World of Wonder and DC History Club have a super secret crossover going on. It was so secret, I didn’t even know it was happening. This month’s History Club is Muck and Magic: Swamp Thing and Constantine two characters featuring heavily in these two issues. But that’s not all, both stories dip deep into the history of Constantine, Swamp Thing and their shared tragedies. So, some spoiler action below.
First, what a lovely image of Diana that to me shows the influence Gal Gadot is having on DC artists.
Then Zatanna and Constantine recount the death of Zatara. This is straight out of Swamp Thing (1985) #50. Constantine and Zatara had gathered some of Earth’s strongest magicians to add power to Swamp Thing as he lead the forces of Heaven against a force of evil from beyond hell.
Here’s the scene from ST #50,
The annual is very much a Swamp Thing story straight out of Moore and his successors. Constantine pokes and prods Swamp Thing to fight evil, not always playing fair with the muck monster.
And for the big bad, we get the Floronic Man. Though he is most associated with Swamp Thing, he actually debuted in The Atom #1 as the “Plant Master.” Which, lets face it is a less than terrifying name.
To top it out, the story of the annual of loss, regret and horror is Swamp Thing perfectly done.
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