Brian Azzarello’s Walmart Halloween Swamp Thing super issue
Get ready for some Swamp Thing awesomeness with Walmart’s Halloween super-sized 100-Page Giant. The horror-themed one-shot spotlights an original Swamp Thing story by Brian Azzarello and Greg Capullo. Additionally, the Walmart 100-Page exclusive will feature seven spooky tales from the DC Vault, including Swamp Thing’s first appearance in House of Secrets #92 and Batman #237’s “Night of the Reaper”.
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This 100-Page Giant sells for $4.99 and includes several classic fright-filled stories from DC’s history, led by the iconic HOUSE OF SECRETS #92 from 1971, which features Swamp Thing’s very first appearance, written and drawn by co-creators Len Wein (writer) and Bernie Wrightson (artist). 1971’s “Night of the Reaper,” from BATMAN #237, features two more giants of superhero storytelling, writer Denny O’Neil and artist Neal Adams, telling a Halloween tale of revenge and the search for a Nazi war criminal.
2007’s DC INFINITE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL also contributes to this issue, with stories featuring DC heroes Superman (“Strange Cargo”), Blue Devil and Enchantress (“The Pumpkin Sinister”) and Zatanna (“Kcirt ro Taert”). The book also reprints a Batman tale from the 2008 DC INFINITE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, “The Ballad of Jonathan Crane,” as well as “Night Gods” from 2010’s THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, starring Aquaman and the Demon.
“Hollow” is a 12-page story written by Brian Azzarello (BATMAN: DAMNED, THE DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE), with art by fan-favorite artist Greg Capullo (DARK NIGHTS: METAL, BATMAN: LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH). Children can’t help but be curious about what lurks in the woods at the edge of town on Halloween night…and unfortunately for them, this group of trick-or-treaters has crossed paths with a mysterious witch who has her own tale to tell about where curiosity leads—directly into the path of the creature known only as Swamp Thing! Can they escape her clutches? Or is there something much worse out there that they should REALLY fear? For more information on Azzarello and Capullo’s approach to this new original story, check out this exclusive interview in today’s Washington Post.
If you have not heard about the Walmart exclusives, you have come to the right place. The deal was inked a few months back and was designed to create brand and comic book awareness. Initially the move placed exclusive DC titles at over 3,000 Walmart stores nationwide, featuring some of the top talent in the comics business. Walmart’s exclusives sell for $4.99 and usually offer fresh stories mixed with some classics.
If the new Swamp Thing “Halloween Horror” 100-Page Giant is not in your local Walmart stores yet, it should be by the end of the weekend.
