Originally posted by kevdude
Looks like The Great Evil Beast after witnessing its otherness went into shock and went to sleep, that is why the male witches tries to wake it up to destroy God the Creator so it can be the only thing ever. True opposites, never ending battle. GJ erik
that was what so cool about how Moore introduced the character though
sorry, haven't figured out spoilers... so
the Great Evil Beast, after being awakened, destroys the armies of hell who were opposed to it just by stirring from his sleep. The Phantom Stranger, the Demon Etrigan, and the Spectre go up against him. The first two are defeated without even a concern from the Great Evil Beast after he questions them... the GEB had never really been aware or alive before, so he immediatly wanted to know what was around him. The Spectre approaches him, and despite his truly enormous metaphysical/corporeal size, he is only the size of his thumb... finally, Swamp Thing confronts him, and when he offers understanding and a willingness to speak with the GEB, the GEB goes on to merge with the Presence, making the world less orderly but also more potent and alive, the same way the crisis "diluted" the main time stream, but made it so much more interesting in many ways. It's not canon in the main DCU, being a vertigo book, but it's one of the best pieces in comics. Sorry for going on so long, I'm just a huge fan of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing.