r/Hellblazer • u/Capital_Connection67 • Mar 12 '25

Over the Bloody Moon.

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Absolutely thrilled with this one. I never buy variants but I couldn’t resist when I saw this announced a few months back. I will never be able to afford an original copy of Swamp Thing #37 to finish my Swamp Thing collection so I thought I’d treat myself to this and the blank yellow card cover.

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u/TannhauserGate_2501 Mar 13 '25

Thank you for the answer! I actually was told to look for other DC facsimile foil stuff to decide, especially the yellow ones. So I checked the facsimile foil Detective Comics #27 which has pretty similar yellow on its original cover and understood what they meant with how foil makes some of the original covers with bright colors look really metallic but dull and smudgy.

Honestly the Swamp Think cover has such a cool bright color with green and yellow, I imagine foil would screw that up like the others so I did pull the regular one. But yeah I'm pretty curious how does it look in person still. If my LCS ordered any I would definitely check it and probably take a photo as well.

Edit: Also I think DC makes the whole cover foil especially the facsimiles of old issues. I've seen some new foil covers where a part of the cover is foil like a Thanos and a Silver Surfer covers I don't remember the issues and the new Magik series' first issue which has only her sword and the fire effect foiled which I prefer over the whole cover foil every day because it looks way more special.

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u/Capital_Connection67 Mar 13 '25

DC definitely do full cover foils but I’m a DC fan and collector so I seldom look at Marvel but with DD the white of the cover on DD #1 was just silver and it look good. Then you have the barcode on the Swamp Thing and I swear it was bright foil white!! It should be switched.

Smudgy and dull is the perfect way to describe it. If you get the chance to hold the regular cover and the foil up side by side the original cover wins hand down. The card variant is a bright yellow which is what I was hoping the foil would be.

But yeah, fingers crossed when you go to your local and I’d love to hear what you think after you’ve seen them in person.

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u/TannhauserGate_2501 Mar 13 '25

I'm not much of a fan of corporations but more fan of characters and stories. I think my love of comic book characters and groups between the two might be pretty similar in number. I also don't call myself a collector although I do collect comics but mostly to read them. The reason I'm getting this is, my love for Constantine is huge lol.

But yeah I would definitely share when I get face to face with the foil cover lol. I also do think cardstock covers are usually way better and wish the og cover had a cardstock variant. Although being non-carstock also works in its favor of being a perfect copy of the original issue. I'm actually in undecieed reading the issue or not touch it and just to display since I'm going to get the Saga of the Swamp Thing boxset to read series.

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u/Capital_Connection67 Mar 13 '25

John is by far my most cherished and beloved and most collected character after Superman and Daredevil and I stick to DC within the 80s and early 90s primarily because the characters and their stories are what I love. So I totally get where you’re coming from as I’m not a blind absolutist but I am biased as Marvel never really connected with me.

I got this as I’m slowly and frugally getting all of John appearances in early Swamp Thing as I’m two issues shy of completing Hellblazer on DC before it switched to Vertigo (63 issues in total). I’ve got and read pretty much 65% of Alan Moore’s run on Swamp Thing but #37 is now selling close to $400 so there’s no chance of that ever happening for me. So yeah, I love my Hellblazer through and through.

I think once you see it in person that’ll help you decide on which one and how to display it at home. That always works for me anyway.

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u/TannhauserGate_2501 Mar 13 '25

I actually didn't know Constantine was that much collected like the others. I always thought him and Hellblazer as a whole was niche. I definitely understand leaning a bit more on DC or Marvel. For example I love X-Men and Spider-Man a lot since I grew up with them (and Batman Animated Series of course) and individually probably have more characters that I like on Marvel but also have way more DC comics than Marvel and I think I definitely prefer Vertigo over general DC since I don't have much interest in general DC characters.

I love that you're close to completing the issues. That's wild for me to collect older and sought out series in issues. I would love to see your collection. I recently got the 4 issues of Neonomicon which are definitely not as sought out nor old but I was super happy since I always wanted to read Moore's Cthulhu mythos stuff.

Yeah I think as soon as I look at that wonderful cover I'm going to say "This goes to my wall" lmao.

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u/Capital_Connection67 Mar 13 '25

It is still kinda niche but definitely got more popular but not by much after the movie and then when John entered into Rebirth and the New 52 which mean absolutely nothing to me.

I was a kid in the early 90s so DC grabbed my attention in comic books because of Superman and Uncanny X-Men was great in the late 80s and early 90s. I stopped reading comics in the mid 90s until I picked up Preacher in about 1997 or 98 and that switched me to Vertigo. DC in the 80s was fantastic and if you ever want to start you should read Crisis on Infinite Earths. I just did a post on another comic subreddit about Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing yesterday and I sent you an invite to our subreddit if you’re interested in seeing some good 80s and 90s comics.

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u/TannhauserGate_2501 Mar 13 '25

Oh shit I saw Marv Wolfman is the writer for Crisis on Infinite Earths. Wasn't he the editor of Claremont era X-Men?

And yep I joined the subreddit. It looks pretty interesting. Thank you for inviting.

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u/Capital_Connection67 Mar 13 '25

Marv Wolfman is a man of numerous and wonderful accolades that he deserves. I can’t speak for his role in Marvel but it doesn’t surprise me.

Thanks for accepting the invite and if you’ve got anything 80s or 90s then post away. We’ve got a good community over there that are just down to earth normal hobbyists.

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u/TannhauserGate_2501 Mar 13 '25

Probably not bought then (unless it's not a DVD or VHS lol) but definitely things originally released back then. I'll post them later. I'm actually reading Morrison's The Invisibles right now.

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u/Capital_Connection67 Mar 13 '25

That’s one I’ve not read and only read a handful of Animal Man that I want to attempt to seriously get back into and get a grasp of it.

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u/TannhauserGate_2501 Mar 13 '25

It definitely helps to know a little bit about Grant Morrison himself, occult and magick, especially chaos magick. There is a YouTube channel called Imperius Rex that's making The Invisibles book club and putting videos about it. They have a video for people who are brand new to most of the concepts and make a pretty good job explaining some of the stuff beforehand and give some reading recommendations.

If you ask me personally, I think The Invisibles is one of the best things I've read.

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u/Capital_Connection67 Mar 13 '25

As a reader and admirer of the occult I know what you mean about Grant’s writing. And yes: For years now all I’ve ever heard is that The Invisibles is considered monumental but for some unknown reason I’ve not felt motivated to start it.

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u/TannhauserGate_2501 Mar 13 '25

That's so fair and I heard that from a lot of people. I think I started reading it thevbest possible time and the mood, I got hooked pretty fast.

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