--- product_id: 4399321 title: "Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book 1" price: "KD 9.92" currency: KWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/4399321-saga-of-the-swamp-thing-book-1 store_origin: KW region: Kuwait --- # Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book 1 **Price:** KD 9.92 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book 1 - **How much does it cost?** KD 9.92 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.kw](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/4399321-saga-of-the-swamp-thing-book-1) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book 1 [Moore, Alan, Various] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book 1 Review: Wow! Total must-read for comics fans! - Book 1 of Saga of the Swamp Thing definitely lived up to the hype, and then some! I was blown away by the creative storylines, breathtaking art, and sheer boldness of the whole thing. Book 1 is not an origin story of the titular character, but rather it completely reshapes and retools his origin story in a very daring, almost shocking way. Love or hate Alan Moore (this was the well known artist’s first big American comic to write for) it can never be said that he is a cowardly writer; he has never been afraid of taking huge risks with his stories, and you can see here that even in the beginnings of his career, he really went all in. These issues must have been completely mind-blowing to the loyal Swamp Thing readers back in the day - my mind was blown to smithereens and I’m not even that familiar with this IP. In addition, I’m a huge fan of the tone of horror throughout this book. A villain that appears in the 2nd half of the book is absolutely terrifying, and as this predates Stephen King’s It by about 4 years, one may wonder if King wasn’t more than a little bit influenced by these issues. In summation, if you’re a fan, of comics, horror, great writing, or good things in general, you should by and read this now! It is an absolute masterpiece and an essential part of comics history! Review: beautiful - This volume is essential reading for comic book lovers. The stories are involving, poetic, thrilling, and often mind-bending. Moore's revised origin for Swampy is very imaginative and adds a very interesting layer to Swamp Thing's brooding internal monologue that drives the book. The art is striking, hypnotic, and usually quite beautiful. I'm not sure what work has been done to clean up the art for this edition, but it looks fantastic. The lines are sharp and dark and the colors, though often purposely muted, pop off the page. The main attraction in this volume is a brilliant story arc in which a minor DC villain, Floronic Man, discovers some startling secrets about our Swamp Thing and uses the knowledge to take total control of all of the plant life on Earth. It's really wild stuff, and it's tastefully and realistically handled by all of the artists involved. The only complaint I have about this book is that it's too short. I couldn't put it down once I started it and I was finished with it in no time at all. They've only printed the first 3 of these softcovers so far, but I recommend that you do as I did and buy all of them that are available at the time. You'll want to start the next book immediately after finishing one. It's that good. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #31,009 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #20 in Horror Graphic Novels (Books) #82 in DC Comics & Graphic Novels #159 in Superhero Comics & Graphic Novels | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 2,166 Reviews | ## Images ![Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book 1 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71ld0wZusKL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow! Total must-read for comics fans! *by R***R on September 1, 2019* Book 1 of Saga of the Swamp Thing definitely lived up to the hype, and then some! I was blown away by the creative storylines, breathtaking art, and sheer boldness of the whole thing. Book 1 is not an origin story of the titular character, but rather it completely reshapes and retools his origin story in a very daring, almost shocking way. Love or hate Alan Moore (this was the well known artist’s first big American comic to write for) it can never be said that he is a cowardly writer; he has never been afraid of taking huge risks with his stories, and you can see here that even in the beginnings of his career, he really went all in. These issues must have been completely mind-blowing to the loyal Swamp Thing readers back in the day - my mind was blown to smithereens and I’m not even that familiar with this IP. In addition, I’m a huge fan of the tone of horror throughout this book. A villain that appears in the 2nd half of the book is absolutely terrifying, and as this predates Stephen King’s It by about 4 years, one may wonder if King wasn’t more than a little bit influenced by these issues. In summation, if you’re a fan, of comics, horror, great writing, or good things in general, you should by and read this now! It is an absolute masterpiece and an essential part of comics history! