- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Titan Books Ltd; New edition edition (23 July 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 184856788X
- ISBN-13: 978-1848567887
- Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 17.6 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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"Hyperintelligent, emotionally potent, and, yes, fun. " --Entertainment Weekly
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Continuing the hardcover collections of Alan Moore's award-winning run on "Swamp Thing", this third volume includes underwater vampires, a werewolf with an unusual curse and the hideous madman Nukeface, and the debut of John Constantine, who launches Swamp Thing on a voyage of self-discovery from the darkest corners of America to the roots of his own long-hidden heritage.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
And here begins the American Gothic arc where a young John Constantine brings the swamp creature on a tour of some of America's most twisted places, in order that he may better understand evil and gain the ability to deal with it more effectively. A brilliant book, they seem to get better with each volume.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This third hardback volume of the collected Alan Moore Swamp Thing is important for several reasons as it's here he began to use the comic as a vehicle for commenting on contemporary American society and important issues of the time. It opens with the two-part Nukeface Papers and was written not long after 3-Mile Island almost went into meltdown and after (though I may be wrong here) the Chernobyl disaster. In the next chapter John Constantine (who was to become a major part of the Vertigo mythos) appears for the first time, we get hints via JC of Swampy's potential powers, and we have what is effectively a prologue to the American Gothic sequence which is continued with a memorable and innovative vampire two-parter. But good as all this is (and it is very good indeed), what follows had jaws bouncing of the floor as Moore merged menstruation and the oppression of women with the werewolf legend, signalled to everyone that this was a writer to be taken very seriously indeed, and had the prudes climbing the walls in shock. You had to have been around at the time to realise what an impact that this story had. That the final sequence in this collection which deals with slavery, racial memory, and zombies, seems almost pale in comparison (though it's more than good in its own right) just shows how strong it was.
I've said it before in my previous reviews, but this really is an essential addition to anyone's collection of graphic novels. There's also a new substantial and worthy introduction by penciller Stephen Bissette who, along with inker John Totleben, collaborated so well with Moore on this magnificent effort.
I've said it before in my previous reviews, but this really is an essential addition to anyone's collection of graphic novels. There's also a new substantial and worthy introduction by penciller Stephen Bissette who, along with inker John Totleben, collaborated so well with Moore on this magnificent effort.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
If you bought the first two, I bet you are going to like this one too...
24 Aug 2010
Format:Hardcover
This third volume of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run not only has the first appearance of one of my favorite comic book characters (John Constantine)it really set up the bases of what would some years later become DC's Vertigo line. This volume contains issues 35-42 and has some pretty innovative tales with Swampy taking on some classic monsters like vampires and werewolves, from a totally unexpected perspective, and while there's some stories that betray their eighties origin (Nukeface) and the first two volumes are better overall, an above average Alan Moore Swamp Thing storyline is better than 95% what's being published today (even from the current Alan Moore) Furthermore, the introduction Constantine gives Swamp Thing a guide on a journey which will take him to confront his origins with the Parliament of Trees and the pinnacle of Moore's run with the brilliant confrontation with the Brujeria on the next volume.
From here on out Swamp Thing would still interact with mainstream DC characters (especially in the next two volumes) but Moore's sophisticated take on superheroes and mature storylines would lead him to smash the superhero stereotype wide open with Watchmen, and give birth (along with Neil Gaiman's Sandman) to Vertigo.
This volume maintains the same slick style dust jacket of the second book, instead of the wax paper presentation from the first book (and the same plain engraving on the board cover instead of the haunting image from book one) overall its has pretty much the same presentation. The paper is still not the high grade quality from the Absolute editions, but at least in Amazon you get a pretty good price, only a couple of buck higher than the standard soft cover versions, so it's a pretty sweet deal.
I can't wait to have all six volumes line up in my bookshelf!
From here on out Swamp Thing would still interact with mainstream DC characters (especially in the next two volumes) but Moore's sophisticated take on superheroes and mature storylines would lead him to smash the superhero stereotype wide open with Watchmen, and give birth (along with Neil Gaiman's Sandman) to Vertigo.
This volume maintains the same slick style dust jacket of the second book, instead of the wax paper presentation from the first book (and the same plain engraving on the board cover instead of the haunting image from book one) overall its has pretty much the same presentation. The paper is still not the high grade quality from the Absolute editions, but at least in Amazon you get a pretty good price, only a couple of buck higher than the standard soft cover versions, so it's a pretty sweet deal.
I can't wait to have all six volumes line up in my bookshelf!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A treat for old and new fans of Alan Moore and Swamp Thing
26 Jan 2011
Format:Hardcover
Containing Saga of the Swamp Thing issues 35 through 42 from 1985, including infamous and still-chilling stories dealing with nuclear waste, vampires, werewolves, and racism, this is horror at its most meaningful and its deepest. Alan Moore's scripts still stand out as gems of pace, characterization, and tone.
These eight stories have been reviewed time and time again over the last 25 years, so let me concentrate here on presentation, which is excellent. The hardcover is very well made with a simple yet striking cover. The paper quality is good but not super-white like the original trade paperback reprints, doing justice to both the line art and Tatjana Wood's colors, which still put most modern comics to shame. All told, these tales probably never looked better, not even in their original publications.
The volume opens with a brand-new introduction by artist Stephen Bissette that provides some context behind the stories and history of their publication. Possibly for the first time, this essay allows us to understand that many of the ideas in this book came not only from Alan Moore but from Bissette and collaborator John Totleben. Bissette also puts some of these stories into their historical context, especially the "Nukeface Papers" serial, which was inspired in part by the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant just six years earlier.
If you've never read Moore's Swamp Thing stories before, you're in for a treat. If you have read them, this is definitely the edition to revisit. Well worth the $25 cover price. Look for Volume 4 in February.
-- John R. Platt
These eight stories have been reviewed time and time again over the last 25 years, so let me concentrate here on presentation, which is excellent. The hardcover is very well made with a simple yet striking cover. The paper quality is good but not super-white like the original trade paperback reprints, doing justice to both the line art and Tatjana Wood's colors, which still put most modern comics to shame. All told, these tales probably never looked better, not even in their original publications.
The volume opens with a brand-new introduction by artist Stephen Bissette that provides some context behind the stories and history of their publication. Possibly for the first time, this essay allows us to understand that many of the ideas in this book came not only from Alan Moore but from Bissette and collaborator John Totleben. Bissette also puts some of these stories into their historical context, especially the "Nukeface Papers" serial, which was inspired in part by the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant just six years earlier.
If you've never read Moore's Swamp Thing stories before, you're in for a treat. If you have read them, this is definitely the edition to revisit. Well worth the $25 cover price. Look for Volume 4 in February.
-- John R. Platt
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
One of the best
20 Dec 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Is hard to write a review for Alan Moore's run on swamp thing, this is a ground breaking masterpiece. But perhaps is best to say why isn't an absolute edition out? Because of the recycling paper this edition sports? This run is far superior to watchmen (it should get an absolute) if your a Moore fan this should be in your collection. There's so many well thought moments in this run that is safe to say that no one has ever come close to igniting so much passion and so much character into this book, ever again. My only complain is how the color looks, it doesn't look like is been remastered although it looks better than the previous collection (the new digital dowload looks way better). Except for that, the hardcover is great. I suggest that you get them all, for is such a powerhouse of story telling, it has moments of joy, action, and sadness, that after you read the run, it will grow in your mind because it will plant a seed of wonder in your brain I will never forget the saga of the swamp thing and neither will you.
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