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Swamp Thing #6

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FutureFlash

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Back to the reviews after a busy weekend.

Swamp Thing #6

Cover Impressions:

Swamp Thing fighting/entangled by tentacle creature on a ship. Swampy looks a bit concerned.

 

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Swamp Thing #6 (October, 1982)

Cover Price: $.60 (All the issues up to this point have been .60 cents)
Title: Sins on the Water
Credits:
Writer-Martin Pasko
Art-Tom Yeates
Editor-Len Wein
Colorist-Tatjana Wood
Letterer-John Costanza

Same creative team as the previous issues.

Issue Recap:

This issues opens with a bit of recapping of the previous issues. Also of importance we find out the little girl's name is actually Kathy not Casey. In addition to finding out Kathy's real name, Dr. Barclay receives a medallion given  to him by her dying mother...who begs that they kill Kathy. A lot of people sure want Kathy/Casey dead. Afterwards Dr. Kay captures Liz via a lasso from a helicopter (yeah that happened) with the assistance of his henchman Milton.  Dr. Kay delivers Liz to the ship named Haven where all of the Sunderland executives are having a meeting at Dr. Kay's request. Soon Barclay and Swampy trail Liz to the Haven and smuggle themselves on board. Once on board and the ship is away, they split up to look for Liz. Swamp Thing in the lower decks runs afoul with the tentacle creature from cover. Meanwhile Barclay disguised as a donkey at the costume party aboard the ship finds Liz. However just as they are about to escape, they find the most people on board have been turned into one eyed creatures (assuming by the tentacle creature below decks) and are surrounded. 

Remarks:

Good issue over all. Just a minor quibble is the tentacle creature that just happens to stowaway before the ship leaves the dock. I'm not really clear on why it is there, perhaps the next issue will make it more clear. Or maybe it is just a monster of the week? Also of note Barclay discusses with Swamp Thing what could be killing him. The whole mysterious disease killing Swamp Thing sub plot finally gets a bit of traction.  

Pros:

More details about Kathy/Casey

Dr. Kay seems to have his own agenda...what is with this guy?

Cons:

Random Tentacle Monster! Though is having a creepy tentacle monster that turns people into one eyed slaves in your story really a drawback?

Grade: C+

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Hello FutureFlash,

Great review! I'm really enjoying your journal Into the DC Swamp.

Looking forward to the next entry.

SW3D

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