Arcane

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Am I the only one that Loves Anton Arcane (the super evil bad guy in Swamp thing? Swampy's Joker)

I just did a Arcane Marathon, and read every single comics he ever appeared in. It started interesting (he began as an old Dr. Frankenstein, went on to get the body you see on the old Swamp thing cover in an earlier post, then switched to a spider body, to finally become one of the scariest villain in comic history under Alan Moore).

It only went downhill after that. I actually enjoyed seeing his journey through hell, how he became a demon, and how he never stopped being evil down there, to finally escape hell!

Till Mark Millar took over the title, and made him REPENT! Follow God! Become good. Apologize to Abby!!!! And that's the last time we saw him, as an old man, now repenting!!! How awful is that?? Ugh. Good old Mark Millar, at least he's consistent with trying to ruin my favorite villains (Removing the Venom symbiote from Eddie Brock to having Dr. Doom serve a master (seriously?) , and now, i'm discovering he made Arcane regret being evil? Arcane? A character so evil that even in hell he was laughing at Swamp thing's misfortune? Even under absolute torture?).

I'm really hoping Snyder brings him back to his former glory!! And judging from that cover, it's a joy to see him with one of his very first look! :biggrin:
Who else is a fan?

[FanboyStranger]

Am I the only one that Loves Anton Arcane (the super evil bad guy in Swamp thing? Swampy's Joker)

I just did a Arcane Marathon, and read every single comics he ever appeared in. It started interesting (he began as an old Dr. Frankenstein, went on to get the body you see on the old Swamp thing cover in an earlier post, then switched to a spider body, to finally become one of the scariest villain in comic history under Alan Moore).

It only went downhill after that. I actually enjoyed seeing his journey through hell, how he became a demon, and how he never stopped being evil down there, to finally escape hell!

Till Mark Millar took over the title, and made him REPENT! Follow God! Become good. Apologize to Abby!!!! And that's the last time we saw him, as an old man, now repenting!!! How awful is that?? Ugh. Good old Mark Millar, at least he's consistent with trying to ruin my favorite villains (Removing the Venom symbiote from Eddie Brock to having Dr. Doom serve a master (seriously?) , and now, i'm discovering he made Arcane regret being evil? Arcane? A character so evil that even in hell he was laughing at Swamp thing's misfortune? Even under absolute torture?).

I'm really hoping Snyder brings him back to his former glory!! And judging from that cover, it's a joy to see him with one of his very first look! :biggrin:
Who else is a fan?

Josh Dysart brought Arcane back during his Swamp Thing run, and he was evil again. The one thing I did like about Millar's Arcane was that he reformed due to the efforts of the innocent priest who had been consigned to Hell and choose to spend his time preaching and listening to the damned. That was an interesting story from when Millar could write with some depth.

The problem I have with Snyder's use of the Arcane family is that it seems that they've always been influenced by The Rot. One of the thing I always loved about Anton Arcane was that he was the very epitome of self-motivated evil-- every atrocity he commited was for his own gain. Even when he allied with the Nazis, it was not for ideological reasons, but because they allowed him to advance in his research unquestioned and uninterrupted. With this new Rot development, Arcane seems like he's been pushed rather than jumped, and I think that makes him a far less interesting character. I have no doubt it will be part of a very good story, but I can't help but feel that the character has been lessened in some way.