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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The first two North American collected editions of Alan Moore's run omitted this issue. DC instead chose to begin with the next, far more [[{{Retcon}} famous]] issue and to commission (for the first edition, when he was still on friendly terms with DC) a "story so far" introduction by Moore. (The British licensee, Titan Books, did include "Loose Ends" in ''their'' trade paperback series, but that went out of print early on.) This created a false RememberTheNewGuy effect for those who encountered the series through the North American trade paperbacks and came upon Liz's and Dennis's starring appearance in Issue 54. Not until the third, current collected edition did DC finally include "Loose Ends."
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The first two North American collected editions of Alan Moore's run omitted this issue. DC instead chose to begin with the next, far more [[{{Retcon}} famous]] issue and to commission (for the first edition, when he was still on friendly terms with DC) a "story so far" introduction by Moore. (The British licensee, Titan Books, did include "Loose Ends" in ''their'' trade paperback series, but that went out of print early on.) This created a false RememberTheNewGuy effect for those who encountered the series through the North American trade paperbacks and came upon Liz's and Dennis's sudden, starring appearance in Issue 54.54, neither of them having been so much as mentioned in the interim, apart from Woodrue's brief mention in Issue 21 of Liz's investigative book on the Swamp Thing. Not until the third, current collected edition did DC finally include "Loose Ends."
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The first two North American collected editions of Alan Moore's run omitted this issue. DC instead chose to begin with the next, far more [[{{Retcon}} famous]] issue and to commission (for the first edition, when he was still on friendly terms with DC) a "story so far" introduction by Moore. The (The British licensee, Titan Books, did include "Loose Ends" in ''their'' trade paperback series, but that went out of print early on. on.) This created a false RememberTheNewGuy effect for those who encountered the series through the North American trade paperbacks and came upon Liz's and Dennis's starring appearance in Issue 54. Not until the third, current collected edition did DC finally include this issue."Loose Ends."
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The first two North American collected editions of Alan Moore's run omitted this issue. DC instead chose to begin with the next, far more [[ContinuityReboot [[{{Retcon}} famous]] issue and to commission (for the first edition, when he was still on friendly terms with DC) a "story so far" introduction by Moore. The British licensee, Titan Books, did include "Loose Ends" in ''their'' trade paperback series, but that went out of print early on. Not until the third, current collected edition did DC finally include this issue.
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--> "Maybe the world has run out of room...for monsters...or maybe...they're just getting harder to recognize."\\
-- '''The Swamp Thing'''
Swamp Thing, in the wake of Anton Arcane's airship crash in the previous issue, returns to the crash site in the mountains in order to find the body and verify that his ArchEnemy is truly dead. When he succeeds in doing so, he feels a sense of loss for two reasons. First, he reflects that he and Arcane were two sides of the same coin in terms of having lost their human nature. Second, he fears that the modern world may be acting to rid itself of "shadow" creatures like him and Arcane.
Meanwhile, General Sunderland and his associate, [=DDI=] head Dwight Wicker, having learned that Swamp Thing and his friends are all still in the West Virginia woods, plan to kill them all for knowing the shady truth about their respective organizations. Their cover story is that they're protecting Americans from alien invasion.
Dennis Barclay, having slept with Liz Tremayne in the previous issue, assumes they're now a couple, but Liz disabuses him of that notion, saying that "All we have in common is the horror in our lives." Dennis doesn't take that well, and the two of them return to their hotel in silence to get his medical bag and then go their separate ways. At the hotel, a friendly stranger offers to retrieve the bag for Liz, unaware that Sunderland Corporation agents have just planted a bomb in their room. Just outside, Dennis hears the explosion and rushes inside to find Liz, in the lobby, babbling to herself in shock. Reasoning to himself that maybe things can work out between them "so long as they never ran out of horrors," he drags her along with him, smiling ominously.