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ beautiful *by A***S on February 8, 2013* This volume is essential reading for comic book lovers. The stories are involving, poetic, thrilling, and often mind-bending. Moore's revised origin for Swampy is very imaginative and adds a very interesting layer to Swamp Thing's brooding internal monologue that drives the book. The art is striking, hypnotic, and usually quite beautiful. I'm not sure what work has been done to clean up the art for this edition, but it looks fantastic. The lines are sharp and dark and the colors, though often purposely muted, pop off the page. The main attraction in this volume is a brilliant story arc in which a minor DC villain, Floronic Man, discovers some startling secrets about our Swamp Thing and uses the knowledge to take total control of all of the plant life on Earth. It's really wild stuff, and it's tastefully and realistically handled by all of the artists involved. The only complaint I have about this book is that it's too short. I couldn't put it down once I started it and I was finished with it in no time at all. They've only printed the first 3 of these softcovers so far, but I recommend that you do as I did and buy all of them that are available at the time. You'll want to start the next book immediately after finishing one. It's that good. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Alan Moore Does It Again. (Book 1 Review) *by '***Y on May 3, 2012* I've been wanting to purchase these 6 books for some time now. The complete Alan Moore run of 'Swamp Thing', how could I turn it down? No one, except Neil Gaiman, has the depth of Moore and his attention to detail. This collection is no different. I had an idea of what this series encompased already thanks to Wikipedia. I knew that Alan took this existing character and molded it to his own interpretations. Still I was plesantly surprised when reading it. **Some Spoilers** For those not too familier with this comic series, as I was...the comics focus in on the Swamp Thing. The Swamp Thing, a creature of living moving vegetation was once a man named Alec Holland. Alec Holland was developing a serum that would make plants extremely tuff and able to grow fast. Well his lab is blown up and he is splashed with the formula and is thrown by the explosion into the surrounding swamp. For years the concensus was that he was mutated by the formula, combined with the swamp he fell into, that's how he became the current creature he is. Well...in comes Alan Moore as head writer. Moore has a knack for taking an under-performing property and revitalizing it. He actually prefers the more obscure characters over the heavy hitters, i.e. 'Batman' & 'Superman.' Moore has this bright idea. What if the Swamp Thing was NEVER Alec Holland? What if Alec died in the explosion like any normal human would. What if the formula affected a plant in the swamp, and this plant digested Alec Holland's decomposing body. By "eating" Alec Holland this plant absorbs his memorys and "mind" and gets deceived that IT is Alec Holland. WOW!!! So the Swamp Thing for all these years has been operating under a false assumption. IT's hopes of becoming human someday are dashed to pieces. After all, IT's a plant and was NEVER a man, ever. This is quite a revelation to start his run with. This is only issue # 2 of Moore's tenure... It only gets more crazy from here. The Flouronic Man terrorizing the world with extinction. An ape demon from hell, Moore cuts loose. There some elements I was not crazy about. The issue about the Ouija Board, was to me creepy. But this is a horror comic. I personally find Ouija Boards disturbing. Elements like these are to be expected though from Alan. Moore is now a self professed "...real Magician" and is a huge follower of magic. He attempts to practice it in real life and peppers his writings quite hard with it's literary elements. In fact, his current work is pretty much centered around Magic. His older work, exp. 'Swamp Thing' and others are peppered with it, but not saturated with it. This is just something anyone who goes to read his writings past and ESPECIALLY present should be aware of ahead of time. If mystical is not your thing, you'll probably not like his work. You may like his older work, 'V For Vendetta', 'Watchmen', and 'Swamp Thing', which is not too saturated but at times does go into paranormal territory, periodically. This aside, if your looking for a thinking man's comic, this is probably for you. --Bound Volume Quality-- One reason I had to dock a star is for the quality of the hardback. If you've read other reviews, you know the paper quality of these releases is not the best. The pages will be stuck together when you first open these books and the pages will crackle a little bit at first. These are not high-gloss pages, but the cheaper kind found in lower end trade paperbacks, I believe. Is it a reason to not read or buy these releases? NO, just an annoyance. Also the dust covers are not high quality either. FYI, take if off and behold the beautiful hardback cover underneath. Why would they want to cover this awesome imprinted covers? Quality issues aside this is still overall a good buy. AND, you get issue # 20 in book 1, something not in most other 'Swamp Thing' bound volume releases. --In Conclusion-- Very happy with this purpose, quality issues aside, and I am glad I bought all 6 books at once. I am now plowing into Book 2 and will be reviewing it soon... Great read so far, makes me remember why I loved 'The Watchmen' so many years ago when I first picked it up in Books-A-Million. I knew after the first 3 pages I was reading something really EPIC. You now have a choice between hardcover and paperback. Be aware the paperbacks of this variety are just now getting released, you will have to wait for all 6 to make it to the shelves, for a while. I personally recommend the hardcovers. At the current prices on Amazon.com, you really can NOT afford to miss out on this upgrade. Thanks Alan for giving us readers such well thought out material. I wish there were more out there like you and Neil Gaiman... 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