Swamp Thing #8

(January-February 1974)

The Lurker in Tunnel 13! (Table of Contents: 1)

Swamp Thing / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein

Pencils

Bernie Wrightson

Inks

Bernie Wrightson

Colors

Bernie Wrightson ?

Letters

Ben Oda

Job Number

J-3274

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For your information: the freezing point of water is 32 degrees Farenheit [sic], and when the temperature falls below this point, rain becomes snow...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]; Ezekiel; Hector; Jason; Mayor Mutteridge; Lydia; Jody; M'Nagalah (first appearance); Abraham (flashback)

Synopsis

In a small mining town the Swamp Thing discovers a monster lurking in tunnel 13.

Reprints

• in La Creature des Marais (Editions du Fromage, 1977 series) #2
• in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #7 (3ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Serietidningen (Williams Förlags AB, 1975 series) #7/1976 ([juli] 1976)
which is reprinted
• in Gigant (Semic, 1976 series) #3/1984
• in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #20 - Original Swamp Thing Saga (January-February 1980)
• in La Créature du Marais (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #3 - La dernière des sorcières (juillet 1982) [page 1 partially], #4 - La bête du tunnel 13 (septembre 1982)
• in Gigant (Semic, 1977 series) #3/1984 (uke 19 1984)
• in Roots of the Swamp Thing (DC, 1986 series) #4 (October 1986)
which is reprinted
• in Swamp Thing (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1990 series) #2 - Die Nacht der Fledermaus (Dezember 1990)
• in Swamp Thing l'intégrale (Delcourt, 2004 series) #1 - Genèse (février 2004) [noir et blanc [black and white]]
• in Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis (DC, 1992 series) (1991 [March 1992])
• in Secret of the Swamp Thing (DC, 2005 series) (November 2005)
• in DC Comics Classics Library: Roots of the Swamp Thing (DC, 2009 series) ([July] 2009)
• in Roots of the Swamp Thing (DC, 2012 series) (2011 [February 2012])
• in Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) ([December] 2017)
• in Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([December] 2018)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Swamp Things / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Orlando ?

Pencils

Bernie Wrightson

Inks

Bernie Wrightson

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

J-3317

First Line of Dialogue or Text

First off, I'd like to include a letter that was squeezed out last month but deserves printing...

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Greg Potter, Paul Edwards, Alberto Perez and Frank Maccio.