This is a review of Saga of the Swamp Thing Book Four. This is the conclusion of Swamp Thing’s vision quest across the dark side of America courtesy of John Constantine. The volume ends with the penultimate issue. Good and evil duke it out, and Swamp Thing’s in the thick of it! This issue guest stars Deadman, Dr. Fate, The Phantom Stranger, The Spectre, The Demon Etrigan, Baron Winters, Zatanna, Zatara, Sargon the Sorcerer, Cain, Abel, Dr. Occult, and maybe a few others I’ve forgotten. The Kitchen Sink doesn’t make an appearance, but that’s about it.
In the meantime, Swamp Thing’s partner Abigail Arcane is arrested as a sex offender after illicit photographs surface of the two of them making love. IMO, this is the scariest scene in the graphic novel.
I mean, there’s not much else to say about this volume. The art, mostly by John Totleben and Stephen Bissette, is wonderful. Writer Alan Moore was way ahead of his time. Honestly, I prefer his Swamp Thing run to his later works (Watchmen and Killing Joke), but that’s just me.
Highly recommended!
Abandoned Places 