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Alec wakes up in Holland Peru after spending long days in a fever. An experiment in which he used the rare hallucinogenic mushrooms has fallen into a coma and delirium for a few weeks Alec has lost all touch with reality. He is now bene, ma è turbato da un sogno particolarmente vivido. Ha sognato che un incidente di laboratorio lo aveva trasformato in una creatura vegetale conosciuta come Swamp Thing, un guardiano del mondo delle piante che ha vissuto meravigliose, terribili avventure. Il sogno adesso si è concluso e Alec sta per tornare alla sua vera vita, ai suoi studi e ai suoi amici. Ma una certa ragazza con i capelli candidi esiste davvero? E chi è lo spaventoso mostro della palude che in Louisiana sta facendo strage dei cajun in una crescente furia omicida?

Dopo la conclusione dello storico ciclo di Alan Moore, che aveva ridefinito la Cosa della Palude di Len Wein e Bernie Wrightson, laying the foundations for the division at the DC Comics Vertigo, Swamp Thing's in Italy were untraceable. In America, the series has actually been going on for years with erratic results that have also led to a temporary closure of the head. Alan Moore had replaced Rick Veitch (The One , Teknophage ), a worthy successor to the great bard, dismissed by DC following the alleged blasphemy of an episode which featured Jesus Christ. The helm of the series was then passed to Nancy A. Collins, writer of horror novels who chose to return Swamp Thing to its original roots of the mold of traditional Gothic tale. Skipping this long cycle stories, the Planeta De Agostini today introduced the first volume of Mark Millar's Swamp Thing in the new series The Library of Lucien . Although the editorial choice seems more to bet on the popularity of Millar, the author here to the earliest weapons, rather than revive a character in our country with great potential, this return of the Thing comic books in the Swamp is not without interest. Mark Millar signing the first part of the book in collaboration with the already famous Grant Morrison (who in the credits of many chapters to the above right), and once left alone, unable to continue the series without disfigurement, giving fans of the swamp monster pages fairly suggestive.

Si tratta di un Mark Millar giovane, lontano un’eternità dallo stile provocatorio e kitsch che caratterizzerà in   futuro titoli come Wanted e Kick-Ass . La traccia fornita da Grant Morrison nei capitoli iniziali è sviluppata in modo diligente e recupera strutture e atmosfere già presenti nell’opera di Alan Moore. Una suggestione che incontrerà più facilmente il favore dei lettori nostalgici, che ancora ricordano lo Swamp Thing del bardo di Northampton come una delle opere a fumetti più memorabili di sempre. E’ necessario mettere da parte inappropriate and to be guided by narrative mechanisms tested and always fascinating even in their avowed nature of substitute. Grant Morrison brings to the stage a psychodrama, as Pirandello, which triggered a trap, capturing even the most casual viewer. A plot device efficient enough to be forgiven after inconsistencies and lead the reader by the hand into a new journey of initiation near the marsh, including stories of ordinary people swept away from the absurd, devastating flashes of horror, dark and mystical existential obsessions. The vein of hallucinatory Morrison is collected by Millar with decent creativity and the volume ends with a surreal cycle rather intriguing as imperfect. Designed largely by Philip Hester without any particular invention, the volume also features contributions from Chris Weston ( Flinch) and Phil Jimenez (Infinite Crisis , Invisibles) in tasty cameos that give the whole though a value-added content.

A pleasant read, but that leaves a bad taste in the mouths of those who truly love what the Marsh. Regret for a long sequence of chapters ignored in favor of a questionable commercial gimmick. Bitterness for the cycle created by Rick Veitch, Moore's immediate successor, and author of high-profile, still unpublished in Italy. Perhaps without hope after the appearance in this comic Mark Millar's Swamp Thing , Where the name of the writer (in some catalogs screamed with so much haughty Saxon genitive) relegated to the second main character and content. A dish to Millar, is not despicable, but that needs to be appreciated the ability to be content, bearing in mind that the dish better, more attractive and valuable, who oversees the kitchen, you may not ever bring to the table.

This review was also published on Fumettidicarta .

[Article by Philip Messina ]