Like the last volume, this is a likeable read, but I think the spread of quality is wider in this one. The ratings sort of averaged out for me - of the eight collected comics in this book, six were solid three stars reads. One was not my cup of tea at all - "Pog" was frankly awful, mawkish sentiment mixed with a deeply irritating patter that would have driven even Mrs. Malaprop to drink. Balancing out that one star comic, however, is the incredible "Rite of Spring", which is an essentially sexual encounter between Swamp Thing and a human... except being incompatible, what takes places is a extended metaphor of consumption and ecological connection. It's done extremely well, the best of all the Swamp Thing comics I've read so far.