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Saga of the Swamp Thing: Part One
Swamp Thing #20-34, ANNUAL #2 Self-Discovery Existentialism values freedom above almost everything else, and sees self-deception as a barrier to freedom. When we lie to ourselves we lose the ability to recognize reality. Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre illustrates this with an example: a young woman is on a date with a man. The young woman hears…
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The Anatomy Lesson
Swamp Thing #21 Where better to start than at the beginning? “The Anatomy Lesson” begins with our villain, small time DC villain Jason Woodrue (a.k.a. “The Floronic Man”), gleefully anticipating the death of General Avery Sunderland, a businessman who hopes to research Swamp Thing’s unique physiology and use what he discovers for personal profit. Sunderland…