Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Three

Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Three by Alan Moore
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Three collects issues #35-42 of Saga of the Swamp Thing.

In this volume, Alan Moore and company set Swamp Thing against a toxic waste swilling wino, aquatic vampries, a were wolf, and zombies, all the while learning new things about himself and getting led around the nose by John Constantine.

I give Alan Moore a lot of flack for being a crabby old warlock but the man was great at writing comics. Constantine is Swamp Thing's disreputable tour guide as he goes up against some classic monsters reflected through Moore's imaginative lens. Old Swampy's abilities are explored and expanded, leaving me hungry for the coming cataclysm that's been hinted at.

Stephen Bissette, John Totleben, and Alfredo Alcala supply some great visuals, from rotting corpses to a werewolf to crazy aquatic vampires to British wizards who look like Sting of the Police. It feels like EC comics from grown-ups at times. My one gripe with this collection is that Abbie Cable doesn't do a whole lot, although she did have a hallucinatory sex romp with Swamp Thing in the last book so I'll cut her some slack.

This Alan Moore guy might have a future in the comics business. Four out of five stars.

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