Meanwhile, Matt Cable confirms for his wife, Abby, that the various monsters lately surrounding him were unconscious creations of his brain, a result of the [=DDI=]'s electroshock treatments, but that he'd finally fought them and made them go away for good. He then tries to initiate lovemaking, but between this revelation and his alcoholism, she's not ready. He claims to be okay with this, but soon afterwards, drinking alone, he creates a tiny blue woman to dance for him, thus revealing that he hasn't really rid himself of his dark paranormal ability, but has learned to control it.
Sunderland's men go into action, torching the forest where Swamp Thing is hiding and surrounding it with troops hidden behind a ring of blinding light. They also blow up the Cables' home; fortunately, they're outside and manage to escape. Swamp Thing attempts to do the same, but a barrage of bullets cuts him down. A Sunderland agent pronounces him dead.
This is the first issue authored by Creator/AlanMoore.
!!Tropes
* AntagonistInMourning: Inverted. Swamp Thing mourns Arcane's death.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The issue ends with the title character apparently dead.
* EvilCounterpart: Cradling Arcane's body, Swamp Thing reflects that the two of them were more alike than he'd realized.
--> You were my opposite. I had my humanity...taken away from me. I've been trying to claw it back. You started out human...and threw it all away. You did it deliberately. We defined each other, didn't we? By understanding you...I came that much closer...to understanding myself.
* [[GullibleLemmings Gullible Lemming]]: An initially skeptical local man believes a Sunderland agent's cover story about hunting down an alien as soon as the agent utters the words, "national security." The local even offers to help unload the searchlights.
--> '''Sunderland:''' "National security" is one of those magical little phrases. It stops people worrying about what you're doing, where you're going...who you're killing.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Averted. Swamp Thing has seen enough death to become GenreSavvy and realize that, even though he saw Arcane's airship crash and burn, he can't assume he's dead until he's seen the corpse firsthand.
* PutOnABus: This is Dennis's and Liz's last appearance until Issue 54.
* RealityWarper: Matt gains control of his formerly unconscious power to make thoughts real. However, being a sexually-frustrated, relapsed [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]], he now uses it for his own erotic entertainment.
* ShoutOut: The hotel receptionist, trying to recall the name mentioned by the "friends" (so she assumes) of Liz and Dennis who'd just been in their room, comes up erroneously with "Sutherland." This reminds her of [[Creator/DonaldSutherland Donald Sutherland's]] role in the horror film ''Film/DontLookNow'' (although she misstates the title as ''Now Don't Look'' and then ''Don't Watch Now''). She then proceeds to recount the film's horrific climax--thus adding to the suspense of the in-comic scene--just before the bomb goes off in their room, killing the friendly stranger who'd gone to retrieve Dennis's bag.
* TitleDrop: Sunderland agent Roy says to a colleague, "Y'know, that old general, he's really tying up some ''loose ends'' here today, ain't he?"
* TwistedEchoCut: A favourite tool of Moore's 1980s work, it appears several times in this and other issues. For example, in the last panel of page five, Sunderland, referring to Swamp Thing and friends being unprepared for his assault, says, "They're in for a rude awakening, Dwight..." The caption for the first panel of page six completes his sentence: "...a very rude awakening, indeed." This is juxtaposed with Liz waking up from her tryst with Dennis, which leads to another sort of "rude awakening" for the latter.
* UnrequitedLove: Dennis for Liz.
-- '''The Swamp Thing'''
Swamp Thing, in the wake of Anton Arcane's airship crash in the previous issue, returns to the crash site in the mountains in order to find the body and verify that his ArchEnemy is truly dead. When he succeeds in doing so, he feels a sense of loss for two reasons. First, he reflects that he and Arcane were two sides of the same coin in terms of having lost their human nature. Second, he fears that the modern world may be acting to rid itself of "shadow" creatures like him and Arcane.
Meanwhile, General Sunderland and his associate, [=DDI=] head Dwight Wicker, having learned that Swamp Thing and his friends are all still in the West Virginia woods, plan to kill them all for knowing the shady truth about their respective organizations. Their cover story is that they're protecting Americans from alien invasion.
