Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp #2 was a difficult read. As a lifelong fan of both Goosebumps and all-ages comics, it seemed that this comic, with its Lumberjanes-style art and plot harkening back to The Werewolf of Fever Swamp, was made for me. However, this issue’s writing made it a frustrating experience for its inconsistency, repetitive dialogue, and pacing. The entire issue is structured as a chase scene, where the characters, in the middle of running from werewolves, stop to have perhaps the most repetitive, pointless, should-have-been-edited-down-to-a-single-panel argument I’ve read in a published work.

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