The Swamp Thing #2 p.19 - A-Bomb Banyan Tree!

The Swamp Thing #2 p.19 - A-Bomb Banyan Tree!This magnificent work of art was the second version of the page Perkins illustrated. Was it because, as often happens, the editor asked for changes? Nope! Believe it or not, this time it was "self inflicted". Perkins simply wasn't satisfied with how he depicted the scene the first time around, so he voluntarily decided to take an entire day out of his already busy schedule and redrew it to better depict the explosive turn of events for the poor Pale

a new battle heats up…for the soul of the intelligence agency Checkmate

as Levi explains his disappearance to Jennifer

but which he also spent extra time lavishly adding heavenly pencil shading to make the Jennifer look especially bewitching

Amazing upshot perspective in this fabulous half-splash featuring a towering Chemo plowing through the forest

the entire run by Ram Venkatesan and Mike Perkins became an instant classic and will over time undoubtedly attain "legendary" status

with Lex in particular looking far more evil

Some out of this world level Noir going on here

the perfect embodiment of Swamp Thing's inner doubt

Metallo brutally murders Tony

For long time followers of Greg Rucka's writing

The way Perkins illustrated Swamp Thing's  walk through the fire is brilliant

holding a spear that clearly shows he must've been the one who killed Bougan