Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore ‘Vol. 1’ Comic Book

A group of three avant-garde American painters and an English revolutionary writer revived a classic comic book character in 1983. By the time Alan Moore, Stephen R. Bissette, John Totleben, and Rick Veitch had completed their work on Swamp Thing four years later, it was widely acknowledged as one of the few works that defined a new era of complexity and depth in contemporary graphic storytelling. Their run on the series is still regarded as one of the most enduring masterpieces in the genre.

DC Comics and Vertigo are pleased to publish a brand-new interpretation of this significant accomplishment. Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, which consists of three deluxe hardcover volumes, features entirely new coloring for each page created especially for this definitive collector’s edition by famed colorist Steve Oliff (Akira, Miracleman).

The issues of The Saga of the Swamp Thing and Swamp Thing Annual #2 are collected in this first edition, which also includes a significant new afterword from Bissette and a wealth of previously unpublished historical behind-the-scenes content from the book’s original creative team.