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Some of My Friends Read Comics 253 – Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Vol. 6

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We’re finally at the end of Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing! When we last left him, he was stuck in space on an alien planet, making the best of his situation with whatever plants he could find.

Will he ever make it back to Earth to see Abigail? Or will he just putz around with Adam Strange and Hawkgirl for a while?

We’ll find out in issues 57-64!

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Next Time: We continue spooky season with “Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees” by Patrick Horvath! Plus we start our next long-read with “The Ultimates #1”

Some of My Friends Read Comics 234 – Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Vol. 5 + Thunderbolts #7

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Spooky season is swampy season here at SOMFRC and we’re back to Swamp Thing! We’re reading volume 5 of Alan Moore’s run with issues #51-56.

Swamp Thing has no more world-ending catastrophes to worry about, but his girlfriend’s being persecuted for being into plants! Nothing to do but take over Gotham, get into a fight with Batman, and then spend a cool time in space.

Then we move onto Thunderbolts #7, where the team disobeys a direct order from Baron Zemo!

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Next Time: We check out Garth Ennis’s time with John Constantine in Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits (Hellblazer #41-46)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 187 – Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Vol. 3 + DC Super-Stars #17

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We haven’t quite hit spooky season yet but we really wanted to get back into some Swamp Thing, so we’re diving back into Alan Moore’s run from the 80’s with the 3rd collected volume which covers issues #35-42.

The series takes on a bit of a different form with the first appearance of Constantine as he sends Swamp Thing on freak-of-the-week adventures around the US.

Then we get into some multiverse shenanigans as we start a scattered new long-read focused on Earth-2 heroes. First up is DC Super-Stars #17, featuring the origin of Batman and Catwoman’s daughter: Huntress!

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Next Time: She-Hulk (2005) #1-5 (Time Trials) and Justice League of America #159

Some of My Friends Read Comics 164 – Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Vol. 2 + The Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #5

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Swamp Thing made someone’s heart sing!!! He’s in love! It’s so sweet!

But we have to go through some really creepy horror stuff first like BUGS. Eww, gross.

In Alan Moore’s 2nd volume of Swamp Thing (issues #28-34 & Annual #2), he gave us a little bit of everything, including a fun little trip to hell.

And then we kept reading The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck with Chapter 5. Spoiler alert: Scrooge dies.

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Next Time: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #6-8

Some of My Friends Read Comics 045 – Swamp Thing by Alan Moore

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It’s been way too long since we read some Alan Moore, so it’s time to remedy that with his run on Swamp Thing from the early 80’s.

It’s dark, twisted stuff that turned the concept of Swamp Thing on its head and reinvigorated the franchise and influenced to many other comics to this day.

And that terrific horrific art by Stephen Bissette…. treat yourself.

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