(September 1977)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.60 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- nine times a year
- On-sale date:
- 1977-06-23
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Joe Orlando
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Modern Age U.S. (1-17, 20-22); Digest (18, 19, 23, 24); Tabloid (25-27)
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
- Binding:
- Saddle-Stitched (1-17, 20-22, 25-27); Squarebound (18, 19, 23, 24)
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
Out in June 1977 with September dated comics. On sale date in house ad in Justice League of America #145.
[no title indexed]
text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Harlan Ellison
- Pencils:
- Bernie Wrightson
- Inks:
- Bernie Wrightson
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]
- Synopsis:
- Letter from Harlan Ellison praising the creation of Swamp Thing.
Indexer Notes
Includes two small cover reprints of the first two issues of Swamp Thing.
Dark Genesis
Swamp Thing / comic story / 24 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Len Wein
- Pencils:
- Bernie Wrightson
- Inks:
- Bernie Wrightson
- Colors:
- Bernie Wrightson
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Swamp Thing [Alec Holland] (intro, origin); Linda Holland; Matt Cable; Ferrett; Bruno; Anton Arcane (Cameo; unnamed; hand only); The Conclave
- Synopsis:
- When Ferrett and Bruno blow up Alec Holland's lab they create the Swamp Thing. Whey they return to dispose of Alec's wife Linda, the Swamp Thing is there to stop them.
- Reprints:
-
from Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #1 (October-November 1972)
-
The Man Who Wanted Forever
Swamp Thing / comic story / 24 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Len Wein
- Pencils:
- Bernie Wrightson
- Inks:
- Bernie Wrightson
- Colors:
- Bernie Wrightson; Glynis Wein
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Anton Arcane; the Conclave; Dr. Linda Holland (flashback); Ferrett; Matt Cable; the Patchwork Man [Gregori Arcane]; Swamp Thing (also as Dr. Alec Holland); the Un-Men [including Cranius; Ophidian]
- Synopsis:
- The Swamp Thing undergoes a mystical transferral where he regains his humanity while Arcane obtains the Swamp Thing's body. When Alec Holland finds out that his old body will be used for evil ends he interrupts the enchantment and things return as they were, with Arcane falling to his death.
- Reprints:
- from Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #2 (December 1972-January 1973)
-
Out of the Swamp...
text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Reprints:
- from Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #1 (October-November 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Taken from the letters page of the original issue.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Original Swamp Thing Saga -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Dark Genesis
Swamp Thing -
3.
The Man Who Wanted Forever
Swamp Thing -
4.
Out of the Swamp...
This issue was most recently modified by:
- R. J. Roper
- Mike Nielsen
- Sean Williams
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Tony R. Rose
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Fischer
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