Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, John Totleben - Saga of the Swamp Thing

Pros: Dramatic and thought-provoking story, brilliantly scripted, imaginative art

Cons: Narrative sometimes muddled or unoriginal, irritating presence of Etrigan, simplistic colouring

The Bottom Line: Alan Moore's writing is some of the best I've ever seen, complemented by talented artists. Swamp Thing is a good character, but in Saga Of The Swamp Thing he's fantastic.

Review: Alan Moore has been called the James Joyce of comics, for his reinvention and revitalising of the medium. His great work is Watchmen, a post-modern classic which finally made superheroes seem believable and human. He's also written V For Vendetta, a...

Pros: Clever and intelligent scripting, beautiful artwork.

Cons: Rather plain colouring, second story has a rather obvious ending

The Bottom Line: A must read for anyone who likes comics and worthy of attention for anyone who thinks they don't.

Review: So, imagine you run a major comics company and a new writer comes to you and says "Okay, what we do is this, we have Superman wake up and it turns out he's just Clark Kent, a janitor at the Daily Planet and the whole thing about him being Superman was...