Dennis Barclay, having slept with Liz Tremayne in the previous issue, assumes they're now a couple, but Liz disabuses him of that notion, saying that "All we have in common is the horror in our lives." Dennis doesn't take that well, and the two of them return to their hotel in silence to get his medical bag and then go their separate ways. At the hotel, a friendly stranger offers to retrieve the bag for Liz, unaware that Sunderland Corporation agents have just planted a bomb in their room. Just outside, Dennis hears the explosion and rushes inside to find Liz, in the lobby, babbling to herself in shock. Reasoning to himself that maybe things can work out between them "so long as they never ran out of horrors," he drags her along with him, smiling ominously.
Meanwhile, Matt Cable confirms for his wife, Abby, that the various monsters lately surrounding him were unconscious creations of his brain, a result of the [=DDI=]'s electroshock treatments, but that he'd finally fought them and made them go away for good. He then tries to initiate lovemaking, but between this revelation and his alcoholism, she's not ready. He claims to be okay with this, but soon afterwards, drinking alone, he creates a tiny blue woman to dance for him, thus revealing that he hasn't really rid himself of his dark paranormal ability, but has learned to control it.
Sunderland's men go into action, torching the forest where Swamp Thing is hiding and surrounding it with troops hidden behind a ring of blinding light. They also blow up the Cables' home; fortunately, they're outside and manage to escape. Swamp Thing attempts to do the same, but a barrage of bullets cuts him down. A Sunderland agent pronounces him dead.
This is the first issue authored by Creator/AlanMoore.
!!Tropes
* AntagonistInMourning: Inverted. Swamp Thing mourns Arcane's death.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The issue ends with the title character apparently dead.
* EvilCounterpart: Cradling Arcane's body, Swamp Thing reflects that the two of them were more alike than he'd realized.
--> You were my opposite. I had my humanity...taken away from me. I've been trying to claw it back. You started out human...and threw it all away. You did it deliberately. We defined each other, didn't we? By understanding you...I came that much closer...to understanding myself.
* [[GullibleLemmings Gullible Lemming]]: An initially skeptical local man believes a Sunderland agent's cover story about hunting down an alien as soon as the agent utters the words, "national security." The local even offers to help unload the searchlights.
--> '''Sunderland:''' "National security" is one of those magical little phrases. It stops people worrying about what you're doing, where you're going...who you're killing.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Averted. Swamp Thing has seen enough death to become GenreSavvy and realize that, even though he saw Arcane's airship crash and burn, he can't assume he's dead until he's seen the corpse firsthand.
* PutOnABus: This is Dennis's and Liz's last appearance until Issue 54.
* RealityWarper: Matt gains control of his formerly unconscious power to make thoughts real. However, being a sexually-frustrated, relapsed [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]], he now uses it for his own erotic entertainment.
* ShoutOut: The hotel receptionist, trying to recall the name mentioned by the "friends" (so she assumes) of Liz and Dennis who'd just been in their room, comes up erroneously with "Sutherland." This reminds her of [[Creator/DonaldSutherland Donald Sutherland's]] role in the horror film ''Film/DontLookNow'' (although she misstates the title as ''Now Don't Look'' and then ''Don't Watch Now''). She then proceeds to recount the film's horrific climax--thus adding to the suspense of the in-comic scene--just before the bomb goes off in their room, killing the friendly stranger who'd gone to retrieve Dennis's bag.
* TitleDrop: Sunderland agent Roy says to a colleague, "Y'know, that old general, he's really tying up some ''loose ends'' here today, ain't he?"
* TwistedEchoCut: A favourite tool of Moore's 1980s work, it appears several times in this and other issues. For example, in the last panel of page five, Sunderland, referring to Swamp Thing and friends being unprepared for his assault, says, "They're in for a rude awakening, Dwight..." The caption for the first panel of page six completes his sentence: "...a very rude awakening, indeed." This is juxtaposed with Liz waking up from her tryst with Dennis, which leads to another sort of "rude awakening" for the latter.
