Wow, what an unpleasant issue. Pasko brings back Abby and Matt—with yet another retelling of the first series, but this time from their perspective, which reveals how they just disappeared from it at some point.
Keeping with the old home week feel to the issue, Arcane shows up at the end. Bissette and Totleben really know how to make him disgusting, maybe more than anyone else so far. It’s a glorified cameo, but gives the feel things are changing in the series.
What’s most striking about the issue is how Pasko ties Matt’s alcoholism to the horrors Alec and the supporting cast face. Interestingly, the second Abby calls him Alec, he ceases to be Swamp Thing to me. Bissette and Totleben’s artwork is absolutely fantastic, whether its the flashback, the monsters or just the page layout.
It’s a great issue, though Pasko takes a few pages to get rolling.
CREDITS
…And Things That Go Bump in the Night; writer, Martin Pasko; penciller, Stephen R. Bissette; inker, John Totleben; colorist, Tatjana Wood; letterer, John Costanza; editor, Len Wein; publisher, DC Comics.
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