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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781401220822
Edition: First Printing (Stated)
ISBN: 1401220827
Label: Vertigo
Manufacturer: Vertigo
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: February 17, 2009
Publisher: Vertigo
Release Date: February 10, 2009
Studio: Vertigo
Features:- ISBN13: 9781401220822
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Product Description:
From 1983 through 1987, a young British writer named Alan Moore revolutionized the American comic book. His groundbreaking tenure on DC Comics' SWAMP THING set new standards for graphic storytelling and touched off a revolution in the medium that is still expanding today. Building on the title's framework of gothic horror with a remarkably intuitive narrative style and an unprecedented depth of characterization, Moore's vision was realized through the hauntingly beautiful artwork of such collaborators as Stephen Bissette, John Totleben, Dan Day and Rick Veitch. The result is one of comics' most enduring masterpieces.
Now, for the first time, Moore's entire run — including his never-before-reprinted debut issue — is available in archival hardcover editions. This first volume, collecting issues 20-27 of THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING, also features a foreword by famed horror author Ramsey Campbell and a new introduction by Swamp Thing co-creator and original series editor Len Wein.
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This book reprints issues #20 - 27. The first story-arc ends with issue #24. This book LEAVES OUT THE LAST FOUR WORDS OF THAT STORY! The story ends with a full-page picture of Swamp Thing with arms outstretched, head titled up toward the sky, with the sun setting behind him. In the original comic book, and the first paperback reproduction, the upper left-hand corner of the page has the words "...and meet the sun." Those words are the poignant climax of a five-issue story, and DC somehow managed ... Read More
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If you have read any of the many interviews and magazine articles Alan Moore appears in print or on the web, you would have at least some decent knowledge of his inherent impact upon the comics industry, the comic art form itself and also, some may argue, pop culture itself. You all know how it happened. Watchmen came out, a book he created and wrote, published over the period of 1986 going into 1987 in monthly installments. At that time the comic was a marginalized medium, looked down upon as child's ... Read More
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With all of the excitement surrounding the Watchmen, Alan Moore has received a lot of national notoriety as the story's original writer. But if you had to pin me down and force me to decide, I would say it's Moore's work on Swamp Thing, particularly issues #20 - 50, that would rate as his best work in comics. When Moore joined on issue #20, he took a title that was near cancellation and turned it into a hit. Moore's Swamp Thing was largely, if not solely, responsible for the creation of DC's Vertigo ... Read More
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I wanted to hate this book.
For years, all you keep hearing about is how great Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing was. How he took the title, and in effect comics in general, in a much darker direction. Even a more adult direction. I blew that off as hooey. It can't be THAT good.
Damn it all, it is!
Thanks in no small part to his artists Stephen Bissette and John Totleben, and very much to his colorist Tatjana Wood, Moore created a masterpiece in storytelling. First ... Read More
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i'm not sure what these other guys are talking about with their reviews, but my book is not sticky at all. i find the packaging to be terrific! its a beautifully put together book. even the pages impressed me. they kept the same stock as the original comics (if it were to be glossy like most re-prints they have to re-color the pages and it loses all its original style and tone.) the writing grabbed me instantly. i can't wait for the 2nd book.