* UnrequitedLove: Dennis for Liz.
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!!Tropes
* AntagonistInMourning: Inverted. Swamp Thing mourns Arcane's death.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The issue ends with the title character apparently dead.
* EvilCounterpart: Cradling Arcane's body, Swamp Thing reflects that the
--> You were my opposite. I had my humanity...taken away from me. I've been trying to claw it back. You started out human...and threw it all away. You did it deliberately. We defined each other, didn't we? By understanding you...I came that much closer...to understanding myself.
* [[GullibleLemmings Gullible Lemming]]: An initially skeptical local man believes a Sunderland agent's cover story about hunting down an alien as soon as the agent utters the words, "national security." The local even offers to help unload the searchlights.
--> '''Sunderland:''' "National security" is one of those magical little phrases. It stops people worrying about what you're doing, where you're going...who you're killing.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Averted. Swamp Thing has seen enough death to become GenreSavvy and realize that, even though he saw Arcane's airship crash and burn, he can't assume he's dead until he's seen the corpse firsthand.
* PutOnABus: This is Dennis's and Liz's last appearance until Issue 54.
* RealityWarper: Matt gains control of his formerly unconscious power to make thoughts real. However, being a sexually-frustrated, relapsed [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]], he now uses it for his own erotic entertainment.
* ShoutOut: The hotel receptionist, trying to recall the name mentioned by the "friends" (so she assumes) of Liz and Dennis who'd just been in their room, comes up erroneously with "Sutherland." This reminds her of [[Creator/DonaldSutherland Donald Sutherland's]] role in the horror film ''Film/DontLookNow'' (although she misstates the title as ''Now Don't Look'' and then ''Don't Watch Now''). She then proceeds to recount the film's horrific climax--thus adding to the suspense of the in-comic scene--just before the bomb goes off in their room, killing the friendly stranger who'd gone to retrieve Dennis's bag.
* TitleDrop: Sunderland agent Roy says to a colleague, "Y'know, that old general, he's really tying up some ''loose ends'' here today, ain't he?"
* TwistedEchoCut: A favourite tool of
* UnrequitedLove: Dennis for Liz.
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--> "Maybe the world has run out of room...for monsters...or maybe...they're just getting harder to recognize."\\
-- '''The Swamp Thing'''
Swamp Thing, in the wake of Anton Arcane's airship crash in the previous issue, returns to the crash site in the mountains in order to find the body and verify that his ArchEnemy is truly dead. When he succeeds in doing so, he feels a sense of loss for two reasons. First, he reflects that he and Arcane were two sides of the same coin in terms of having lost their human nature. Second, he fears that the modern world may be acting to rid itself of "shadow" creatures like him and Arcane.
Meanwhile, General Sunderland and his associate, [=DDI=] head Dwight Wicker, having learned that Swamp Thing and his friends are all still in the West Virginia woods, plan to kill them all for knowing the shady truth about their respective organizations. Their cover story is that they're protecting Americans from alien invasion.
Dennis Barclay, having slept with Liz Tremayne in the previous issue, assumes they're now a couple, but Liz disabuses him of that notion, saying that "All we have in common is the horror in our lives." Dennis doesn't take that well, and the two of them return to their hotel in silence to get his medical bag and then go their separate ways. At the hotel, a friendly stranger offers to retrieve the bag for Liz, unaware that Sunderland Corporation agents have just planted a bomb in their room. Just outside, Dennis hears the explosion and rushes inside to find Liz, in the lobby, babbling to herself in shock. Reasoning to himself that maybe things can work out between them "so long as they never ran out of horrors," he drags her along with him, smiling ominously.
Meanwhile, Matt Cable confirms for his wife, Abby, that the various monsters lately surrounding him were unconscious creations of his brain, a result of the [=DDI=]'s electroshock treatments, but that he'd finally fought them and made them go away for good. He then tries to initiate lovemaking, but between this revelation and his alcoholism, she's not ready. He claims to be okay with this, but soon afterwards, drinking alone, he creates a tiny blue woman to dance for him, thus revealing that he hasn't really rid himself of his dark paranormal ability, but has learned to control it.
