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    Swamp Thing #18

    Swamp Thing » Swamp Thing #18 - Village of the Doomed released by DC Comics on September 1, 1975.

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    Village of the Doomed last edited by Jetshade on 09/07/18 10:50PM View full history

    Crash landing in the Everglades, Swamp Thing, Cable, Abby and Bolt come across a bizarre retirement community. Everything seems safe, if a bit odd, at first, but they soon learn that they are all in great danger.

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    Case Study in Culture Clash 0

    Ive mentioned before that David Michelinie's writing from this period is infused with more than a little of the culture-clash that was going on at the time. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Swamp Thing #18. The heroes have crashed in Florida and find themselves in "some sort of geriatric disneyland". The residents of a retirement village use black magic to vampirically feed off the youth. And, just in case the message isn't clear enough already, it's hammered home through dialogue like, "He...

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