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Swamp Thing, Vol. 3: The Curse (Swamp Thing (1980s) #3)
After meeting the Swamp Thing, the Hellblazer sends the man-monster on a voyage of discovery that takes him from the darkest corners of America to the rrots of his own long-hidden heritage.
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
December 1st 2000
by Vertigo
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Basically, Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing numbers both among the best comics I've ever read and the best horror I've ever read, period. I love them so much. That said, I didn't own any of them (I know!) so when they started releasing the hardcover editions, I've been picking them up. I'm up to the third one, which I just recently acquired and finished reading. They're just as good as I remember, and this one is the start of the "American Gothic" storyline which introduces John Constan...more
this is the introduction of one of Vertigo's mainstays John Considine whom even Moore admitted was a Sting rip off. In these issues he is the ultimate mystery man who appears and disappears at the drop of a hat. The interplay between him and Swamp thing shows why Moore is the master of the comic book format. Like Frank Miller, Moore was the master of the single comic tale that built up to a much larger story. The stories here from the epic The Curse to the two part vampire story and the sec...more
This third installment of Moore's brilliant run on Swamp Thing introduces one of the most beloved Vertigo characters John Constantine.Having perfectly set up the tone of the series in the first two volumes,Moore is hitting on all cylinders here.The intensity of Swamp thing's and Abby's relationship is slightly set aside in favour of more action packed stories revolving around Swamp Thing's self-discovery, triggered by the appearance of misterious British stranger, Constantine who uses Swampy's c...more
I wish I could write with such clarity of vision that Moore achieves in his work. It is obvious he knows exactly what he is trying to convey and he does it avoiding many of the cliche pitfalls of other authors.
One of the most fascinating parts of reading anything is what it tells you about the author. Somehow Moore can explain the dark side of the American psyche and yet he isn't even American. My question is where do these insights come from? How can he appear to have such intimat...more
One of the most fascinating parts of reading anything is what it tells you about the author. Somehow Moore can explain the dark side of the American psyche and yet he isn't even American. My question is where do these insights come from? How can he appear to have such intimat...more
In this volume, John Constantine appears for the first time, and the largest story arc to date in Alan Moore's Swamp Thing begins in earnest.
The style of storytelling in volume three is more consistent than in Swamp Thing Vol. 2: Love and Death, but Moore still manages to populate his horror comics with a great variety of evil; we have vampires, and werewolf, nuclear waste, and zombies in this volume.
I didn’t enjoy it as much as Swamp Thing Vol. 2: Love and Death, but...more
The style of storytelling in volume three is more consistent than in Swamp Thing Vol. 2: Love and Death, but Moore still manages to populate his horror comics with a great variety of evil; we have vampires, and werewolf, nuclear waste, and zombies in this volume.
I didn’t enjoy it as much as Swamp Thing Vol. 2: Love and Death, but...more
*Spoilers* Chapters 1& 2 are social commentary allegories of the ill effects of toxic waste, born here thru an unmeaning villian Nukeface. Chapter 2 finishes the Nukeface arc, and has one of the more damningly brilliant end pages in comics. Chapter 3 has Swamp Thing regenerate and meet a mysterious Constantine who tells him of his always having had regenerative powers, which can manifest him anywhere in the world on a whim. Abby's and Swamp's scenes work well, but the few Constantine scenes wher...more
A step down from the last volume, but still enjoyable. I guess my fundamental problem with Swamp Thing as a character is that it seems stupid for him to wind up fighting anyone. When your main character is indestructible, physical conflict is stripped of tension, and in the staccato format of a comic book, it just winds up looking a little silly.
Swamp Thing (and Moore, for that matter) seems to be at his best when struggling against concepts, rather than adversaries, which makes it t...more
Swamp Thing (and Moore, for that matter) seems to be at his best when struggling against concepts, rather than adversaries, which makes it t...more
The Nukeface Papers, though a relatively brief story arc, represent one of the most thorough and successful bridges between southern Gothic horror and contemporary, high-technology society, a synthesis of working class folk tale, modern cautionary tale and high art. Moore is doubtlessly one of the masters of comics.
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35. Nukeface is a great, carelessly patriotic villain, a lesson in energy dependence and malice through indiscriminate greed. 36. Moore uses a literary d...more
Notes:
35. Nukeface is a great, carelessly patriotic villain, a lesson in energy dependence and malice through indiscriminate greed. 36. Moore uses a literary d...more
Here Moore laid down a marker in the history of comics, ominous and unlikely as Archduke Ferdinand's tomb. Reading through the new wave of British authors who helped to reconceptialize the genre for us poor Americans, one understands more and more why it had to be this man. There is a flair amongst them all for a certain madness and depth of psychology, but Moore was the only one who didn't think it made him special. Our curiosity is always piqued by the mysterious stranger, and Moore will alway...more
After being amazed by "Love and Death," this third volume of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, I was disappointed to find the first 120 pages seriously lacking Moore's usual insights and provocative poetry. The second half was back on track with thoughts on women's health and the pain that has yet to heal in the United States' history of slavery and violence.
