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Swamp Thing by Nancy A. Collins Omnibus collects the acclaimed horror-novelist's run on the character — the first extended female-authored Swamp Thing, following the legendary tenures of Alan Moore and Rick Veitch. Collins steers the title into darker Southern-gothic territory: Swamp Thing and Abby's family life, ecological menace and the return of old enemies like Anton Arcane. A key early-Vertigo horror chapter, collected complete with bonus material including the unpublished "Arcane Blood" proposal. Art by Phil Hester, Scot Eaton and Russ Braun.

Swamp Thing: The New 52 pulls Alec Holland back into the Green and makes horror feel botanical, intimate and cosmic at the same time. Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Yanick Paquette and the art team build a run where bodies bloom, rot answers back, and being connected to nature is never comforting for long.