Swamp Thing #38

Swamp Thing #38 promises something deeply unsettling, as the cover by Jesús Saiz presents a battered, human-looking Alec Holland — scarred, decaying, and gripped by a mechanical restraint — against a churning crimson backdrop dominated by a massive, looming dark presence. The cover's bold tagline, "The Desecration of Alec Holland!", signals that the man at the heart of the Green is facing a threat that strikes at his very identity. Writer Charles Soule and artist Javi Pina, with colors by June Chung, bring a raw intensity to this March 2015 New 52 chapter that fans of dark, body-horror-tinged storytelling will find hard to put down.