I was hesitant about the first issue of Swamp Thing, but I gave it a shot because, well, Scott Snyder is a total boss. His debut issue of Batman last month was the best the "New 52" had to offer, and many highly praised his Swamp Thing issue as well. I gave it some praise, but ultimately settled that it wasn't my cup of tea.I'm pulling a 180-degree turn on that last part. Not because this isn't my cup of tea, because it inst, now my attitude is that I don't care if this is my cup of tea or someone else's, because this issue was really good tea! (Promise that's the last of the tea metaphor). This issue started a little slow, but the second half was one one hell of a show. The conversation between Alec Holland and Swamp Thing is very genuine, and extremely informative for those of us not in the know about who/what Swamp Thing is and how Alec Holland became involved with him.
Snyder is great at spoon-feeding the reader information on the character without coddling them as if they were 4th graders. This is key; to get new readers hooked onto a book like Swamp Thing that normally wouldn't read it (say, me!) he has to break things down intelligently so I don't give up because it's too confusing, but give it enough action so they don't get bored from having an entire issue of exposition.
