I can't even imagine how exciting it must have been back in 1984 to read this comic and then have to wait for the next installment to arrive. It makes sense, it's revealed at just the right moment, and the fall-out at the end of the issue from this information is pretty much perfect. And, a quarter of a century later, it's still sharp and smart. You know, it's the one labeled, "Everything you know is wrong." Moore takes the basic idea of the character-scientist Alec Holland transformed into a swamp monster thanks to an explosion of experimental chemicals-and turns it nicely on its head, starting to reveal what really happened on that night. Death hadn't become the revolving door in comics that it is these days, so there was still the puzzling question of just how Moore was going to get out of the apparent corner he'd written himself into with Swamp Thing dead.Īnd then, of course, Alan Moore plays the infamous card that everyone has been trying for over 25 years to replicate the impact of in their own stories. Moore's script is perfectly paced, opening with the C-grade villain the Floronic Man being brought in to examine Swamp Thing's body even as the readership is surely scratching its head.
But I think it's all the more impressive that it still feels fresh and smart and not quite like anything else out there. With an original cover date of February 1984, one might make the mistake that "Saga of the Swamp Thing" #21 would feel dated or out of touch with today's comics.
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