Just in time for Halloween…
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One of comics’ all-time great horror runs is getting a new collection this fall when DC publishes Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age Vol. 1, a paperback collecting the first 13 issues of Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson’s ’70s classic, as well as Swampy’s first appearance in The House of Secrets #92.
Check out the solicitation info (which will be released officially next week), as well as this EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK at Karl Kerschl’s cover:
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SWAMP THING: THE BRONZE AGE VOL. 1 TP
Written by LEN WEIN
Art by BERNIE WRIGHTSON and NESTOR REDONDO
Cover by KARL KERSCHL
Swamp Thing’s early adventures are collected in paperback with SWAMP THING: THE BRONZE AGE VOL. 1. Deep in the bayou of Louisiana, far from civilization’s grasp, a shadowed creature seen only in fleeting glimpses roils the black waters…a twisted, vegetative mockery of a man…a Swamp Thing! These are the tales that introduced Alec and Linda Holland, Anton Arcane, Abigail Cable, the Patchwork Man, the Un-Men, plus an appearance by Batman! Collects THE HOUSE OF SECRETS #92 and SWAMP THING #1-13.
ON SALE 10.03.18
$24.99 US | 304 PAGES
FC | ISBN: 978-1-4012-8440-4
June 17, 2018
I’ll pick it up for the convenience of having HOS 92 & the first 9 issues in a more compact volume.
But I can’t help feeling that, for that price, the omnibus is a better value.
June 17, 2018
I agree that the omnibus is the better buy. The quality of the stories dipped severely after Wein left. However, the art on the last few issues of Wein’s run was by the criminally underrated Nestor Redondo. Redondo continued on after Wein left and his art is beautiful to behold, even if the stories don’t measure up to it.
Not that I don’t recommend this book to those who don’t want the omnibus. You can’t go wrong with Wein and Wrightson.
June 17, 2018
How can this be called a new collection when the hardback has existed for months? I was hoping for a Vol. 2.