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The Phantom Stranger 14 (July-August 1971)
I don’t think I’ve ever seen pre-eighties Jim Aparo before. It’s absolutely stunning. The tight faces are present, but there’s also a bunch of energy. I never would have thought he’d be a great...
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The Saga of the Swamp Thing 1 (May 1982)
For his first issue, Martin Pasko basically just rewinds a little from where the seventies series left Swamp Thing and picks up like it’s just another issue. There’s an ignorant small town (this time...
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The Saga of the Swamp Thing 2 (June 1982)
Pasko immediately identifies the bad guys this issue—not just the regular bad guys, but the bad organization too. It’s the Sunderland Corporation and I’m pretty sure they’re around the rest of the...
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The Saga of the Swamp Thing 3 (July 1982)
And here’s where Pasko hits his stride. The issue features Swamp Thing versus a town of teen vampires who have not just ruined the town but done so out of boredom. Though I suppose their argument...
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The Saga of the Swamp Thing 4 (August 1982)
This issue concerning a demon who possesses people in order to feed on children’s souls. The children in question must be murdered, of course. The demon targets minority children as it turns out their...
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The Saga of the Swamp Thing 5 (September 1982)
So Swamp Thing now has his supporting cast… at least for now. Casey the mute wasn’t cutting it. It impressive what a good issue Pasko and Yeates produce with all the handicaps. It’s all about the evil...
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The Saga of the Swamp Thing 6 (October 1982)
Yeates’s art takes a strange turn this issue. He spends less time on Swamp Thing than he does on the supporting cast. There’s a lot of action this issue too—Pasko does a great job pacing, considering...
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The Saga of the Swamp Thing 7 (November 1982)
Swamp Thing continues his cruise ship adventure, ending up fighting a giant undersea monster. It reminds a lot of the first series, only this time there are subplots. Casey, Swamp Thing’s former...
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The Saga of the Swamp Thing 8 (December 1982)
This issue features Swamp Thing and company–I’m tempted to start singling Liz out because I think she remains a character, but I’m not sure yet–on an island with a bunch of scenes from classic movies....
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The Saga of the Swamp Thing 9 (January 1983)
I never thought, reading the issues before this one, I would see cheesecake in Pasko and Yeates’s Swamp Thing run. But this issue isn’t Yeates, it’s Jan Duursema. Duursema handles the art in varying...
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The Saga of the Swamp Thing 10 (February 1983)
John Totleben joins Yeates on the art this issue, but it’s hard to see what effect his inks have on it. The issue is almost incomprehensibly dense, with Pasko starting in the States somewhere and...
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The Saga of the Swamp Thing 11 (March 1983)
I think this issue must have been an informal “jumping on” point. Over the first four or five pages, Pasko recaps every major event in the series in a flashback. Then he spends another five or six...
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The Saga of the Swamp Thing 12 (April 1983)
Okay, this story line has gone on way too long at this point. Pasko sets up a decent finale only to reveal it’s still not over… they still need to fight the Antichrist. The story’s awkward, mostly...
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The Phantom Stranger 14 (July-August 1971)
I don’t think I’ve ever seen pre-eighties Jim Aparo before. It’s absolutely stunning. The tight faces are present, but there’s also a bunch of energy. I never would have thought he’d be a great...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Saga of the Swamp Thing 1 (May 1982)
For his first issue, Martin Pasko basically just rewinds a little from where the seventies series left Swamp Thing and picks up like it’s just another issue. There’s an ignorant small town (this time...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Saga of the Swamp Thing 2 (June 1982)
Pasko immediately identifies the bad guys this issue—not just the regular bad guys, but the bad organization too. It’s the Sunderland Corporation and I’m pretty sure they’re around the rest of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Saga of the Swamp Thing 3 (July 1982)
And here’s where Pasko hits his stride. The issue features Swamp Thing versus a town of teen vampires who have not just ruined the town but done so out of boredom. Though I suppose their argument...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Saga of the Swamp Thing 4 (August 1982)
This issue concerning a demon who possesses people in order to feed on children’s souls. The children in question must be murdered, of course. The demon targets minority children as it turns out their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Saga of the Swamp Thing 5 (September 1982)
So Swamp Thing now has his supporting cast… at least for now. Casey the mute wasn’t cutting it. It impressive what a good issue Pasko and Yeates produce with all the handicaps. It’s all about the evil...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Saga of the Swamp Thing 6 (October 1982)
Yeates’s art takes a strange turn this issue. He spends less time on Swamp Thing than he does on the supporting cast. There’s a lot of action this issue too—Pasko does a great job pacing, considering...
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