In this issue, Moore uses the downtime in the story-arc to develop Swamp Thing’s rich history, pulling the curtain back on the powerful folklore behind the character. Not only is it an homage to Wrightson’s House of Secrets 92 cover, it further illustrates the concepts Moore unveils in this issue Swamp Thing and Abby are involved in a greater purpose throughout time. With Bissette and Totleben taking a breather since the Annual 2, Ron Randall takes over the reigns in the visuals department for this issue. He cracks open the Swamp Thing folklore/lineage. Although a great deal of the book is a flashback-reprinting Wrightson and Wein’s classic 8-page story from HOS 92-, Alan Moore does something really special. It’s not quite fitting to call this Sophisticated Suspense of an issue, filler.
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