Swamp Thing #9 - Bernie Wrightson / Jeff Jones art, Wrightson cover

Bernie Wrightson

Swamp Thing v1 #9, 1974 - Nearing the end of his historic run on this title, Bernie Wrightson delivers yet another terrific effort. His artwork is crisply drawn and smoothly delineated. The tone changes expectedly on pages 11-14 due to the uncredited inks of Jeff Jones (see interior page below). Stylistically, the scenes lack the clarity and definition of other pages. Although a distraction, it's not detrimental to the whole. Wrightson uses a clever panel sequence on page 15, dividing up a group of individuals into philosophical camps. Perhaps the story's most memorable scene is a stunning splash portrait of an alien astronaut (page 7). This story was later reprinted in Roots of the Swamp Thing #5. This is 9 of 10 Swamp Thing issues by Wrightson and 1 of 1 Swamp Thing issues by Jones. /// Wrightson gallery

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Wrightson cover pencils and inks = ****
"The Stalker From Beyond" Wrightson story pencils / Jones & Wrightson partial inks 20 pages = ****

Bernie Wrightson / Jeff Jones

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