![]() ![]() He was from another book, but that wasn’t unusual either. The secondary villain, the facilitator, was a scientist whose body had been transformed in a lab accident – something to do with chemicals – and had become a supervillain. What did he want? Scientific breakthroughs, no matter what the cost to the human soul, to twist to his own ends. The villain of the book was the white-haired leader of a shadowy, but undoubtedly evil, corporation. Allowing a new writer 24 pages to clear the decks was a courtesy. It was common practice for a writer who had one series cancelled to finish it off in another book, having the new characters resolve the dangling dilemmas of the old. That wasn’t unusual in the comics market of the 70s and 80s. Issue #20, the writer’s first, was titled Loose Ends and tied them up. New series starred old characters, new writers started in the middle of ongoing series. ![]() No, it all begins in issue #21, with an old character that had never made much of an impression, following rules that had been established years ago… but nevertheless, it’s very, very different from what had gone before.Īlan Moore’s Swamp Thing started in medias res like most comics did back then. Not with something that ignores everything that goes before or establishes bold new rules. It’s worth noting where it all begins, too. Rereading Saga of the Swamp Thing #21 by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben, available in hardcover or trade paperback in Saga of the Swamp Thing v1. ![]()
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