Swamp Thing
#2
(December 1972-January 1973)
DC,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-10-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #89. Cover date: January.
[no title indexed]
Swamp Thing / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson (signed as
WRIGHTSON) - Inks
- Bernie Wrightson (signed as WRIGHTSON)
- Colors
- Bernie Wrightson; Glynis Oliver
- Job Number
- J-1783
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Anton Arcane; Swamp Thing; the Un-Men
- Reprints
-
in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #2 (4ème trimestre 1974) -
in Mi Gran Aventura - Serie Avestruz (Editorial Novaro, 1975 series) #2 (9 de diciembre de 1975) [recolored] -
in Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis (DC, 1992 series) (1991 [March 1992]) - in Swamp Thing l'intégrale (Delcourt, 2004 series) #1 - Genèse (février 2004) [noir et blanc [black and white]]
- 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)
-
Indexer Notes
Colorist credits from the letters page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #4.
On Safari, a Boy Learns to Act Like a Man
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Daisy’s Safari Mark I B-B Gun teaches the same lessons.
- Keywords
- B-B gun
Indexer Notes
Ad for Daisy’s Safari Mark I B-B Gun. Color and sepia tone ad on inside front cover.
The Man Who Wanted Forever
Swamp Thing / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson
- Inks
- Bernie Wrightson
- Colors
- Bernie Wrightson; Glynis Oliver
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- J-1796
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rain, 'tis said, can wash away the past--cover over memories with a bittersweet, glistening haze...
- 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 transferal 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
- in La Creature des Marais (Editions du Fromage, 1977 series) #1
- in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #2 (4ème trimestre 1974) [N&B [B&W]]
-
in Serietidningen (Williams Förlags AB, 1975 series) #2/1975 ([1 oktober] 1975) which is reprinted - in Mi Gran Aventura - Serie Avestruz (Editorial Novaro, 1975 series) #2 (9 de diciembre de 1975)
-
in Mundo de Aventuras Especial (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1975 series) #17 (Junho de 1977) [Black & White] - in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #2 - The Original Swamp Thing Saga ([September] 1977)
-
in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #259 (27 Januar 1981) - in La Créature du Marais (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #1 (1er trimestre 1982), #1 (1er trimestre 1982) [page 1]
- in Swamp Thing (Tor Books, 1982 series) (April 1982)
-
in Gigant (Semic, 1977 series) #2/1983 (uke 12 1983) - in Roots of the Swamp Thing (DC, 1986 series) #1 (July 1986) which is reprinted
-
in Die großen Phantastic-Comics (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #57 - Sumpfding - Ein Leben für die Ewigkeit - in Swamp Thing (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1990 series) #1 - Das Ding aus den Sümpfen (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)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credits from the letters page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #4; letters credit from the letters page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #5.
What Does This Champion Have in Common…With You?
Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Dave Draper (photo)
Indexer Notes
Between pages 6-7 of story.
These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You!
North America School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Between pages 8-9 of story.
Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys
Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Below previous Drafting Kits ad.
The Adventures of Corgi Boy
Corgi; Reeves International, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Corgi Boy
- Synopsis
- In Africa in search of a lost city, Corgi Boy, while driving his Surtees TS9 Formula I racer, defeats a three-headed monster.
Indexer Notes
Ad for various automobile replicas such as Mercedes Benz C111 and Porsche Targa 911s.
Between pages 12-13 of story.
Wind-Tunnel Tested!
SSP Racers / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- children
Indexer Notes
Comic strip ad for SSP (Super Sonic Power) Racers from Kenner.
Between pages 19-20 of story.
7 Foot Monster
Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for various novelty items.
Between pages 21-22 of story.
[no title indexed]
Swamp Things / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Orlando
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- J-1943
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As this issue is put to bed (a term indicating all editorial contents have been completed and it is now due for printing), we have yet to receive letters on our first issue.
Indexer Notes
Comments from fans Art Stampler, Wallace Foote and Michele Kreps who were visiting the DC offices and who were snared to read the first issue, as regular letters still hadn't arrived. Includes an editorial discussing how the Swamp Thing comic is produced.
[no title indexed]
Kids The Magazine by Kids for Kids / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look what you're missing by not reading Kids Magazine.
[no title indexed]
Wayne School / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Never finished high school?
The Insult That Made a Man Out of 'Mac'
Charles Atlas; Dynamic Tension / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! Quit kicking that sand in our faces!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mac; Charles Atlas (photo)
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Comic strip and ad for Charles Atlas' "How Dynamic-Tension Makes You A New Man" book.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Swamp Thing -
1.
On Safari, a Boy Learns to Act Like a Man
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns -
2.
The Man Who Wanted Forever
Swamp Thing -
3.
What Does This Champion Have in Common…With You?
Joe Weider -
4.
These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You!
North America School of Drafting -
5.
Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys
Sea-Monkeys -
6.
The Adventures of Corgi Boy
Corgi; Reeves International, Inc. -
7.
Wind-Tunnel Tested!
SSP Racers -
8.
7 Foot Monster
Honor House Products -
9.
["As this issue is put to bed (a term indicating all editorial contents have been completed and it is now due for printing), we have yet to receive letters on our first issue."]
Swamp Things -
10.
["Look what you're missing by not reading Kids Magazine."]
Kids The Magazine by Kids for Kids -
11.
["Never finished high school?"]
Wayne School -
12.
The Insult That Made a Man Out of 'Mac'
Charles Atlas; Dynamic Tension -
13.
4 Ways to Get the A/FX Racing Set You Want for Christmas.
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