DC Comics Provides a First Look at the End of Rotworld
DC Comics has provided us a tease at the end of their Rotworld storyline running in Animal Man and Swamp Thing. Below, you’ll find a page from Swamp Thing #18 and Animal Man #18.
For months, the two elemental sides of life in the DC Universe – the Red and the Green – have been coming together to defeat the Rot. This month sees issue #17 of both series and it serve as the official Rotworld finales. And in March, issues #18 of both series will be Rotworld epilogues, marking the ultimate conclusion for this monumental crossover event.
But what kinds of repercussions will the grand finale of Rotworld have on Animal and Swamp Thing?
“The expectation is that this will end up being an imaginary story that was a lot of fun but didn’t really mean anything. We both knew that if we wanted to do one of those sort of stories, it would have to have some kind of real consequence afterwards,” Animal Man writer Jeff Lemire explained. “Or else it would have been pointless, you know? While certain things may snap back, there are definitely huge changes for both books that will stick and will really dramatically change the direction of both books moving forward.”
“With 18, you’ll see how everything has been building towards a change in the status quo and a kind of reimagining of certain parts of the mythology that were set up from the first issue that we did together,” Swamp Thing writer Scott Snyder continued. “For me, it’s not about pushing him or shocking people with anything, or doing anything to change him for the sake of changing him more than taking him to a place that we most feel the emotional and psychological transformation in him, we’ve been trying to build from the very beginning. I’m really proud of where we’re leaving him off”
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Super late to the game here, but I just read and finished the whole Rotworld event, and I have to say I was mightily impressed. Then again, Swamp Thing is a constant joy to read, and I was just as easily delighted by Animal Man.