As one of the most universally acclaimed and beloved authors in comics, Alan Moore has had one of the most celebrated careers of any comic book writer. Alan Moore has penned more classic, genre-defining titles than almost any other.
It is is a monster of a hard cover (comic) book depicting the gruesome Whitechapel murders committed by the notorious Jack The Ripper and investigated by Scotland Yard in the late 1800's.
Moore undertakes a skillful exploration of identity, human nature, and the social and moral concerns of society. He does this by using individual chapters to focus on each major character's origin story.
Swamp Thing is a fantastic comic book. It's a brilliant story in its own right, but it's fascinating how cleverly Moore could integrate it within DC's shared universe without compromising his own storytelling or his plots.
It follows the titular V, an anarchist in a dystopian United Kingdom, who is orchestrating a series of terrorist attacks to take down the government led by Norsefire, a fascist party that took over after a nuclear war.
It follows a woman who is researching a story for her thesis, only to discover that the story actually lives in the imagination and can explode into the real world in surprising and mystical ways.
Regarded as one of the best Batman stories out there, it gives an origin story to the Dark Knight's arch nemesis Joker. The story takes some dark turns with results that leave us wanting for more.