u/Buttleproof

I'm really curious to see what Swamp Thing's fans (aside from myself, obviously) think of Marvel's counterpart characters. (I always thought it was hilarious how Len Wein was the editor of Man-Thing during the early Gerber issues.) I became familiar with the title because of its connection to Howard The Duck. I really loved the manic energy that Steve Gerber brought to the title, and the artwork of the swamp was so wonderfully spooky and atmospheric and can stand toe-to-toe with the best that Bissette and Totleben ever did. For that matter, has anyone here read the original Heap stories that inspired both characters?

I have read the original run from the Wein years all the way to the end of the Collins era. My favorite eras by far were the Moore/Totleben/Bissete, Collins and Wein eras. Do you think I'll like the Morrison/Millar issues? They aren't Dark Age superhero crap, are they? They came out around the time that things got really bad in American comics.

I remember in the 1990s anime there was a scene where Minako meets everyone at Rei's shrine, and no one recognizes her because they met her as Sailor Venus. Did this happen in the manga as well, or did they just recognize her?

I also think it's kind of weird that our heroes didn't figure out that the two weird people who suddenly showed up in town were Sailor Uranus and Neptune, even if we accept that the senshi form works as some kind of disguise.