The earlier issues collected in here are more interesting than the later ones, which don't really resonate much with the idea of Swamp Thing to me (and the less said about the rhymes, the better). The first few issues, though, I really enjoyed. I'd only seen the film, not read any of Swamp Thing before, so this was a good introduction for me. I was particularly caught by the comparison between Swamp Thing and the Floronic Man - the latter is such a sympathetic villain in this book because he's genuinely got a point, and I weep for the story that could have been, because the logic behind how the conflict was resolved was dire. Sloppy, unscientific dire - if you're going to write about ecology, about plants, a basic level of botanical knowledge is a must (says the botanist) - but there was an extraordinary genesis there. It's just a shame the story lost all gumption at the end.