Author: Alan Moore
Illustrator: Stephen Bissette
Publisher: New York: Vertigo 1998
This U.S. comic book industry debut by Alan Moore, author of Watchmen revived the horror comic book genre in 1982. It is the first title in the second series of the DC comic, Swamp Thing.
A disturbing scene is set when 'the swamp thing,' a menacing monster, uses the powers of nature and the plant kingdom to rage against environmental destruction. A creature of biological mutation embodies the social justice movement of environmentalism. It is an intricately plotted horror tale of evil transformations. Detailed and lavish illustrations help create an atmospheric and nightmarish world where good and evil play out between humans and plants.
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