Swamp Thing - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 12 Oct 2025 02:01:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Swamp Thing - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 NYCC: Swamp Thing Is Killing the Children is the best intercompany crossover title ever https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/11/swamp-thing-is-killing-the-children/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 02:01:53 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54469 Look, I don’t care that we don’t have a release date or teaser art to show. Can we just talk about the fact that Swamp Thing Is Killing the Children, the DC-BOOM Studios crossover one-shot announced Saturday at New York Comic Con featuring the former’s muck monster and the latter’s bandana-wearing monster hunter, is the...

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]]> 54469 Bat Chat With Matt & Will: A Swamp Thing Redwood Kaiju https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/22/bat-chat-with-matt-will-a-swamp-thing-redwood-kaiju/ Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43044 It’s another Patreon request this week! John Wickham, Jason Todd tier backer wanted us to talk about the story where Swamp Thing comes to Gotham and turns the city into a jungle, so we are, as well as two other stories where Batman meets Swamp Thing. The Garden of Earthly Delights (Swamp Thing V.2 #52-53) The...

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]]> 43044 Spider-Man Goes Beyond, Arkham Escapees on the Lam and More Staff Picks for Oct. 6 https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/04/spider-man-goes-beyond-arkham-escapees-on-the-lam-and-more-staff-picks-for-oct-6/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34259 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s Pick: Amazing Spider-Man #75: It’s a Brand New Day as a team of writers and artists drive Peter Parker, and his clone Ben Reilly, back down three-times-a-month lane. Wow, so many kinds of nostalgia...

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]]> 34259 X-Men Save the Day, the Justice League Get Animated Again and More Staff Picks for July 7 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/05/x-men-save-the-day-the-justice-league-get-animated-again-and-more-staff-picks-for-july-7/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30505 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s Pick: X-Men #1: The heroes of Krakoa are here: Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Polaris, Sunfire, Rogue, Wolverine and Synch are here to restore your faith in mutants and chew bubble gum. And they’re all out...

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]]> 30505 Heroes Reborn Again, a Chinese-centric Noir and More Staff Picks for 5/5 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/03/heroes-reborn-again-a-chinese-centric-noir-and-more-staff-picks-for-5-5/ Mon, 03 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=26104 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick: Heroes Reborn #1: The Avengers do an Age of Apocalypse, imagining a world where Earth’s Mightiest Heroes never teamed up, with Blade in the Bishop role, in a seven-issue event series by writer...

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]]> 26104 A Bevy of Indie #1s Leads off Our Staff Picks for 4/7 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/05/a-bevy-of-indie-1s-leads-off-our-staff-picks-for-4-7/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=24263 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick: The Silver Coin #1: Artist Michael Walsh (Black Hammer/Justice League) invites his writer friends to tell horror stories centered on the titular coin. First up, Chip Zdarsky (Daredevil) tells the story of a...

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]]> 24263 DC’s Infinite Frontier Rolls on and We Get Omnibi-Curious in Our Staff Picks for 3/24 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/22/dcs-infinite-frontier-rolls-on-and-we-get-omnibi-curious-in-our-staff-picks-for-3-24/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23286 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Andrea’s Pick: Harley Quinn #1: The maiden of mischief returns to Gotham to attempt to make amends for her past in a new volume by writer Stephanie Phillips (Future State: Harley Quinn) and artist Riley...

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]]> 23286 WMQ&A Episode 151: Popping Literary Wheelies with Ram V https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/16/wmqa-episode-151-popping-literary-wheelies-with-ram-v/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22865 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 151: Popping Literary Wheelies with Ram V Writer Ram V joins the show to talk about his DC work (Catwoman, The Swamp Thing, Justice League Dark), his upcoming Radio Apocalypse from Vault and The Many Deaths of Laila Starr from BOOM Studios, and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A...

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]]> 22865 We Find Life In a Hopeless Place in The Swamp Thing #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/05/we-find-life-in-a-hopeless-place-in-the-swamp-thing-1/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22474 An old legend breathes new life and a new avatar of the Green is born.  Destined to meet, does Levi Kamei have what it takes to confront the immortal beings that lay waiting?  Join us in looking at The Swamp Thing #1, written by Ram V, penciled by Mike Perkins, colored by June Chung and...

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]]> 22474 DC Enters the Infinite Frontier, and Some Indie #1s Fill out Our 3/3 Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/01/dc-enters-the-infinite-frontier-and-some-indie-1s-fill-out-our-3-3-staff-picks/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21962 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Infinite Frontier #0: First, there was the New 52, and the people saw that it was mostly a mixed bag. Then there was Rebirth, and the people saw that it was pretty strong...

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]]> 21962 The Future is Actually Eternal Darkness in DC’s Future State: Swamp Thing #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/05/the-future-is-actually-eternal-darkness-in-dcs-future-state-swamp-thing-2/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14530 Jason Woodrue and Obsidian threaten to plunge the world into eternal darkness and our only hope is…vegetables?!  Join us in looking at Future State: Swamp Thing #2, written by Ram V, penciled by Mike Perkins, colored by June Chung and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. Ari Bard: Hey Vishal… I think plants are our only hope. ...

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]]> 14530 King in Black Tie-ins, All-Ages Star Wars & More Staff Picks for 2/3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/01/king-in-black-tie-ins-all-ages-star-wars-more-staff-picks-for-2-3/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14040 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zoe’s Pick: King in Black: Black Knight #1: Because YOU demanded it (and he was supposed to be in a movie by now), Dane Whitman is back in Black and stabbing goo dragons. Wait, did...

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]]> 14040 The X Spot: Batman, Batman and 8 Other Comics in Between https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/08/the-x-spot-batman-batman-and-8-other-comics-in-between/ Fri, 08 Jan 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12195 Friends, I got too excited last week. I wanted to share this bright and shiny new toy of ours, and I don’t think I properly explained what we (That’s you, Loyal Content Consumer, and me) are doing here. [Grote’s note: I tried to tell him, folks.] Each week, I’m going to run down 10 comics...

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]]> 12195 The Future is … Plants? … in DC’s Future State: Swamp Thing #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/08/the-future-is-plants-in-dcs-future-state-swamp-thing-1/ Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12171 Vegetables have taken over the world in Future State: Swamp Thing #1, written by Ram V, penciled by Mike Perkins, colored by June Chung and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. Vishal Gullapalli: Hey Ari, what do you know about plants? Ari Bard: Oh boy, I haven’t taken anything to do with biology in eight years, so...

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]]> 12171 The Future (State) is Now, Eternals and More Staff Picks for Jan. 6 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/04/the-future-state-is-now-eternals-and-more-staff-picks-for-jan-6/ Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=11791 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt & Chris’ Pick Future State: Next Batman #1: DC begins rolling out its two-month Future State event with this look at a future Gotham City ruled by a private law enforcement group and...

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]]> 11791 Batman Ends the Joker War, ‘X of Swords’ Continues, American Vampire and More Staff Picks for Oct. 7 https://comicsxf.com/2020/10/05/batman-ends-the-joker-war-x-of-swords-continues-american-vampire-and-more-staff-picks-for-oct-7/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8729 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. This Week, in ‘X of Swords‘ Marauders #13: Storm visits her former in-laws in Wakanda to request their aid against the forces of Arakko as the X-Men event continues. Vita Ayala (Children of the...

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