It's great that Len Wein is back writing the adventures of Swamp Thing. Don't get me wrong, I was a huge fan of what Alan Moore did with the character - but I still look back fondly to Swamp Thing's original series by Wein and Wrightson. I loved that this horror character shared the same world as Superman and Batman, and their run was a scary, moody delight.
I'd buy this in an instant.
ReplyDeleteSome of his co-workers at Marvel, though, felt he was too much of a perfectionist. Hence, their creation of the teddy bear-collecting giant alien called "Enilwen" in SHE-HULK, during the 1990's.
ReplyDeleteSwamp Thing does work best in the dark, moody tales*. How about ruining that by teaming him up with someone like Deadpool?
ReplyDelete*Despite this, I did enjoy the highly campy "Return of the Swamp Thing" movie. It very nicely keeps a tone similar to that of the '66 Batman series.
Very cool. I'm becoming a bigger and bigger fan of comics' weird horror/superhero genre mashups.
ReplyDeleteY'know, a Man-Thing/Creature Commandos team-up could be fun, as a kind of inversion of this one...
ReplyDelete@Alaric: Batman meets WBN would be even better!
ReplyDeleteThat one is on here already...
ReplyDeleteNot one-on-one, it's not.
ReplyDeletecheck again, it's there
ReplyDeleteReminds me of Marvel Premiere #28 with the Legion of Monsters (Man-Thing, Werewolf By Night, Morbius and Ghost Rider).
ReplyDeleteMy brother and I kept waiting for a follow-up, which of course was never to be.
I think the only time I ever really liked a Swamp Thing story was a Brave and the Bold appearance.
I also was a big fan of
ReplyDeleteWein/Wrightson's Swamp Thing, but also liked his Brave and Bold stories by Haney/Aparo. This cover is great, the character team as well as the art combination. Another issue I would gladly buy!
If we see a contrasting team for ST, he could meet Groo or DaffyDuck as Stupor Duck!
A little _too_ last generation to count. Don't you think?
ReplyDeletePrevious anon,
ReplyDeleteWould Swamp Thing and Kermit the Frog also fail to meet your approbation?
Swamp Thing (or Man-Thing, for that matter) and Kermit the Frog is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteOr both
ReplyDeletePaul -- If Swampy were to meet some incarnation of Daffy Duck, I'd rather it was Duck Dodgers. (Oy, talk about a mismatch!)
ReplyDelete@ My Namesake: Yes, it would. Especially, if Ross wasn't trying to use a previous guest-appearance as part of a big group, or in a "lost issue" of B&B (as opposed to STF proper) as a polite way of copping out on such a depiction.
ReplyDeleteHow is it a cop-out, just because the logo reads "The Brave and the Bold" instead of "Super-Team Family?" It's still a Ross Pearsall original.
ReplyDeleteIf Sarah Schecter used that same logic, we could have had as many Supergirl/Flash crossovers, as there are Flash/Arrow crossovers, by this point.
ReplyDeleteBut, fortunately for all concerned, she didn't.
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