Personal Thoughts: Swamp Thing is one of those iconic characters that does not get the attention he deserves. Casual readers and film goers harkens back to 1982’s
Swamp Thing film, which unfortunately diminishes the overall appeal of the character.
Scott Snyder does a wonderful job rebooting the characters by essentially writing a
Swamp Thing comic without
Swamp Thing. By showcasing the importance of
Alec Holland in the
DC Universe Snyder creates an amusing and well-written narrative describing the struggles of a man trying find himself and once again cement his lot in life. I loved the development of
Alec Holland and I will definitely be picking up the next issue when it releases October 5th, 2011.
I really appreciated
Yanick Paquette’s art style.
Yanick expressed the horror elements nicely by creating a truly complementary art style to the
Alec Holland subplot as well as his depiction of
Swamp Thing’s cameo at the end of the comic book, which was excellently rendered and was an incredible finale to the issue. There are quite a few other big hitters that are featured in
Swamp Thing #1 including:
Superman,
Batman, and
Aquaman.
Yanick for the most part does a great job penciling the wide range of characters; the only complaint I have is that
Superman seems to have a too square of a jaw. It makes the character look awkward and as if he has a double chin, which for
Kal-El makes absolutely no sense.
Overall, the comic had some great horror elements and the subplot interwoven with Alec’s tale was a nice breakup in an effort to avoid monotony. Swamp Thing #1 ended famously and I rank this DC NEW 52 as one of my top favorites of the week.
I give Swamp Thing #1 four-and-half stars out of five. Check back here for here for more reviews and critiques of DC’s NEW 52 throughout the weeks.
