The Master Narrative in Alan Moore’s “Swamp Thing”

Matthew Teutsch
6 min readOct 6, 2021

Last post, I wrote about some of the Gothic elements in issues #41 and #42 of Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing and the repetition of the “unsuccessfully repressed.” Today, I want to continue that discussion some by looking at the conclusion of issue #42, “Strange Fruit.” Rather than breaking with the past by burning the roots of hate and prejudice, the space shifts from Robertaland to cultural productions. The…

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Matthew Teutsch

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