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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Comic Afterthoughts The Pull List (1/8/14): Entering the Swamp
Posted By Andy Smith on Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 10:57 AM
After Scott Snyder left Swamp Thing shortly before the #20 mark, DC chose scribe/attorney/musician Charles Soule to take the reins. Soule, with the help of artist Jesus Saiz, has formed the book into one of DC's most fascinating titles, adding a new villain and challenges unseen in the character's lore.
A new protector is chosen for the world, and Swamp Thing is trapped in the Green, a community from which his powers are rooted, after he is rendered irrelevant. Now, Alec Holland is desperately trying to find a way out to rejoin our physical world. Swamp Thing #27, with the cover title "Escape from the Green," sees the titular hero forming his plan.
If you dig Swampy and Brian K. Vaughan, DC is also releasing a graphic novel from the writer's run in the early 2000s. The series focuses on Holland's daughter, who is half-human/half-plant elemental. It's not among Vaughan's greatest, but it's an essential for fans of the character.
Let's see what's going on outside the swamp.
DC Comics
100 BULLETS BROTHER LONO #7 (MR)
ACTION COMICS #27
BATMAN 66 THE TV STORIES TP
BATMAN BLACK & WHITE #5
BATMAN DARK KNIGHT TP VOL 02 CYCLE OF VIOLENCE (N52)
BATMAN SUPERMAN #7
BATMAN SUPERMAN #7 COMBO PACK
BATWING #27 (GOTHTOPIA)
DEADMAN TP VOL 04
DEMON FROM THE DARKNESS TP
DEMON KNIGHTS TP VOL 03 THE GATHERING STORM (N52)
DETECTIVE COMICS #27
EARTH 2 #19
EX MACHINA TP BOOK ONE (MR)
FAIREST #22 (MR)
FBP FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS #7 (MR)
FOREVER EVIL ARKHAM WAR #4
GREEN ARROW #27
GREEN LANTERN #27
GREEN LANTERN #27 COMBO PACK
GREEN LANTERN SECTOR 2814 TP VOL 03
GREEN LANTERN THE ANIMATED SERIES TP VOL 02
HINTERKIND #4 (MR)
MOVEMENT #8
SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #2
SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 ALIEN #2
STORMWATCH #27
SUPERMAN HC VOL 03 FURY AT THE WORLDS END (N52)
SUPERMAN TP VOL 02 SECRETS AND LIES (N52)
SWAMP THING #27
SWAMP THING BY BRIAN K VAUGHN TP VOL 01 (MR)
TERRA OBSCURA SMASH OF TWO WORLDS TP
TRINITY OF SIN THE PHANTOM STRANGER #15 (EVIL)
VAMPIRE DIARIES #1
Marvel Comics
A PLUS X #16
ALL NEW INVADERS #1 BY SINGH POSTER
ALL NEW MARVEL NOW POINT ONE #1 ANMN
ALL NEW MARVEL POINT ONE #1 BY LARROCA POSTER
ALL NEW X-FACTOR #1 ANMN
ALL NEW X-MEN #22.NOW BY IMMONEN POSTER
ALL NEW X-MEN INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK SSM ARMS OCTOPUS TP
ALL NEW X-MEN TP VOL 01 YESTERDAYS X-MEN
AVENGERS AI #8.NOW ANMN
AVENGERS WORLD #1 ANMN
AVENGERS WORLD #1 BY CASSADAY POSTER
BLACK WIDOW #1 ANMN
BLACK WIDOW #1 BY NOTO POSTER
CABLE AND X-FORCE #18 XFV
CATACLYSM ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #3
CATACLYSM ULTIMATES LAST STAND #3
DAREDEVIL DARK NIGHTS #8
DEADPOOL #22
FANTASTIC FOUR INHUMANS TP ATLANTIS RISING
FANTOMEX MAX #4 (MR)
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY BY JIM VALENTINO TP VOL 01
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #11.NOW BY PICHELLI POSTER
INFINITY HEIST #4 INF
INHUMANITY AWAKENING #2
IRON MAN #20
MARVEL KNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN #4
MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #4 SYU
MIRACLEMAN #1 BY YU POSTER
PAINKILLER JANE PRICE OF FREEDOM #3 (MR)
REVOLUTIONARY WAR ALPHA #1
SAVAGE WOLVERINE #14.NOW ANMN
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP TP FRIENDLY FIRE
THUNDERBOLTS #20.NOW BY FLETCHER POSTER
WOLVERINE #13
X-MEN BATTLE OF ATOM HC
YOUNG AVENGERS #15
Dark Horse Comics
ABE SAPIEN #9
DOCTOR SOLAR ARCHIVES TP VOL 02
GAME OF THRONES PINT GLASS STANNIS
GAME OF THRONES PINT GLASS TYRELL
HALO ESCALATION #2
HALO INITIATION HC
SHAOLIN COWBOY #4
STAR WARS #13 2013 ONGOING
STAR WARS OMNIBUS ADVENTURES TP
TRIGUN MAXIMUM OMNIBUS TP VOL 02
IDW Publishing
BEST OF EC ARTIST ED HC S&N ED
CROW CURARE TP
GIL KANE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ARTIST ED HC S&N ED
JACK DAVIS EC STORIES ARTIST ED HC S&N ED
MARK SCHULTZ XENOZOIC TALES ARTIST ED HC S&N ED
MY LITTLE PONY WHEN CUTIE CALLS TP
STAR TREK KHAN #4
TMNT COLOR CLASSICS SERIES 2 #3
TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES TP VOL 01
X-FILES SEASON 10 #8
Image Comics
APHRODITE IX #7
ARTIFACTS TP VOL 06
COMPLETE MULTIPLE WARHEADS TP (MR)
DRUMHELLAR (PREVIOUSLY STRANGEWAYS) #3 (MR)
ELEPHANTMEN #53 (MR)
ELEPHANTMEN TP VOL 06 EARTHLY DESIRES (MR)
FATALE #19 (MR)
FIVE GHOSTS #8
HEAVENS WAR TP NEW PTG
HOAX HUNTERS #13
INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE #9
MANIFEST DESTINY #3
MINIMUM WAGE #1 (MR)
MORNING GLORIES #36 (MR)
SEX CRIMINALS #4 (MR)
SHELTERED #6
SPAWN #239
SPAWN ORIGINS DLX ED S/N HC VOL 04
THREE #1 3RD PTG
THREE #2 2ND PTG
THREE #4
VELVET #2 2ND PTG (MR)
WALKING DEAD #116 2ND PTG (MR)
WALKING DEAD #117 2ND PTG (MR)
WALKING DEAD #119 (MR)
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