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Swamp Thing #1-11 (2011-2012)
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Yanick Paquette except #3 by Paquette/Victor Ibáñez, #4 by Marco Rudy/Sean Parsons/Michael Lacombe, #6/11 by Rudy, #8-9 by Paquette/Rudy, #10 by Francesco Francavilla
Surreptitiously ditching older ideas and making up new explanations for everything has always been a big part of superhero comics. But literally announcing that you're doing that, and releasing new versions of everything where lack of continuity is actually a selling point, seems different somehow—more gimmicky, and kind of a bummer for fans who pride themselves on having memorized all the old plots, but still there's something attractive about clearing the decks and not having to keep track of decades of stuff by hundreds of writers. I never followed the Marvel Ultimates, and I still haven't seen most of the DC New 52 things, and I admit that like many readers I tend to cling stubbornly to however things were when I was 12. But, sure: a New 52 Swamp Thing, why not. We've gone back to issue #1 four times already. Bring on the fifth issue #1.
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Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Yanick Paquette except #3 by Paquette/Victor Ibáñez, #4 by Marco Rudy/Sean Parsons/Michael Lacombe, #6/11 by Rudy, #8-9 by Paquette/Rudy, #10 by Francesco Francavilla
Surreptitiously ditching older ideas and making up new explanations for everything has always been a big part of superhero comics. But literally announcing that you're doing that, and releasing new versions of everything where lack of continuity is actually a selling point, seems different somehow—more gimmicky, and kind of a bummer for fans who pride themselves on having memorized all the old plots, but still there's something attractive about clearing the decks and not having to keep track of decades of stuff by hundreds of writers. I never followed the Marvel Ultimates, and I still haven't seen most of the DC New 52 things, and I admit that like many readers I tend to cling stubbornly to however things were when I was 12. But, sure: a New 52 Swamp Thing, why not. We've gone back to issue #1 four times already. Bring on the fifth issue #1.
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