Bargains. Bargains. Bargains. (Comics Edition)

Tempted by swamp thing but whenever I try to read Volume 1 I get stuck on the verbose captions. It’s worse than Claremont! Is there a better story I can skip forward to? I know the basic character setup.

the classic alan moore run is volume 2 issue 21*-64. there are collections that cover this. but he does kinda emulate the verbosity, at least at first.

(* technically he starts at issue 20, but it's really just wrapping up the existing storyline ad typically)

the short len wein series from 2016 also a highpoint. he's the original writer, the one you didn't like, but the kelley jones pencils are great.

so
Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One - Book Six collects moore's run and the first 5 are in the sale. (this does actually include #20)

and
Swamp Thing (2016) (subtitled "The Dead Don't Sleep") currently £3.60

Alan Moore ST is wordy but good wordy. I like the Len stuff but it does blabber a lot. For a while he makes a point of writing “A MONSTROUS MAN OF MUCK!” in every issue.

another comixology DC sale (halloween this time), another swamp thing volume purchased.

hard keeping these straight, not least because all the collected editions are volume n, when the various different reboots are all themselves mostly volume n ('72- was vol 1, '82-'96 is vol 2, 2000-1 is vol 3...). today's purchases were 28-40 of volume 5, 2011 onwards, but volumes 6 and 7 of that run. and £4 for the two.