Sunderland's men go into action, torching the forest where Swamp Thing is hiding and surrounding it with troops hidden behind a ring of blinding light. They also blow up the Cables' home; fortunately, they're outside and manage to escape. Swamp Thing attempts to do the same, but a barrage of bullets cuts him down. A Sunderland agent pronounces him dead.
This is the first issue authored by Creator/AlanMoore.
!!Tropes
* AntagonistInMourning: Inverted. Swamp Thing mourns Arcane's death.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The issue ends with the title character apparently dead.
* EvilCounterpart: Cradling Arcane's body, Swamp Thing reflects that the two of them were more alike than he'd realized.
--> You were my opposite. I had my humanity...taken away from me. I've been trying to claw it back. You started out human...and threw it all away. You did it deliberately. We defined each other, didn't we? By understanding you...I came that much closer...to understanding myself.
* [[GullibleLemmings Gullible Lemming]]: An initially skeptical local man believes a Sunderland agent's cover story about hunting down an alien as soon as the agent utters the words, "national security." The local even offers to help unload the searchlights.
--> '''Sunderland:''' "National security" is one of those magical little phrases. It stops people worrying about what you're doing, where you're going...who you're killing.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Averted. Swamp Thing has seen enough death to become GenreSavvy and realize that, even though he saw Arcane's airship crash and burn, he can't assume he's dead until he's seen the corpse firsthand.
* PutOnABus: This is Dennis's and Liz's last appearance until Issue 54.
* RealityWarper: Matt gains control of his formerly unconscious power to make thoughts real. However, being a sexually-frustrated, relapsed [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]], he now uses it for his own erotic entertainment.
* ShoutOut: The hotel receptionist, trying to recall the name mentioned by the "friends" (so she assumes) of Liz and Dennis who'd just been in their room, comes up erroneously with "Sutherland." This reminds her of [[Creator/DonaldSutherland Donald Sutherland's]] role in the horror film ''Film/DontLookNow'' (although she misstates the title as ''Now Don't Look'' and then ''Don't Watch Now''). She then proceeds to recount the film's horrific climax--thus adding to the suspense of the in-comic scene--just before the bomb goes off in their room, killing the friendly stranger who'd gone to retrieve Dennis's bag.
* TitleDrop: Sunderland agent Roy says to a colleague, "Y'know, that old general, he's really tying up some ''loose ends'' here today, ain't he?"
* TwistedEchoCut: A favourite tool of Moore's 1980s work, it appears several times in this and other issues. For example, in the last panel of page five, Sunderland, referring to Swamp Thing and friends being unprepared for his assault, says, "They're in for a rude awakening, Dwight..." The caption for the first panel of page six completes his sentence: "...a very rude awakening, indeed." This is juxtaposed with Liz waking up from her tryst with Dennis, which leads to another sort of "rude awakening" for the latter.
* UnrequitedLove: Dennis for Liz.
-- '''The Swamp Thing'''
Swamp Thing, in the wake of Anton Arcane's airship crash in the previous issue, returns to the crash site in the mountains in order to find the body and verify that his ArchEnemy is truly dead. When he succeeds in doing so, he feels a sense of loss for two reasons. First, he reflects that he and Arcane were two sides of the same coin in terms of having lost their human nature. Second, he fears that the modern world may be acting to rid itself of "shadow" creatures like him and Arcane.
Meanwhile, General Sunderland and his associate, [=DDI=] head Dwight Wicker, having learned that Swamp Thing and his friends are all still in the West Virginia woods, plan to kill them all for knowing the shady truth about their respective organizations. Their cover story is that they're protecting Americans from alien invasion.
