The Swamp Thing (2021-) #5 features John Constantine.

[thanekos]

It's a detour from #4, which ended with the Suicide Squad being aimed at the titular character.

He, Levi Kamei, was unaware of that manipulation by the man who employed him in his human life - but was aware of his manipulation by the Green that had chosen him to succeed Alec Holland as its avatar.

Once again, that plane of plant life drew him out of his human body and into a green one - this time, in London.

There, Constantine had also been summoned - by someone he knew personally.



She, a magician named Sierra Kirre, described what'd moved her to call on a man she hadn't parted cleanly from.

" I don't know what's going on.. "



(In March 2021, the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill was introduced into Parliament. It included an amendment to the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, one that would make " any offence committed by destroying or damaging a memorial " open to being tried with " the full range of sentencing powers. "

The bill was passed and became law on April 28th, 2022.)

" It was on a September night the humming drone began. "



While the Swamp Thing dove into memories and bombs and living in the debris after, John and Sierra went in search of the latter's missing friend Nigel.

The magicians and the elemental converged.



In the man tangled up in the bomb, Sierra recognized Nigel.



" I will try, Constantine.. to reach into the ground.. and beneath.. where my roots can go.

" I will try.. to pull this idea.. from this place. "



' He resurfaces on the desolate edge of a distant island. '



John, meanwhile, took a hit of some " yunshi powder " Sierra had - and went searching in Nigel's psyche.

" There you are, Nige. "



On the island, the bomb went off.



(Alderney is part of the Baliwick of Guernsey, a territory associated with the British government that the Germans seized during World War II.

Lager Sylt was one of the two concentration camps the Germans established there.)



(Pagecount's 7 and under a third of 22 from The Swamp Thing #5, back in July 2021.

Writing's Ram V, art's John McCrea, colors're Mike Spicer, and letters're Aditya Bidikar.

Publisher's DC.)

Comments

[blues32]

The hell is wrong with DC these days? Why are they making Waller a lunatic instead of a no nonsense hard ass like she used to be? Attempting to acquire Swamp Thing as an asset? She knows next to nothing about him. She has a vague idea what he can do but nothing about how he can do it. It's as reckless as it is pointless.

[cygnia]

At least Peacemaker hasn't gone after Swampy's pube...yet.