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I think part of Swamp Thing's popularity over the years is that as a reader you're often able to get inside the character's head...he thinks, he speaks, he acts...
Man-Thing just shambles along....
Man-Thing just shambles along....
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Gerber got another kick at the can with Sludge. I have been meaning to check it out.
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I'm hugely disappointed two morrows Muck Monsters book is apparently not coming out.
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Why? What happened to that project?Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!Comment
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Man-Thing vs Swamp Thing was always a Marvel/DC crossover I wanted to see.
Too bad they never did one.
PUNY HUMANS!Comment
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I Like Swamp-thing, He Is My Fav Of The Two. The New Sdcc Swamp-thing Action Figure In My Opinion Fits Right In With The Classic Mego Line. What Do You All Think? Let Me Know.Comment
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Those are some great images, though! I especially like the last one with the burning, burning handshake. Funny!Man-Thing vs Swamp Thing was always a Marvel/DC crossover I wanted to see.
Too bad they never did one.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HAFh92j6pl...wamp-thing.jpgsigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.Comment
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You are SO right on the money with this statement, johnmiic. Moore took Swamp Thing to places that comics had never ever been before, especially with a relatively "obscure" character. When I read "The Anatomy Lesson" I was in awe, thinking to myself "Now THIS is what a comic should be." I think that between Moore, Bissette and Tottlebens's SWAMP THING and Miller's DARK KNIGHT, they probably, collectively, drew more people into the comics genre than had been seen for quite some time. These were pieces that were viewed more as literature rather than "funny books."Swamp Thing. Alan Moore had a long, consistently good run on the book. He gave the series new life and incorporated many under-used DC horror characters. The artists helped set the mood with their unconventional styles. It was exactly what the book needed. The issue where Swampy really took off, The Anatomy Lesson begins very cleverly with the narrator asking, "I wonder if there will be blood?" From that point on you know you're in for a real wild ride! Folks if you want to read some of the best horror comics ever written start at that point. It's the origin spun on its head; not re-imagined. As for those of you who like the Swamp Thing movies or TV series or cartoon-FORGET IT! Read the comic if you never have before. The comic is Swamp Thing. Everything else is junk.
Man-Thing didn't have a creative team on the book long enough to make as much of an impact. Mike Ploog admits this when interviewed in Modern Masters. The comic suffered for it. Marvel should have been able to make the book work as they had many successful Monster Comics but I guess what they needed was a horror writer and not a monster writer. Man-Thing is good but he's still waiting for lightening to strike.
And I do keep forgetting that Man Thing DID used to be a man, Ted Sallis, but MARVEL has never found a writer who can really seem to do for Manny what Moore did for Swampy, methinks because whatever they did would seem, basically, fairly derivative of Moore's work on SWAMP THING. Not saying it can't be done, but it would difficult to do. Wouldn't mind seeing someone try. Think of a retooled Man Thing by, let's say, Grant Morrison or (and I'm dreaming here, so bear with me) Stephen King....!sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.Comment
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Swamp thing.....never liked mandingo thing......
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I guess we shouldn't hold our breath waiting for the Shocker Toys Heap action figure?
I thought the Macfarlane reinvention was kind of fun. Love the street sign in there.
and of course Swamp thing appearance...Last edited by samurainoir; Aug 17, '11, 10:50 AM.Comment
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Also Green Man from Astro City.
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is the giant size Man Thing from your personal collection? i rarely see any of the giant sized in such nice condComment
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My vote goes for Swamp Thing, mostly because so the Wrightson issues. Number 3 of the original run is probably my all-time favorite comic cover. I was too young to get the original series on the newstand when it came out (issue 1 was on the stands the month and year I was born!), I discovered it years later. But I remember when Saga of the Swamp Thing #1 came out, I found it at Safeway and was extremely excited to get it.
I think the only problem I had with Alec Holland/Swamp Thing is that he's scientist, I mean the first issue is pretty much a science fiction story. But starting with the second issue he gets confronted with all kinds of supernatural stuff, and he never once as a man of science expresses any disbelief or questions it, he just seems to accept it as though it's all to be expected.
I thought Man-Thing was cool as a kid, I mean visually speaking. But I never had any of his comics as a kid (my exposure was through ads in Marvel Comics). When I finally came across his comics I never really could get into them.Comment
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Speaking of The Heap, I had no idea he returned this week from Moonstone.
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