I was just reading some of the earlier issues of this title's 1980s incarnation, before Moore took over, and I find them fairly serviceable stories, although there is a bit to much emphasis on the whole corporate espionage/conspiracy angle. Of course these issues were completely overshadowed by what was to come later, but I find them decent enough and thing they're really underrated. Comments?
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I'd agree there, although I read most of them after the fact. There was a gap of a few years between the start of this series and the end of the previous one, which, I have to say, looked better -- but then, Nestor Redondo is a better artist than Tom Yeats. Plus, the 1980s was a period when printing and coloring of nearly all of DC's comics was just atrocious.
I only recently put together the complete run of the volume pre-Moore. 1-19.
I'm looking forward to reading them one of these days. FLicking through them they seem above average and a healthy step forwards from the usual super-stuff. I wonder if they'd be slightly higher thought of if they hadn't preceded Moore's outstanding run?
I think where the vampires' coffins turn out to be hidden in #3 a great idea, and the mother's appearance as one of the vampires is a nice moment. #5 has a strong premise; you could base a good movie or TV episode around it.
Remember they put out Saga of the Swamp Thing to support the movie. That's why Abby and Arcane are prominent. It was just a tie-in book. The first Annual was the movie adaptation. I didn't think, at the time, that it would last as long as it did but I do remember "The Anatomy Lesson" being....different, special, shocking and frightening as it turned both Swamp Thing's world and the comic world upside down.
I read those issues fairly recently, but piecemeal as I found them in bargain bins. I thought they were fun, but I doubt they would be remembered much if not for Moore's run that followed. I remember those Phantom Stranger back-ups, but not very well. I should dig those issues out this weekend.
I saw the movie and decided to try The Saga of the Swamp Thing comic. I really enjoyed the comic and decided to stick with it (I guess compared to the movie the comics were great!). I enjoy Tom Yeates as an Artist so that hooked me also.
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I've read that series of issues just once, but as I recall, "fairly serviceable" is an apt description.
I only recently put together the complete run of the volume pre-Moore. 1-19.
I'm looking forward to reading them one of these days. FLicking through them they seem above average and a healthy step forwards from the usual super-stuff. I wonder if they'd be slightly higher thought of if they hadn't preceded Moore's outstanding run?
I think where the vampires' coffins turn out to be hidden in #3 a great idea, and the mother's appearance as one of the vampires is a nice moment. #5 has a strong premise; you could base a good movie or TV episode around it.
Plus they had Phantom Stranger back-ups!
Remember they put out Saga of the Swamp Thing to support the movie. That's why Abby and Arcane are prominent. It was just a tie-in book. The first Annual was the movie adaptation. I didn't think, at the time, that it would last as long as it did but I do remember "The Anatomy Lesson" being....different, special, shocking and frightening as it turned both Swamp Thing's world and the comic world upside down.
They did? I don't remember those at all.
Incidentally, if anyone wants to look it up, the GCD lists the series as The Saga of Swamp Thing, without a "the" immediately before "Swamp Thing".
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