The Saga of Swamp Thing #25 [Canadian]

(June 1984)

The Sleep of Reason... (Table of Contents: 1)

Swamp Thing / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

Stephen R. Bissette (credited as Stephen Bissette)

Inks

John Totleben (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He arrived at the Baton Rouge bus depot at a little after eleven on Monday morning...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Swamp Thing; Jason Blood; Abigail Cable; John Constantine (introduction, cameo, see notes); The Monkey King; Matt Cable; Deanna French (flashback); Harry Price (introduction, death); Paul; Bobby Corelli; Selena Corelli; Chris (flashback, death); Jenny (flashback, death); Roberta

Reprints

• in Monstro do Pântano (Brainstore, 2002 series) #1 [preto e branco]
• in Saga of the Swamp Thing (Warner Books, 1987 series)
• in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #9 (septembre 1986) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Swamp Thing (Titan, 1987 series) #2 (1987)
• in Superamigos (Editora Abril, 1985 series) #22 (Fevereiro 1987) [invertida a ordem das páginas, com a página 3 sendo colocada antes das páginas 1 e 2]
• in Swamp Thing (DC, 1987 series) #[1] - Saga of the Swamp Thing ([November] 1987)
which is reprinted
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #68 - Swamp Thing - Teil 1 ([Mai 2016])
• in Swamp Thing (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1990 series) #4 - Die Form der Angst (November 1991)
• in Inferno (Epix, 1991 series) #5/1991 (1991)
which is reprinted
• in Maxx (Epix, 1991 series) #4/1991 (1991)
• in Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing (DC, 1996 series) #5 (March 1997)
• in Inferno album (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1997 series) #4 - Swamp Thing ([februar] 1998)
• in Swamp Thing (Delcourt, 1998 series) #2 - Invitation à la peur (mars 1999) [Noir & Blanc [Black & White]]
which is reprinted
• in Swamp Thing l'intégrale (Delcourt, 2004 series) #2 - Amour & mort (septembre 2004)
• in Swamp Thing (Panini Deutschland, 2003 series) #1 - Die Saga von Swamp Thing ([Oktober] 2003)
which is reprinted
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #68 - Swamp Thing - Teil 1 ([Mai 2016])
• in Swamp Thing von Alan Moore Deluxe Edition (Panini Deutschland, 2020 series) #1
• in A Saga do Monstro do Pântano (Pixel Media, 2007 series) (2007)
• in Saga of the Swamp Thing (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)
• in Swamp Thing (Panini France, 2010 series) #1 - La créature du marais (février 2010)
• in La Cosa del Pantano de Alan Moore (Planeta DeAgostini, 2010 series) #1 (Diciembre 2010)
• in Saga of the Swamp Thing (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([June] 2012)
• in DC Comics Coleção de Graphic Novels (Eaglemoss Collections, 2014 series) #66 - Monstro do Pântano (maio 2018)
• in Alan Moore présente Swamp Thing (Urban Comics, 2019 series) #1 (Juillet 2019)
• in Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore (DC, 2020 series) #1 (2019 [January 2020])

Keywords

Baton Rouge; Houma; Louisiana; Ouija Board

Indexer Notes

Although most sources list The Saga of Swamp Thing (DC, 1982 series) #37 as the first appearance of John Constantine, this issue could be arguably his debut, as the artists inserted a man resembling him in 1 panel behind a crying Abby (panel 2 of page 21).

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

Script

Karen Berger; Alan Moore; Stephen R. Bissette

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-1639