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[krypt0nian]

Since when was the spoiler character an agent of the Green?

Since they created him?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Trees

 

[Father_Brain]

The Doom Patrol Blackest Night tie-in had

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the body of Cliff Steele

fighting Robotman. I wonder if there's a similar idea at play here, where

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Swamp Thing is one entity and Alec Holland is another

That's what I'm guessing as well, judging from the cover to The Search (and the fact that the figure in the image above is

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a reanimated corpse, rather than the Swamp Thing we're familiar with).

It doesn't sound like a very good idea to me, but maybe they'll pull it off somehow.

 

[WrenchNinja]

DC continuing to shit on Alan Moore.

 

[Mercury Fred]

Must be a pretty bid deal that

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Swamp Thing

is coming back to the DCU. The character was mentioned a lot in the panels at Wondercon and apparently is also going to be featured prominently in DC Universe Online in upcoming content.

 

[Of All Trades]

Since they created him?

Spoiler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Trees

Aside from general nitpicking since Swamp Thing was conceived in House of Secrets and didn't begin to touch on what you're referring to until late in Moore's run, unless the spoilered character was reestablished after Moore (and I can't find evidence of this) then he is not part of The Green because

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the Alec Holland corpse in the swamp is not Swamp Thing

.

 

[Salsa]

House of Secrets FTW!

this is cool

 

[Anticitizen One]

It was speculated early on that Swamp Thing and the Vertigo charecters would return to the DCU in brightest day. In addition to Swamp Thing and Death there will be several vertigo characters featured in Flashpoint including my boy Shade The Changing Man.

 

[Anticitizen One]

"Don't you see?
DON'T YOU SEE?
Johns is undoing "The Anatomy Lesson"!
HE'S FINALLY GOING AFTER THE STORY THAT USHERED IN THE MODERN AGE AND KILLED THE SILVER AGE! " - 4chan

 

[ThatObviousUser]

I have no idea who or what that is. :/

 

[wenis]

"Don't you see?
DON'T YOU SEE?
Johns is undoing "The Anatomy Lesson"!
HE'S FINALLY GOING AFTER THE STORY THAT USHERED IN THE MODERN AGE AND KILLED THE SILVER AGE! " - 4chan

Holy shit...

Why didnt I realize that sooner?

 

[Morn]

Good. I never liked the Moore retcon.

 

[Chairhome]

Finally read the issue. This is kind of weird for me. The whole elements thing is a little weird, and I'm a little foggy (even though I've picked up all of Brightest Day), but the White Lantern

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is only concerned with life on Earth, right?

Its funny, cause when the

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black lantern entity came to life in the forest, I thought, "That thing looks like Swamp Thing, is it? Then the last page proved me wrong. So is that Black Lantern anything or just a new entity?

 

[Patryn]

"Don't you see?
DON'T YOU SEE?
Johns is undoing "The Anatomy Lesson"!
HE'S FINALLY GOING AFTER THE STORY THAT USHERED IN THE MODERN AGE AND KILLED THE SILVER AGE! " - 4chan

I've always thought that it was the death of Gwen Stacy that marked the end of the Silver Age.

 

[devenger]

Spoiler

the Alec Holland corpse in the swamp is not Swamp Thing

.

This. I quit Brightest day after about six issues, knowing something big would come down later and I'd regret it. But this isn't it.

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i think it's obvious Swamp Thing will show up now, but that certainly isn't him.

 

[lupinko]

White Lantern? Does this mean there will be a White Power Ring to go along with the comic? I have all the other rings already, so I guess I need this too.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Finally read the issue. This is kind of weird for me. The whole elements thing is a little weird, and I'm a little foggy (even though I've picked up all of Brightest Day), but the White Lantern

Spoiler

is only concerned with life on Earth, right?

Its funny, cause when the

Spoiler

black lantern entity came to life in the forest, I thought, "That thing looks like Swamp Thing, is it? Then the last page proved me wrong. So is that Black Lantern anything or just a new entity?

The black lantern creature (called the Dark Avatar in the book) is

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Swamp Thing's dead body.

Thats why the white lantern even says "This being was once green now it has been taken over by the black". This could also be a metaphor since

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Swamp Thing

was one of the first charecters to become "grim and gritty" in the 80s.

What will probably happen next issue is

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Alec Holland will be brought back to life with the White Lantern and then destroy what ever is controlling swamp things husk and remerge. I mean it clearly says at the end of the issue "NEXT: The return of Swamp Thing" and they have been hinting at this for a year now.

 

[Morn]

White Lantern? Does this mean there will be a White Power Ring to go along with the comic? I have all the other rings already, so I guess I need this too.

There already is. Has been for a while. The NYCC even had light up versions.

 

[Dan]

DC unveiled the full title of the Brightest Day Aftermath series. Still hiding the blacked out character on the cover.

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Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing