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Swamp Thing #18 Review

5 / 5

The Rotworld storyline concludes this week with big stories in Swamp Thing and Animal Man. Both start where last month's Swamp Thing ended - the Parliament of Death has promised to send Swamp Thing and Animal Man back to the turning point that led to the Rot's victory in the past. Swamp Thing arrives at the Anton Arcane's castle just moments before he kills Abby (as seen in previous issues). What follows is a true conclusion to this storyline. 

Animal Man and Swamp Thing both suffer from the same issue with this storyline. From the beginning it's been evident that this was going to be one of the kind of arcs with little consequence. Because Rotworld involved an alternate timeline, and the heroes were conveniently returned to the moment before everything went to hell, there aren't really any consequences from the last few months we've spent watching their adventures in Rotworld. 

That said, Swamp Thing nails it. There are some major shifts in the future of the Swamp Thing universe that begin right here. Not only are these events big though, they're filled with emotion. The last few pages are some of the most emotionally-driven pages I've ever read in a comic book, and I can't wait to go back and do this series again. None of this really changes the fact that Rotworld itself could have been substituted by any other major adventure and you could have ended with the same result. What's important though is that in the end, there's one hell of a payoff. This is undoubtedly the best issue of the series so far, and probably the book of the week. Get out there and read!