Kind of let down with this volume. I guess I expected more? Before we get to the bad let's start with the good, cause there is some great stuff.

The design of swamp thing is badass. The main villain of this, a crazy little kid with the power of Rot in his blood, is horrifying and kills without blinking. Scary. Also loved the more horror/mystery feel of it. Also very easy to get in to even if you never read Swamp Thing before.

The bad start with the slow pacing at points. Also things feel dragged on, and the time it takes to finally see the swamp thing takes far to long. We could have cut around 20 pages here. Also the panels being all over the place make it hard to keep place of what you're reading.

Intriguing start but nothing to go crazy over. As it stands I give the first volume a 3 out of 5, solid, but not great. Let's hope it gets better!