Swamp Thing believes he is Holland, but the truth may be far more complicated. When Sunderland dismisses him, Woodrue’s research sets off a chain of consequences that will leave the general’s fate in the hands of the very monster he sought to control.
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↩ Reprints The Saga of Swamp Thing #21 (1984), The Saga of Swamp Thing #22 (1984), The Saga of Swamp Thing #23 (1984), The Saga of Swamp Thing #24 (1984), The Saga of Swamp Thing #25 (1984), The Saga of Swamp Thing #26 (1984), The Saga of Swamp Thing #27 (1984)
Reprinted in Swamp Thing #1 (2003), Saga of the Swamp Thing #1 (2009), Saga of the Swamp Thing #1 (2012), DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection #68 (2016)
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