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TheDC ComicsBlack Label storySwamp Thing : Green Helltakes a perfect page from the RPG picture biz series , Final Fantasy . Swamp Thing : Green Hellis written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Doug Mahnke . Issue # 1 of this 3 - part miniskirt - series was release on December 28thof last year .
Green Hellis an out - of - continuity story that takes position in a post - apocalyptic future . clime change do club to break down as sea levels uprise , giving way to a food shortage . recognize that this disaster was have by humanity , Earth ’s various parliaments represent unlike scene of life discuss options . The Red , Grey , and Rot , representing animals , mould , and chemical decomposition reaction respectfully , realize the Green , representing industrial plant life-time , is their good chance to rid the planet of what ’s causing the problem in the first spot : man . The Green uses the soundbox of a die manto animate its avatar be intimate as the Swamp Thing . This new monstrous Swamp Thing then goes on a pop fling , massacring any man he comes across .
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A very similar plot line unfold in the 1997 Playstation plot , Final Fantasy VII . During the game , a large meteor is summoned that threaten to finish the satellite . To protect itself , the planet , nominate Gaia , awakens several big ogre promise WEAPONs . These arm number as the planet ’s defense mechanism , and are activate in times of crisis . Crucial , though , is the fact that the WEAPONs do not differentiate between the main threat and all threats . Although the shooting star was what triggered their waking up , the WEAPONs also view human beings as a menace to the planet , and aggress multitude as well .
At both of their core , Final Fantasy VIIandGreen Hellare cautionary tales about pollution and abusing the satellite ’s resourcefulness . Green Helltakes place in a future on Earth , so it ’s sane to assume the mood change in the narration is the same man - made climate alteration Earth is see now because of humanity . Final Fantasy VII ’s Gaia is facing a standardized job . A corp called Shinra is mistreat the satellite by pull an energy root called Mako from it , which is also the world ’s vital lifestream .
Although they are interchangeable , the two stories do n’t offer the same result . InFinal Fantasy VII , humans are powerful and have their own weapons to fight back against Gaia ’s WEAPONs . InGreen Hell , humans are weak and barely able-bodied to survive . They are powerless against the Green ’s monstrousSwamp affair . Issue # 1 ’s final pages break their only promise , however , with the rejoinder of the heroic original Swamp Thing , Alec Holland .
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