Book 1

Saga of the Swamp Thing

by Alan Moore

Published 1 October 1987
Written by ALAN MOORE Art by RICK VEITCH, JOHN TOTLEBEN and ALFREDO ALCALA Cover by RICK VEITCH & JOHN TOTLEBEN Continuing the hardcover collection of master comics writer Alan Moore's award-winning run on SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING with issues #51-56, this volume begins as Swamp Thing returns from his journey to hell, only to learn that his girlfriend Abby is being persecuted for their "unnatural relations." When she skips town for Gotham City, he follows and runs afoul of Batman, Lex Luthor and the Gotham City Police Department.

Book 3

Swamp Thing

by Alan Moore

Published May 1987
Alan Moore, then a little-known writer, was asked by DC to do his first major American work: to take over the scripting chores on their horror title Saga of the Swamp Thing. Moore's storylines radically reinvented not only the main character, but also the US comic industry's whole approach to storytelling. Many have argued that the direction and approach of a large number of today's comics -- especially DC's Vertigo line -- can be traced back to Moore's run on Swamp Thing.