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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781563897191
ISBN: 1563897199
Label: Vertigo
Manufacturer: Vertigo
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: August 01, 2001
Publisher: Vertigo
Release Date: August 01, 2001
Studio: Vertigo
Features:- ISBN13: 9781563897191
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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How did the DC character most noted for simplicity handle the hyper-complexity of the Crisis on Infinite Earths? In the ever-able hands of Alan Moore, Swamp Thing: A Murder of Crows rises above the mid-1980s corporate reorganization to grant our hero his apotheosis into his current plant elemental form. Fans of John Constantine will eat up the smart-aleck astral con man's performance throughout, and the central struggle--uniting good and evil against something much bigger and older than either--is classic Moore. The art is bold and beautiful, organic by necessity, and contributes as much to the reader's suspense as the script. It seems that Moore et al. have spent so much time transcending their medium that they may have created a new one of their own. --Rob Lightner
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How did the DC character most noted for simplicity handle thehyper-complexity of the Crisis on Infinite Earths? In the ever-able hands of Alan Moore, Swamp Thing: A Murder of Crows rises above the mid-1980s corporate reorganization to grant our hero his apotheosis into his current plant elemental form. Fans of John Constantine will eat up the smart-aleck astral con man's performance throughout, and the central struggle--uniting good and evil against something much bigger and older than either--is classic Moore. The art is bold and beautiful, organic by necessity, and contributes as much to the reader's suspense as the script. It seems that Moore et al. have spent so much time transcending their medium that they may have created a new one of their own. --Rob Lightner
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I said Swamp Thing was a great book, but point is, this volume is so well written it surpasses many comics, books or movies. First time I see something as glamorous and as meaningful as Lord of the Rings. I really was speechless at the end of reading. End might be predictable, but it IS meaningful.
People, stop reading reviews and get all six books. Read them slowly and digest them slowly! These are books I will read twice. I read only Maxx and Sandman (first ten books) more than one ... Read More
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Coming up to the fiftieth issue of Swamp Thing, and also the time of Crisis On Infinite Earths.
This time, Swamp Thing needs some help, and he ends up in an alliance of a whole bunch of the groovy magical and supernatural characters that DC has floating around, including The Phantom Stranger and Deadman. Magic vs Magic to keep Heaven intact, that sort of thing.
There are trippy bits here, too, as eating bits of Swamp Thing can do odd things to your mind.
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After following the manipulative John Constantine to several incidents of evil, Swamp Thing begins to develop doubts about his place in the universe. But before he can deal with that, he must participate in the Crisis on Infinite Earths, and an evil cult's plan to attack Heaven after the Crisis is resolved.
"Swamp Thing: A Murder of Crows" is the fourth volume of Alan Moore's work, and in many ways is the most eclectic. The central focus is Swamp Thing's role in the overarching approach ... Read More
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This book is a consolidation of everything that is good about Alan Moore's run at the Swamp Thing series. He once again takes a standard superhero-type occurance from the DC Universe, in this case the famous Crisis on Infinite Earths, and gives it his special spin. Swamp Thing is an American fairytale, a superhero book, and an epic piece of literature all rolled in to one. If you've never read Swamp Thing, I urge you to jump in where Alan Moore takes over. Comic book fans will not be disappointed and ... Read More
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This book is no exception. "Murder..." continues the story started in "The Curse." Crisis was a cheesy, albeit necessary, method of fixing the many continuity errors that had developed in the DC Universe. Leave it to Moore to take this complicated plot correction and turn it into a significant development for the soon-to-be Vertigo line.
