Discover the reasons Alan Moore had for agreeing to write The Swamp Thing Saga and not take control of Justice League
Genius and figure to the grave, is one of the best known sayings that recognize the intelligence, charisma and personality of characters like Alan Moore, who had his first opportunity in American comics with Swamp Thing, rejecting an important title for DC Comics. like Justice League.
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Alan Moore is known for being one of the authors whose vision of superheroes can shake his story, as in the case of Watchmen or Batman: The Killing Joke. Moore’s run within The Saga of Swamp Thing is the character’s most acclaimed run, but the Brit did get a chance to be the lead writer on Justice League.
This information was revealed by Kurt Busiek, writer of Justice League in the 80s, through his twitter account, where he told stories of “accidents” that led to great works, such as the creation of Watchmen by Alan Moore, from of the refusal to use Charlton Comics characters.
One of the things I like about comics history is how much of the great moments happened by mistake, or at least not quite on purpose.
WATCHMEN became WATCHMEN when a Charlton pitch was too weird for the Charlton characters, so let’s make it a new thing, guys.
— Kurt Busiek (@KurtBusiek) June 8, 2022
In 1983, when Alan Moore received his first opportunity to write a DC Comics title, Len Wein, publisher of DC Comics and creator of Swamp Thing approached the Briton about writing both Swamp Thing and Justice League.
“When I got into the comics industry, I was given characters that were owned by the company, that were on their last legs, that were so bad they were practically on the brink of cancellation.Moore stated on Seraphemera.
What did Alan Moore see in Swamp Thing?
Busiek explained that despite Len Wein offering Moore both titles, Moore chose to write Swamp Thing.
I was pitching fill-in stories to Len at the time, and he told me he’d offered both books to Alan, but Alan was only going to take one, and whichever book he didn’t take Len would need fill-ins for. .
So I came up with both JLA and SWAMP THING pitches, and when Alan decided on…
— Kurt Busiek (@KurtBusiek) June 8, 2022
“I was pitching filler stories to Len at the time, and he told me that he had offered both books to Alan, but Alan was only going to take one, and whichever book he didn’t take, Len would need fillers… So it was I came up with the JLA and SWAMP THING releases, and when Alan decided on Swamp Thing… I wrote JLA #224”.
Alan Moore realized that with Swamp Thing he might have more creative control compared to Justice League, so the author of V for Vendetta took over as writer for the Swamp Thing Saga, over a span of three years, from issues 20 to 64.
Alan Moore’s passage through The Saga of Swamp Thing, in addition to introducing John Constantine, is one of the most acclaimed runs.
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Sources: Twitter / Seraphemera / CBR
Don’t miss the end of Alan Moore’s stage in Swamp Thing Saga
From 1983 to 1987, a young British writer named Alan Moore revolutionized American comics. His groundbreaking stint in DC Comics’ Swamp Thing comic set new standards for graphic storytelling and sparked a revolution in the medium that continues to expand to this day.
Building on the title’s gothic horror framework, with a remarkably intuitive storytelling style and unprecedented character depth, Moore’s vision was delivered through beautiful and stormy art created by collaborators such as Rick Veitch, Stephen Bissette, John Totleben and Alfredo Alcala. The result is one of comics’ most enduring masterpieces.
SMASH and DC Comics brings you the Swamp Thing Saga, Book 6. The sixth and last volume that compiles the entire period of Alan Moore, reprinting Swamp Thing numbers 57-64.
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