The second trade of the new Samp Thing series. DC decided to skip issues 7 and 8 and jumped to collecting 9-14. According to a friend of mine this was a great decision on DC's part as 7 and 8 were "teh suck!" Anyway, there is one four issue arc that, frankly, I found overly confusing (due to both the writing and the art). There were aspects of it I liked and I understood the overall plot being pushed along, but ending was anything but clear. I know what happened, I just don't know how because those pages were a mess. The two issue follow-up arc, with a different, clearer, awesomer artist was very good. I'm still into this series. I just think the writer-artist match-up for 9-12 was a misfire.