Born on the Bayou - A Pre-Flashpoint Chronology of Swamp Thing and Hellblazer

<p>A Muck-Encrusted Mockery of a Timeline</p><p> </p><p>It all began in 1971 when writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson introduced a sympathetic bog-monster who was more than his horrifying exterior conveyed. But there was Moore to come-Alan Moore to be exact-and it transformed the comics world.</p><p> </p><p>Wein and Wrightson's story Swamp Thing published in DC Comics' The House of Secrets #92 launched an extraordinary saga. The resultant Swamp Thing monthly title chronicled the macabre exploits of scientist-turned-plant Alec Holland and it introduced chain-smoking occultist John Constantine ushering in his acclaimed spinoff Hellblazer.</p><p> </p><p>Alec Holland and John Constantine: distinctively different yet inextricably intertwined. Born on the Bayou examines every comic novel and short story-approximately a thousand tales-to feature the mossy elemental or the British mage before 2011's Flashpoint. Featuring a foreword by Swamp Thing writer-artist and Constantine co-creator Stephen R. Bissette plus an afterword by comics historian John E. Boylan.</p>