These are not what it needed, and it expels Etrigan back out onto the ground, unconscious.īack at the séance, the Great Darkness begins to sense their efforts, and attacks them, searching for a weak link. The Darkness, in its thirst for knowledge, has learned fatalism and inevitability from Etrigan. Etrigan responds that the Great Darkness is evil, locked in an eternal struggle with God's light. A voice comes to him demanding to know what it is. When Etrigan engages with it, he is consumed by it, sucked into a vast darkness.

His companions force him to go on, despite his complaints, and he watches as Etrigan leads his army directly into the Darkness' path. The Great Darkness rises from the waters of chaos beyond Hell, and the sight of it is horrifying to Mento, to the point that he instantly feels as though all is lost. With these reinforcements, they prepare for the Great Darkness' arrival. The Stranger brings with him a host of higher consciousnesses beyond bodies – angels. Swamp Thing and Deadman are surprised by the arrival of Doctor Fate and Phantom Stranger soon after. From Wintersgate Manor, the group watches as Etrigan puts on his armour and leads the other rhyming demons in a full on charge against the oncoming darkness. Meanwhile, John Constantine and his crew of occultists and sorcerers conduct a dangerous séance, using Mento as a conduit through which they can see what is going on in the Spirit World, and direct their combined magical energies to the aid of Swamp Thing's team. They intend to face the Great Darkness which threatens to destroy Heaven itself. The event is free and open to the public.In the Spirit World, Swamp Thing and Deadman march with the assembled demon horde, led by Etrigan. The Comics Code was formed in response to social, commercial and Congressional pressure to eliminate graphic violence, horror and sexual situations - basically creative censorship at its worst. “Saga of the Swamp Thing” was so powerful, dark and popular that many credit it with laying the groundwork for dismantling the Comics Code Authority, the mainstream comics industry’s self-regulatory institution. One of comics’ most renowned artists visits Columbus for a retrospective on his celebrated career and its impact on the comics world.īissette is best known for his work on DC Comics’ “Saga of the Swamp Thing” from 1983 to 1987 with Alan Moore (“Watchmen,” “V for Vendetta”).īissette added some powerful art to Moore’s rebooting of Swamp Thing’s mythology and changed how both audiences and creators viewed the potential of storytelling and art within the medium.

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