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Swamp Thing #56-64 (1987)
Written by Alan Moore except #59 by Steve Bissette, #62 by Rick Veitch
Art by Rick Veitch/Alfredo Alcala except #60 by John Totleben, #64 by Bissette/Veitch/Alcala/Tom Yeates
Given Alan Moore's roots in British SF comics, and the adaptability of Swamp Thing to multiple genres, it might seem odd that he's only given us space aliens once (and those were Pogo characters in drag). In his last arc of the series, he rectifies that, and then some.
The setup is obviously just an excuse to go to different random planets, but it makes clever use of the pseudo-scientific rules Moore already established: Swampy can transmit himself any distance as long as it's to somewhere with vegetation, but he's tuned to the frequency (or whatever) of Earth's plant life, so it only works on Earth—but now he's been zapped out of tune, so he can go anywhere except Earth. The ultimate resolution of this isn't very interesting, it's basically "go find this person who can help you fix it", but do we get to see some cool places along the way? Oh my yes.
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Written by Alan Moore except #59 by Steve Bissette, #62 by Rick Veitch
Art by Rick Veitch/Alfredo Alcala except #60 by John Totleben, #64 by Bissette/Veitch/Alcala/Tom Yeates
Given Alan Moore's roots in British SF comics, and the adaptability of Swamp Thing to multiple genres, it might seem odd that he's only given us space aliens once (and those were Pogo characters in drag). In his last arc of the series, he rectifies that, and then some.
The setup is obviously just an excuse to go to different random planets, but it makes clever use of the pseudo-scientific rules Moore already established: Swampy can transmit himself any distance as long as it's to somewhere with vegetation, but he's tuned to the frequency (or whatever) of Earth's plant life, so it only works on Earth—but now he's been zapped out of tune, so he can go anywhere except Earth. The ultimate resolution of this isn't very interesting, it's basically "go find this person who can help you fix it", but do we get to see some cool places along the way? Oh my yes.
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