Dennis Barclay, having slept with Liz Tremayne in the previous issue, assumes they're now a couple, but Liz disabuses him of that notion, saying that "All we have in common is the horror in our lives." Dennis doesn't take that well, and the two of them return to their hotel in silence to get his medical bag and then go their separate ways. At the hotel, a friendly stranger offers to retrieve the bag for Liz, unaware that Sunderland Corporation agents have just planted a bomb in their room. Just outside, Dennis hears the explosion and rushes inside to find Liz, in the lobby, babbling to herself in shock. Reasoning to himself that maybe things can work out between them "so long as they never ran out of horrors," he drags her along with him, smiling ominously.
Meanwhile, Matt Cable confirms for his wife, Abby, that the various monsters lately surrounding him were unconscious creations of his brain, a result of the [=DDI=]'s electroshock treatments, but that he'd finally fought them and made them go away for good. He then tries to initiate lovemaking, but between this revelation and his alcoholism, she's not ready. He claims to be okay with this, but soon afterwards, drinking alone, he creates a tiny blue woman to dance for him, thus revealing that he hasn't really rid himself of his dark paranormal ability, but has learned to control it.
Sunderland's men go into action, torching the forest where Swamp Thing is hiding and surrounding it with troops hidden behind a ring of blinding light. They also blow up the Cables' home; fortunately, they're outside and manage to escape. Swamp Thing attempts to do the same, but a barrage of bullets cuts him down. A Sunderland agent pronounces him dead.
This is the first issue authored by Creator/AlanMoore.
!!Tropes
* AntagonistInMourning: Inverted. Swamp Thing mourns Arcane's death.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The issue ends with the title character apparently dead.
* EvilCounterpart: Cradling Arcane's body, Swamp Thing reflects that the two of them were more alike than he'd realized.
--> You were my opposite. I had my humanity...taken away from me. I've been trying to claw it back. You started out human...and threw it all away. You did it deliberately. We defined each other, didn't we? By understanding you...I came that much closer...to understanding myself.
* [[GullibleLemmings Gullible Lemming]]: An initially skeptical local man believes a Sunderland agent's cover story about hunting down an alien as soon as the agent utters the words, "national security." The local even offers to help unload the searchlights.
--> '''Sunderland:''' "National security" is one of those magical little phrases. It stops people worrying about what you're doing, where you're going...who you're killing.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Averted. Swamp Thing has seen enough death to become GenreSavvy and realize that, even though he saw Arcane's airship crash and burn, he can't assume he's dead until he's seen the corpse firsthand.
* PutOnABus: This is Dennis's and Liz's last appearance until Issue 54.
* RealityWarper: Matt gains control of his formerly unconscious power to make thoughts real. However, being a sexually-frustrated, relapsed [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]], he now uses it for his own erotic entertainment.
* ShoutOut: The hotel receptionist, trying to recall the name mentioned by the "friends" (so she assumes) of Liz and Dennis who'd just been in their room, comes up erroneously with "Sutherland." This reminds her of [[Creator/DonaldSutherland Donald Sutherland's]] role in the horror film ''Film/DontLookNow'' (although she misstates the title as ''Now Don't Look'' and then ''Don't Watch Now''). She then proceeds to recount the film's horrific climax--thus adding to the suspense of the in-comic scene--just before the bomb goes off in their room, killing the friendly stranger who'd gone to retrieve Dennis's bag.
* TitleDrop: Sunderland agent Roy says to a colleague, "Y'know, that old general, he's really tying up some ''loose ends'' here today, ain't he?"
* TwistedEchoCut: A favourite tool of Moore's 1980s work, it appears several times in this and other issues. For example, in the last panel of page five, Sunderland, referring to Swamp Thing and friends being unprepared for his assault, says, "They're in for a rude awakening, Dwight..." The caption for the first panel of page six completes his sentence: "...a very rude awakening, indeed." This is juxtaposed with Liz waking up from her tryst with Dennis, which leads to another sort of "rude awakening" for the latter.
* UnrequitedLove: Dennis for Liz.
