And Then I Read: SWAMP THING 22

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So, Constantine is back making trouble for Swamp Thing, or at least participating in it. Sounds like a Vertigo scenario, doesn’t it? Writer Charles Soule is doing a good job with the title character, but I didn’t like his take on Constantine as much. Here he seems rather shallow and easily fooled, not the Constantine I remember from his own book. The story features a small town in Scotland on hard times, and a fellow called The Breeder who brings sudden, miraculous prosperity in the form of a tree that grows bags full of fine whiskey. Of course, things don’t go so well after that.

The art by Kano continues to be generally good, though again I didn’t care much for his depiction of Constantine. Maybe it’s my problem, not his.

Mildly recommended.