Love and Death
Love and Death
Readers rate it 4.3 (24 on Hardcover)
212 pages · Released 1984 · Vertigo
Content report card
Love and Death parent’s guide: what’s inside
LGBTQ+ themes
What it offers
Educational value
A note for parents
This is a sophisticated horror-fantasy comic from the DC dark fantasy line that explores philosophical themes of identity and mortality. The story contains mature supernatural horror elements, demonic imagery, and existential dread rather than graphic gore, making it better suited to older teens than younger readers. Alan Moore's dense, literary writing style adds thematic weight but also complexity that younger audiences may struggle with. Parents should expect dark supernatural content and philosophical questioning of life, death, and purpose.
Analyzed by AI · 1 month ago
Read it with your kids?
Rate it and suggest an age to help other parents.
From the publisher
Written by Alan Moore; Art by Stephen Bissette, John Totleben, and Shawn McManus The Plant Elemental comes to terms with his true origins and travels to the depths of Hell. Features appearances by Cain and Abel, the Spectre, the Demon, Deadman, and the Phantom Stranger. Also includes the classic first appearance of the... Written by Alan Moore; Art by Stephen Bissette, John Totleben, and Shawn McManus The Plant Elemental comes to terms with his true origins and travels to the depths of Hell. Features appearances by Cain and Abel, the Spectre, the Demon, Deadman, and the Phantom Stranger. Also includes the classic first appearance of the Swamp Thing from HOUSE OF SECRETS #92, woven into the present day continuity.
Shelved under
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Classics
- Fantasy
- Fiction
- Science Fiction
- Comics
Books in the Swamp Thing (1982) (Collected Editions) series
Full series in order →
Share this guide
ISBN 9780930289546 · Vertigo