I couldn't wait to jump into this after the rather amazing first volume of the series. I tore through this in one sitting, I just couldn't wait to find out what was in store for Alec Holland.Volume two isn't quite as good as its predecessor; however, it is still very enjoyable if not because of the steadily building lead-up to the war against the Rot, then definitely because of the gross and gory artwork. There are some amazingly horrific images in these pages, so if horror is your thing, then t...

Making my way, albeit slowly, through some of the DCNU launches/re-launches and I've mixed feelings on this one. In part, because taking Swamp Thing away from the Vertigo line and placing him in the DCNU seems to have little effect on the character. The horror might be more of a physical threat than a psychological one, but this remains a horror title for the most part and the lead character is unchanged. The significant changes are to Abigail Arcane and the introduction of the Rot.I wanted to l...

As I mentioned on my review of the first Trade compilation of these comics,I read these as individual issues as they came out... my first impression was that it had nice art, but that the story wasn't really going anywhere.I then re-read the entire first 12 issues in a single sitting.Yes, the story is slow, you can tell that they were intended more for a trade compilation than to be read as singles, but there IS a story.The art matches well with pretty much with the rest the new DC 52... which i...

Ever since I read and was amazed by Alan Moore's magisterial run on Swamp Thing, I've managed to stumble across some modern takes on Swamp Thing. Most have been less than impressive, save for a Brain Vaughn volume that was quite good. Scott Snyder steps up to the plate and tries to do a "deep" Alan Moore like story. He fails. Though not miserably.The brilliant premise of Moore's Swamp Thing not being a man at all but rather a plant that had the thoughts of Alec Holland is turned on its head as t...

Scott Snyder’s “Swamp Thing” is a phenomenal addition to a series that has been running, in some manifestation, for almost 50 years for DC Comics. Many great writers have contributed to the series over the years, including Alan Moore, Nancy Collins, Brian K. Vaughan, and even Grant Morrison, so Snyder is following in some pretty big shoes.In the second volume, “Family Tree”: the Rot is spreading across the western United States; Swampy saves Abby but unwittingly unleashes the true villain behind...

"I've got your hug right here"Strong words from a strong woman ;) really loving everythiing about this issue: the characters, so deep, so rich.. Abigail, Arcane,.. it all just feels good, connected, one good, brilliant story in fact.I'm definitely jumping straight into the next one!Oeh, yeah, right, almost forgot: just.. loving.. this.. ARTWORK!!!

I forgot that the first two volumes of most New 52 books were connected. At least, Scott Snyder's were. That means waiting six years to pick up the second volume was a mistake. But, aside from the resolution of the previous volume, the rest of this is messy. Mostly, it's preparing for volume three and it's missing an issue that must have been in Animal Man. And I HATED Animal Man's New 52. I'll finish Rotworld but I've been letdown.

Volume 2 starts out like gangbusters. In this corner, representing the “Green”, Alec Holland aka Swamp Thing. His opponent, representing “The Rot”, Sethe. Swamp Thing gives a cry of Yo, Adrian, “Abigail” and it’s on like Donkey Kong. The wonderfully creepy art from volume one is back as Swamp Thing and Sethe battle back and forth.Then, Mr. and Mrs. Animal Man and kid show up in their camper and say, “Hi, um, we’re here to help, but in order for us to do so, Mr./Mrs./Ms. Fanboy, you must go out a...

Epic battle between Rot and Green in Snyder's run, vol 2. We had all the preamble, now we've gotta see Abby take on the mantle of the Queen of Rot and perhaps even get her back out of it! :)Go Greenie!So, as a sidenote to just having read all of Moore's Swamp Thing, I was quite content with having a Greenie who was a plant who thought he was Alec, with very little of Alec left except what he accepted.In this one, it really is a resurrected Alec who *merged* with the Green instead of being *all*

The second volume of Scott Snyder's Swamp Thing is a mish-mash of storylines collected together to form a fragmentary whole - there's the conclusion to the Sethe storyline from the first volume, Anton Arcane is introduced and attempts a kidnapping, we get the #0 issue showing the origins of Swamp Thing, there's Alec Holland and Abby Arcane's first meeting, and we get dropped right into the middle of the Rotworld Event. Lotta stuff, right?First off, the Sethe storyline from the first book was goo...

Well, this was... I don't know. The collection kicks off with the conclusion to the Sethe storyline, which is rushed to an almost criminal degree. It felt very much like Snyder wanted (needed?) to get that storyline out of the way to set up the next. Which is odd, because it's followed by several filler-type issues. Giving Animal Man time to catch up, maybe? And then there's the last issue (which was, I believe, the annual) which seems totally unconnected, chronologically, to the issue before it...

I'm enjoying this series more I get in to it (same with animal man). Alec is now the Swamp thing, and this mofo ain't fucking around! He became a huge ass green creature of love and he's ready to wreck shit. His fight with the Rot was entertaining (though still don't like the structure of the panels for most part). I also thought the ending issues should have been integrated into flashbacks. Why were the background stories just stuck into this? It felt so oddly placed, even though they gave more...

I love how, in this New 52 crossover event between Animal Man and Swamp Thing, Swamp Thing is distinctively written as a horror comic while Animal Man stands out as a book about a family man struggling with his superhero identity. In this way, both titles remain true to their origins and are self-aware of the things Grant Morrison and Alan Moore did in the '80s to make them great.Whereas the totems of The Red in Animal Man have consistently pointed out that there is nothing evil about The Rot, (...

This was a weird one like I like some stories and the others idk how they fit in with the rotworld event but I guess it makes sense as you read it with Animal and but I like some stories.It starts off with Alec emerging as the champion of the Green and going to rescue Abby and we see him fight Sethe and all the drama that unfolds there and the fight is short after so much build up but such a bad ass moment for Abby and then we have the coming of Anton Arcane and like how he is the big bad, champ...

This is really disjointed, I found. It seemed rushed, and thrown together. It's also harder for me to get into the story when the art style changes so much.

Definite improvement over the first volume, though a couple of things throw a wrench into the proceedings that knock off that fourth star. For one thing (and this is more a personal taste thing than anything else), I guess I just don't like Anton Arcane that much as an arch nemesis. Or I guess the *idea* of the character just remembers better than he revisits, with diminishing returns. Whenever he pops back up in some new "reimagined" incarnation, his presence always feels increasingly more tedi...