Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing

    (Vertigo, 1996-1998)
™ and © 1996 DC Comics, Inc.

Few issues can claim to have changed the history of comics, but Swamp Thing #21 was one of them. Starting here, writer Alan Moore and artist Steve Bissette brought a radical new vision to the DC Universe and to comics in general. Moore took DC’s venerable swamp creature, around since the early 70s, and made him the center of a sweeping drama of awesome psychological and mythological complexity. For several years in the mid-80s, Moore and Bissette’s Swamp Thing was essential reading for a generation of fans eager to have their expectations challenged and their view of the medium expanded. The success of Swamp Thing lead to further experimentation by visionaries like Neil Gaiman, whose Sandman series brought about the creation of the prestige Vertigo imprint. So it’s only natural that Moore’s groundbreaking Swamp Thing series should anchor the Vertigo reprint line, Essential Vertigo, launched in 1996.
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Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #1

November, 1996
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $1.25 		Alan MooreJohn Totleben, Stephen R. Bissette
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #2

December, 1996
Cover Price: $1.95
3 copies available from $1.75 		Alan MooreJohn Totleben, Stephen R. Bissette
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #3

January, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $4.98 		Alan MooreJohn Totleben, Stephen R. Bissette
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #4

February, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
3 copies available from $1.75 		Alan MooreJohn Totleben, Stephen R. Bissette
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #5

March, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $6.98 		Alan MooreJohn Totleben, Stephen R. Bissette
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #6

April, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $3.98 		Alan MooreJohn Totleben, Stephen R. Bissette
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #7

May, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $3.98 		  
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #8

June, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $6.50 		Alan MooreShawn McManus
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #9

July, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $14.98 		  
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #10

August, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $9.98 		Alan MooreAlfredo P. Alcala, Stephen R. Bissette
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #11

September, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $6.98 		Alan MooreJohn Totleben, Rick Veitch
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #12

October, 1997
Cover Price: $3.50
2 copies available from $2.00 		Alan MooreStephen R. Bissette, John Totleben
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #13

November, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $14.98 		Alan MooreShawn McManus
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #14

December, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $12.98 		Alan MooreRon Randall
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #15

January, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $34.98 		Alan MooreJohn Totleben, Stephen R. Bissette
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #16

February, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $3.00 		Alan MooreJohn Totleben, Stephen R. Bissette
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #17

March, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $7.98 		Alan MooreJohn Totleben, Stephen R. Bissette
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #18

April, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $69.98 		Alan MooreJohn Totleben, Rick Veitch
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #19

May, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $34.98 		Alan MooreJohn Totleben, Stan Woch
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #20

June, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $3.00 		  
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #21

July, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $3.00 		Alan MooreJohn Totleben, Stephen R. Bissette
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #22

August, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $3.00 		Alan MooreAlfredo P. Alcala, Stephen R. Bissette
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #23

September, 1998
Cover Price: $2.25
1 copy available for $14.98 		  
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #24

October, 1998
Cover Price: $2.25
1 copy available for $12.98