Swamp Thing #53 [Direct]
(October 1986)

DC, 1985 Series
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Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-06-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Karen Berger (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #29.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Swamp Thing / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stephen R. Bissette (signed as SRB)
Inks
Stephen R. Bissette (signed as SRB)
Colors
Tatjana Wood (sourced)
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]
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The Garden of Earthly Delights (Table of Contents: 1)

Swamp Thing / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Moore
Pencils
John Totleben
Inks
John Totleben
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Harvey Bullock; Abigail Cable; Commissioner James Gordon; Lex Luthor; Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]; Chester Williams; Dwight Wicker
Synopsis
The city of Gotham surrenders Abby into Swamp Thing's care, ending his siege. Swamp Thing is then attacked by Wicker and his men and apparently dead.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Swamp Things / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2468

You Only Think You Know Him... (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Swamp Thing
  2. 1. The Garden of Earthly Delights
    Swamp Thing
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Swamp Things
  4. 3. You Only Think You Know Him...
    Meanwhile...
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Steven Samuels
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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