![]() From Hell is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell, originally published in serial form from 1989 to 1998. The full collection was published in 1999 by Top Shelf Productions. It's an imaginative look at a city populated entirely by superheroes and the difficulties that the (equally superpowered) police have in maintaining order. The comic also introduced the most famous magic user in the DC Universe, John Constantine. Set during the Whitechapel murders of the late Victorian era, the novel speculates upon the identity and motives of Jack the Ripper. For the uninitiated, these are annotations to the Alan Moore, Gene Ha and Zander Cannon comic book Top 10, published by America's Best Comics. Saga of the Swamp Thing was a genuinely terrifying horror comic whose stories dealt with supernatural horrors such as werewolves, vampires, and zombies, but also handled the real-world monsters of nuclear waste mismanagement, domestic abuse, and the legacy of racism haunting a Louisiana plantation. It was revealed that the titular monster (known as Alex Holland) was not a human who'd changed form, but was in fact a plant elemental who'd absorbed the consciousness of the dead human scientist of that name. In the second issue Moore wrote, the character lay on an operating table where he was literally and existentially dissected. RELATED: Swamp Thing: 10 Things You Need To Know About Blue Devil ![]() ![]() Alan (after finally being convinced this was not a prank call) agreed. Swamp Thing creator Len Wein actually called Alan Moore at his home in England to ask the young British writer to take over the character. ![]() This was the comic that brought Alan Moore onto the scene of American comics. ![]()
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