I really enjoyed the first few issues included in this volume, but unfortunately that satisfaction was quickly soured due to the ableism in the last storyline.

The way the autistic children were characterized was pretty horrendous. Their caretakers clearly see them as eerie and remote and I would be unsurprised if the reader is meant to as well. I also ascertained no valid reason for some of the details about the children to be included, and they seem present only to dehumanize them. I realize that this arc was published thirty years ago, however autistic people are still regularly deprived of empathy and respect so its important for pernicious depictions of them in media to be regarded as unacceptable.

While I am majorly at odds with the ignorance included in Moore's writing, I did like how Swamp Thing was developed as a character and am definitely interested in different content he's a part of.