Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore Vol. 1

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Damore, Meagan (July 23, 2016). "SDCC: "JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK" ANIMATED FILM CONFIRMED; "TEEN TITANS" & MORE ANNOUNCED". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016 . Retrieved May 10, 2022. Absolute Death – Collects The Sandman #8 ("The Sound of Her Wings") and #20 ("Facade"), Death: The High Cost of Living #1–3, Death: The Time of Your Life #1–3, "A Winter's Tale" from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2, "The Wheel" from 9–11: The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember, and "Death and Venice" from The Sandman: Endless Nights. Extras include the "Death Talks About Life" AIDS pamphlet, script and pencils for The Sandman #8, a complete reproduction of Death Gallery (a one-shot of Death-inspired art), a section on the collectibles inspired by Death, sketches by Chris Bachalo, and an introduction by Amanda Palmer. Release date: January 7, 2020. ISBN 978-1401295578 Murray, Noel (May 31, 2019). "This weekend, stream two versions of Swamp Thing online". The Verge . Retrieved June 11, 2019.

Alexander "Alex" Olsen was a talented young scientist in Louisiana in the early 1900s, married to Linda. Alex's assistant, Damian Ridge, was secretly in love with Linda and plotted the death of his friend. He tampered with Olsen's chemicals, killing him in the explosion, and dumped his body in the nearby swamp. Ridge used Linda's grief to convince her to marry him; however, Ridge was confronted by Alex Olsen, now a risen humanoid pile of vegetable matter. Olsen killed Ridge but Linda did not recognize him and ran away, leaving Olsen to wander the swamps alone as a monster. Nunca me había llamado la atención este personaje, ni siquiera tras escuchar que Alan Moore lo había trabajado; me causaba bastante indiferencia. Ha sido a raíz de recibir este tomo como regalo por Reyes que me despertó la curiosidad -sobre todo esa portada tan bonita que tiene esta edición-. Absolute Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn – Reprints Batman and Robin #1–16 and Batman: The Return #1. Release date: January 15, 2013. ISBN 1-4012-3737-1

DC Comics relaunched Swamp Thing with issue #1 in September 2011 as part of The New 52, [13] with writer Scott Snyder (#1-18 and Annual). Snyder's run concluded with "Rotworld", a crossover event between Swamp Thing, Animal Man and Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. Charles Soule wrote issues #19-40. When scientist Alec Holland and his wife Linda are murdered to gain access to their bio-restorative formula, Alec rises from his watery grave as Swamp Thing! The Deadman Collection – Collects Strange Adventures #205–216 (1950–1973), The Brave and the Bold #79, 86 and 104 (1955–1983), and material from Aquaman #50–52 (1962–1978), and Challengers of the Unknown #74 (1958–1978). This was the second book in the line of oversized DC slipcased hardcovers after The Green Lantern/Green Arrow Collection, though again not as oversized as an Absolute edition. Release date: December 2001. ISBN 1-5638-9849-7 The Alec Holland incarnation of Swamp Thing appears in a self-titled TV series (1991), voiced by Len Carlson. Absolute Green Arrow – Collects Green Arrow (vol. 3) #1–15 by Kevin Smith and Phil Hester. Release date: April 7, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4012-5548-0

Moore would later reveal, in an attempt to connect the original one-off Swamp Thing story from House of Secrets #92 to the main Swamp Thing canon, that there had been dozens, perhaps hundreds, of Swamp Things since the dawn of humanity, and that all versions of the creature were designated defenders of the Parliament of Trees, an elemental community which rules a dimension known as "the Green" that connects all plant life on Earth. Moore's Swamp Thing broadened the scope of the series to include ecological and spiritual concerns while retaining its horror-fantasy roots. In issue #37, Moore formally introduced the character of John Constantine the Hellblazer as a magician/con artist who would lead the Swamp Thing on the "American Gothic" storyline. Alan Moore also introduced the concept of the DC characters Cain and Abel being the mystical reincarnations of the Biblical Cain and Abel caught in an endless cycle of murder and resurrection. Absolute Batman: Dark Victory – Reprints Batman: Dark Victory #0–13. Release date: May 23, 2012. ISBN 1-4012-3510-7 Absolute Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals – Collects Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #01-14 by George Pérez, with bonus content from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #26 and Who's Who Update '87 #01-03. Release date: March 1, 2022. ISBN 9781779511553 Absolute Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello & Cliff Chiang Vol. 1 – Collects Wonder Woman (vol. 4) #0–18 from The New 52 by Brian Azzarello& Cliff Chiang. Release date: February 1, 2017. ISBN 9781401268480Absolute Promethea Book One – Collects Promethea #1–12 by Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III. Release date: September 30, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4012-2372-4 originally mistakenly believed the Swamp Thing to be responsible for the deaths of Alec and Linda Holland. During this series, it seems that the Swamp Thing and Abigail have reunited as lovers and are living in their old home in the Louisiana swamps outside Houma. The home in which they live more closely resembles the one that the Swamp Thing constructs for Abigail during the Moore run than the home in which they dwell during the Collins run. In a confrontation with Tefé, the Swamp Thing explains that he has cut himself off from the Green and there seems to be no trace of the god-like powers he acquired from the Parliaments of Air, Waves, Stone or Flames during the Millar run. Also, Vaughan's Swamp Thing does not seem to have been divorced from the humanity of his Alec Holland self. The disconnection between these two entities becomes a plot point in Volume 4. Absolute Superman by Geoff Johns& Gary Frank - Reprinting the complete Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Superman: Brainiac, and Superman: Secret Origin stories from Action Comics #858-863, #866-870, Superman: Secret Origin #1-6, and stories from Action Comics Annual #10, Superman: New Krypton Special #1, and Action Comics #900. Extras include character designs by Gary Frank, the Action Comics #858 script by Geoff Johns, an extensive cover gallery and more. Scheduled release date: May 28, 2024. ISBN 978-1779524713