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Swamp Thing #46-55 (1986-87)
Written by Alan Moore
Art by Steve Bissette/John Totleben, except #48/#53 by Totleben, #49 by Woch/Alcala/Totleben, #50 by Bissette/Veitch/Totleben, #51/#54 by Veitch/Alcala, #55 by Veitch/Alcala/Totleben
The resolution of the "American Gothic" storyline, in which all those short monster stories turn out to be just the groundwork for a plan by ancient Chilean warlocks to summon an ultimate darkness, is like a summing up of Moore's favorite aspects of the series so far. There's some very dark horror imagery that's nearly irrelevant to anything, but still cool*. There's some peaceful trippy stuff about cosmic awareness (expanding on the mythology even more to establish Swamp Thing as basically a god in a long tradition of gods). There's a certain amount of superhero nuttiness, due to contractual obligations. There's more of the "gather a bunch of magic-themed DC characters in a cosmic setting" stuff that we saw earlier in the Abby-in-hell story. And there's a strong philosophical point of view, basically Romantic, that ultimately is what resolves the problem rather than punches or magical force of will.
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Written by Alan Moore
Art by Steve Bissette/John Totleben, except #48/#53 by Totleben, #49 by Woch/Alcala/Totleben, #50 by Bissette/Veitch/Totleben, #51/#54 by Veitch/Alcala, #55 by Veitch/Alcala/Totleben
The resolution of the "American Gothic" storyline, in which all those short monster stories turn out to be just the groundwork for a plan by ancient Chilean warlocks to summon an ultimate darkness, is like a summing up of Moore's favorite aspects of the series so far. There's some very dark horror imagery that's nearly irrelevant to anything, but still cool*. There's some peaceful trippy stuff about cosmic awareness (expanding on the mythology even more to establish Swamp Thing as basically a god in a long tradition of gods). There's a certain amount of superhero nuttiness, due to contractual obligations. There's more of the "gather a bunch of magic-themed DC characters in a cosmic setting" stuff that we saw earlier in the Abby-in-hell story. And there's a strong philosophical point of view, basically Romantic, that ultimately is what resolves the problem rather than punches or magical force of will.
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