Not my favourite out of the series. I wasn't very impressed with the nuclear waste story or the werewolf chapter. However the aquatic vampires story was excellent and the haunted plantation was also quite good. Also enjoyed seeing John Constantine introduced into the storyline.
My favorite of the books so far. After deconstructing and rebuilding Swamp Thing, Moore takes a stab at horror arch types like Vampires and were wolves, and does a fantastic job. Especially the water vampire stories. Great, great stuff to be found here.
To be honest I never read this collection, I read the comics as they came out month by month and I couldn't wait for the next month to come. Alan Moore is rightly praised for the work he did on this comic but the stories in this issue are outstanding. They were grouped under the collective title 'American Gothic'.
The title of this collection comes from the one story where Moore reimagines the 'curse' of the werewolf and equates it with a woman's menstrual sysle, her 'curse'. In this...more
The title of this collection comes from the one story where Moore reimagines the 'curse' of the werewolf and equates it with a woman's menstrual sysle, her 'curse'. In this...more
This is a collection of amazing Swamp Thing one-off type stories. I am thoroughly enthralled with the image of the Swamp Thing as the old man, or Odin, the Norse god. The Swamp Thing has suffered for wisdom, which is the key to his power.
This is my favorite comic series of all time. Alan Moore took one of the goofiest characters in all of comics and made one of the most beautiful stories ever written in the medium. I'm copying and pasting this into into the review for all of the volumes by Alan Moore, as each book is fantastic.
Swamp Thing brings together elements of romance, horror, mysticism, and science fiction into a truly compelling and unique tale of a creature that can control organic matter. Sometimes sweet and...more
Swamp Thing brings together elements of romance, horror, mysticism, and science fiction into a truly compelling and unique tale of a creature that can control organic matter. Sometimes sweet and...more
Alan Moore's tenure on the Swamp Thing title is considered to be truly groundbreaking. There's massive opportunity for over-the-top farce in Swamp Thing, but Moore takes the character seriously and spins complex tales of love, humanity, evil, and ambiguity. The series is also the birthplace of Hellblazer's John Constantine, and the contrast between Constantine's smart-mouthed, "victory by any means necessary" attitude and Swamp Thing's slow-talking, moral, and fiercely loyal personalit...more
Enjoble read with decent art. The story arc is getting interesting. The Swamp Thing is learnig much more about himself, and the battle to keep the devil from returning to earth is getting intersting.
Amazing. So many issues dealt with: gender, nuclear power, racism, and all tied together with the theme of a curse, and nature (given that it is Swamp Thing).
This one was disappointing almost impersonal. John Constantine, made likable by Rankin in his Dark Entries, was a colossal jerk here leading Swamp Thing from one place of disaster to another. It is unclear why Swamp Thing was even needed to be spectator (like in case of woman-demon.)
Not much of Abby-Swamp Thing here that'd pull your heart strings like before. Not much involvement of Swamp Thing either in events other than being bystander. Only takeaway was that he can regenerate. Wh...more
Not much of Abby-Swamp Thing here that'd pull your heart strings like before. Not much involvement of Swamp Thing either in events other than being bystander. Only takeaway was that he can regenerate. Wh...more
its like deathwish 4 all the reagan era fears, nuclear waste
bums, underwater vampires
bums, underwater vampires
Still continuing with the series. I still like the main character but not the main female character.
Alan Moore is the fuckin' man! ((Rite Of Spring))
Best Swamp Thing TBP, i love the underwater vampires!
Good. But not as good as volume 2.
Super! I'm not particularly an Alan Moore fan, but the enthusiastic writing and the great art really drive this thing.
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Brilliant!
Despite the introduction of John Constantine- who amazingly seemed to arrive fully formed, the core of the character the same then as it is now- I feel that this volume has a slight drop in quality.
Some of that is due to the art; for most of the book the art is fine but it doesn't really stand out. The volume is also mostly set-up for the larger story arc to come, which makes it a bit unsatisfying as a whole.
Some of that is due to the art; for most of the book the art is fine but it doesn't really stand out. The volume is also mostly set-up for the larger story arc to come, which makes it a bit unsatisfying as a whole.
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Recommends it for:
Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Clive Barker fans, George Romero fans
Not as stunning as Vol. 2, but still more than worth your time. Moore's brilliance is stunted a bit by length constraints of a monthly comic, but his sociological approaches to vampires, zombies and werewolves would make George Romero proud. It's all just warm up to the galactic-occult-biosphere awesomeness that is Vol. 4: A Murder of Crows.
So, so good. I love the episodic nature of this. Swamp Thing going on adventures, fighting slavery ghosts, undersea vampires and menstrual werewolves. Weird, pretty and awesome. I bet it's frustrating for people who are more invested in the long term characters, but I loved it.
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