Swamp Thing: Green Hell review

Yes, I slogged through Jeff Lemire's boggy story. A tale that ignored its target audience.

Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, not Alec Holland as advertised, is brought back to our realm in a post-apocalyptic future to fight an evil, goofy looking Swamp avatar and masses of gruesome monsters. That's pretty much it.

Why was such a simple story told in 3 expensive Black Label books? I have no clue. Actually, I do, it's called: Green aka Money.

What I did NOT like:

NO Anton Arcane!!!

A forgettable, unimaginative villain.

A vulnerable avatar of the green.

That weird perverted paradise dimension where Swamp Thing "lives" with his forever young wife and child.

His wife still with him and his daughter not a full grown woman insults long time Swamp Thing readers.

I much prefer the more credible retired “My Blue Heaven” version of Swamp Thing living alone in a pocket universe.

How does Maxine Baker/Animal Woman keep her large animals fed?

The absence of a higher power, yet the devil is present.

Could DC still be nervous about the divine? Prove me wrong DC and print the excellent "Morning of the Magician" by Rick Veitch and Michael Zulli.

John Constantine not rewarded/saved for his ultimate sacrifice is lame.

Constantine's final fate is left unknown. This is extremely cowardly.

Parlements getting eradicated. Learning from your mistakes is not permitted. No forgiveness. Death is better? Again, lame.

The little girl magically getting earth powers.

The inconsistent art and designs.

What I did like:

My favorite movie monster from the 80s, The Deadly Spawn (1983) appears in disguise.

We got 3 new Swamp Thing comics with some very nice variant covers.

I give it a 3/10. I was not in Swamp Thing heaven.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - The Scorpius Run #1 review

The Enterprise picks up a distress call and moves to investigate. onboard they find one survivor who tells them she has a debt to pay to a local crime Boss. later, the Enterprise arrives at Celius Prime in an effort to help their passenger. Pike and some of the bridge crew are beamed off. they face the crime boss who tells them the only way out of the dangerous Scorpion sector is by way of the most dangerous race in the galaxy. Pike agrees to the race but members of this crew are placed among various other ships in the race. The idea of a race in space is nothing new. its not even new in the realms of Star Trek. you have 'The Great Starship Race' from the old Pocket Book line. and thus far, i feel the novel is superior. though the Pike of Strange New Worlds is laid back i hardly think he would so easily agree to all the terms and obviously laid traps he faces here. six out of ten.

Void Rivals #2 review

What’s this then? Why, it’s Void Rivals # 2, the second issue (shocking, I know) of Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici, and Matheus Lopes’ new sci-fi comic. It tells the tale of two crumbling planets linked by a “Sacred Ring” (it’s not Halo), their peoples at war for generations. When a member of each culture are stranded together, the two find they must put aside their differences if they want to survive. This story takes place in the so-called “Energon Universe”, Skybound Entertainment’s new initiative to relaunch properties like Transformers and G.I. Joe within a shared universe that also happens to include the original characters and setting of Void Rivals. Any good? You know what, yeah! I’m enjoying it so far and I guess I’m not surprised. Robert Kirkman does well with cosmic space stuff and I was a big fan of Invincible. In two issues he’s already crafted an intriguing dramatic setup and a compelling dynamic between our two lead characters Darak and Solila. We’ve seen the “enemies

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