Talk:Swamp Thing/Archive 2

"Saga of The..." part of Volume 2?
The plot section just goes from Volume 1 to 2 and says nothing about Saga in the middle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.225.173.174 (talk) 05:39, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Expansion
This article doesn't go much into the character's history (in the comics) it should be expanded in more detail.--Paleface Jack (talk) 00:10, 23 March 2014 (UTC)--Paleface Jack (talk) 00:10, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Very poor quality
Much of this article is of very poor quality. I don't know much of the character it's discussing, but phrases like "Due to the circumstances under which she was conceived, while Swamp Thing, possessing John Constantine, was not aware he was given a blood transfusion by a demon, she held power over both plants and flesh." are utterly nonsensical and I doubt would make much sense even to the most ardant of fans. Could someone (preferably someone with more knowledge on this subject than myself) please consider a large-scale rewrite? Justin.Parallax (talk) 07:55, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Incorrect caption on photo?
Sorry if this isn't the place to do this, but I'm new to the workings of Wikipedia.

Anyway, the photo half way down the page on the right, captioned "Alan Moore with creator Len Wein, at CONvergence 2005". Should this read "Swamp Thing with creator Len Wein, at CONvergence 2005"? It doesn't look like Alan Moore in that costume. And if you click through to the Flikr stream the photo comes from it is captioned "Swamp Thing & Len Wein at CONvergence 2005. My friend Roadkill dressed as Swamp Thing with creator Len Wein at CONvergence 2005."

So yeah. Just wanted to point that out.

Best wishes,

Mathew

totalcult@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.151.33.163 (talk) 11:02, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

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Quest of the Elementals
I think "Quest of the elementals" is merely misunderstood. The artwork isn't poor.The artwork isn't Breccia, and alot of fans like this particular series.

No, Quest is regarded by most fans as the series' low point.

Citation needed regarding "most fans". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sterlingjones (talk • contribs) 01:15, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

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Moore's was first "literary" horror comic since E.C.? Huh?
"Moore's Swamp Thing had a profound effect on mainstream comic books, being the first horror comic to approach the genre from a literary point of view since the EC horror comics of the 1950s" -- This sounds like original research by someone who is entirely unfamiliar with Warren Publishing, or who is splitting hairs in defining "comics." Most problematic, though, is the point-of-view problem inherent in the term "literary." Roy Thomas (heck even Stan Lee, for that matter) no doubt thought some of his Code-era horror comics were "literary." --Matt Thorn (talk) 13:38, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Good point. I removed that part of the sentence.  - Mark D Worthen PsyD   (talk)  05:13, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Additional citations needed
I removed the Refimprove template that was added six years ago. While there is room for improvement, i.e., there are some paragraphs that would benefit from a citation, the article has a typical percentage of reliable citations for a C-class article IMHO. May I suggest that we look for citations rather than debating whether the Refimprove template should be added back? (I hope that doesn't sound snarky). - Mark D Worthen PsyD  (talk)  05:49, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Best of lists
The article does not currently include any best of lists where comic book superheroes are compared and ranked. Currently there is only one mention in the intro (which is supposed to summarize the article) but nothing in the article itself.


 * Wizard rated Swamp Thing 78 out of 200
 * (better source and a citation for the specific issue might be necessary, Wizard has done various lists so he might be higher rated on other lists)
 * Empire rated Swamp thing 29 on their list The 50 greatest comic-book characters
 * IGN rated Swamp Thing 28th on their list of the Top 100 Comic Book Heroes
 * PasteMagazine listed Swamp Thing 27th on their list
 * (also Anton Arcane 94th)

Not sure where best to add this to the article, and not sure what form would be best (well prose is best but a list would the easiest way to start). Maybe there are more sources or better sources. Maybe these lists need to be presented with context to be explain the date they were published or if it is a specific version of Swamp Thing that receives most of the praise. I leave these links here for now and maybe I'll add them to the article later, but if someone thinks they know a good way to include them in the article then please go ahead. -- 109.76.211.92 (talk) 01:56, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Hommage
Possible hommage is swamp bending from animated series Avatar: The last airbander; Huu creates a swamp monster. Setenzatsu (talk) 21:49, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Legends of Tomorrow reference
I can't add it because I don't recall which episode, but although Swamp Thing didn't appear in the Constantine series, Constantine does make reference to Swamp Thing obliquely in an episode of the follow up series, Legends of Tomorrow. Maybe someone with the DVDs handy can confirm in which episode. 2604:3D09:1F74:1C00:4C84:2340:FDC8:106 (talk) 04:58, 28 March 2023 (UTC)