Saga of the Swamp Thing

title:

Saga of the Swamp Thing

summary:

Book one: "Created by a freak accident, the Swamp Thing is an elemental creature who uses the forces of nature and wisdom of the plant kingdom to rail against a polluted world's self-destruction"--Amazon.com; Book two: "The Earth Elemental says goodbye to the illusion of his own humanity after learning that he is 100 percent plant, meets a crew of benevolent alien invaders inspired by the classic swamp-based comic strip Pogo, and consummates his relationship with Abigail Arcane as only he could." -- Publisher's website ; Book three: "[T]his third volume is brimming with visceral horrors including underwater vampires, a werewolf with an unusual curse, and the debut of John Constantine" -- publisher's website ; Book four: "[I]n which Swamp Thing's quest for self-discovery comes to its shattering conclusion. A harbinger of doom has been released with the sole charge of waking an evil beyond comprehension, and John Constantine, Deadman, The Phantom Stranger, The Specter and other masters of the occult must unite." -- publisher's website ; Book five: "Swamp Thing returns from his sojourn to hell, only to learn that Abby has fled Gotham City, where he runs afoul of Batman, Lex Luthor and the Gotham City Police Department." -- Publisher's website ; Book six: "This collection ... begins across the galaxy, where the Swamp Thing's consciousness has been hurled. Trying to find his way back to Earth, Swamp Thing stops over on Thanagar, home of Hawkman; Rann, home of Adam Strange; and encounters the Green Lantern of a world of sentient plants" -- Publisher's website.

Attribution:

Moore, Alan, 1953-, Vertigo, DC Comics, and In copyright--educational user permitted; for more information, see http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/

Description:

Book jacket image of the copy held in the Science Fiction & Fantasy Research Collection at Cushing Memorial Library on the campus of Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas and included in an exhibition, "Live To Build A Better World: Despair, Survival, and Hope in Science Fiction’s Response to Environmental Change," at Cushing from January 19, 2021-June 30, 2021.