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It cannot be overstated just how amazing an impact was made by writer Alan Moore on comic books. He came along at exactly the right time, just as the Direct Sales Market was making it possible to do comic book stories with greater sophistication for a somewhat older audience. It was a rare thing for a writer in comic books to become a super-star in this era--typically, it was the most popular artists who achieved that goal, though some of them did mostly write their own material--but Moore did it virtually from the moment he began working for DC Comics on SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING.