Big agriculture is putting out genetically modified seeds that’s harming the natural environment - not on Swamp Thing’s watch!
Mark Russell’s take on Swamp Thing is really, really bad. A lot of his books tend to have very superficial/banal political commentary and New Roots is no different. Get this: Big Business = BAD. Woah. What a bold position to take - and so thoughtful, original and nuanced!
The entire story is cartoonish capitalists (of course there’s a Trump caricature) pointlessly fighting an absurdly powerful plant god - guess who wins? When is shooting fish in a barrel ever interesting? Besides the obvious and inane political position Russell takes, he hasn’t got anything else to offer. Swampy gets kids momentarily, there’s a “... and it was all a dream!”-esque story - it’s all boring.
The remainder of the book is made up of even shorter stories by Phil Hester, and one by Andrew Constant, all drawn by Tom Mandrake, that manage to be worse than what went before. At least Russell’s story had bland politics - Hester’s drivel is just instantly-forgettable pseudo-horror filler. A haunted carnival, an African wizard, a psychic girl, aliens, a spirit granny, and a ghost light - terrible, every one.
Swamp Thing: New Roots is the worst Swamp Thing book I’ve read yet - don’t waste your time with this unentertaining rubbish.
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