He was instrumental in the apparent death of Swamp Thing, which jeopardized many lives as the Parliament of Trees attempted to replace him.

Other related comics include Swamp Thing and Sandman ( and its spinoffs, like Lucifer ).

" Cugley used the newly-shortened word to describe a development in the comic book Saga of the Swamp Thing, which reinterprets the events of the title character's origin by revealing facts that, up to that point, are not part of the narrative and were not intended by earlier writers.

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Swamp Thing, a fictional character, is a humanoid / plant creature elemental in the, created by writer Len Wein and artist Berni Wrightson.

Swamp Thing has had several humanoid or monster incarnations, depending on various story lines.

Outside of an extensive comic book history, the Swamp Thing property has inspired two theatrical films, a live-action television series, and a five-part animated series, among other media.

The Swamp Thing character first appeared in House of Secrets # 92 ( June – July 1971 ), with the name Alex Olsen.

Unable to make Linda realize his true identity, the Swamp Thing sadly ambles to his boggy home.

In Swamp Thing # 1 ( October – November 1972 ) Wein and Wrightson updated the time frame to the 1970s and featured a new version character: Alec Holland, a scientist working in the Louisiana swamps on a secret bio-restorative formula " that can make forests out of deserts ".

The creature, called Swamp Thing, was originally conceived as Alec Holland mutating into a vegetable-like creature, a " muck-encrusted mockery of a man ".

However, under writer Alan Moore, Swamp Thing was reinvented as an elemental entity created upon the death of Alec Holland, having somehow absorbed Holland's memory and personality into itself.

The major difference between the first and second Swamp Thing is that the latter appears more muscular than shambling, and possesses the power of speech.

Three others are notable: Albert Höllerer, a pilot in World War II, appeared briefly and had his story summarized in Swamp Thing # 47 ( May 1986 ), and Aaron Hayley appeared in the Swamp Thing: Roots graphic novel ( 1998 ) set in the 1940s, and Alan Hallman, the Swamp Thing of the 1950s and 1960s, introduced in Vol.

The Saga of the Swamp Thing # 21 ( Feb. 1984 ).

In issue # 37, Moore formally introduced the character of John Constantine as a magician / con artist who would lead Swamp Thing on the American Gothic storyline.

Veitch's term ended in 1989 in a widely publicized creative dispute, when DC refused to publish issue # 88 because of the use of Jesus Christ as a character despite having previously approved the script, in which Swamp Thing is a cupbearer who offers Jesus water when he calls for it from the cross.

Beginning in issue # 90, Wheeler reintroduced the Matango that Steve Bissette had introduced in Swamp Thing Annual # 4.

Starting with Swamp Thing Annual # 6, Collins moved on to write Swamp Thing # 110-138, dramatically overhauling the series by restoring the pre-Alan Moore tone and incorporating a new set of supporting cast members into the book .< ref >" Nancy Collins: Swamp Thing < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s New Scripter Speaks ," David Anthony Kraft's Comics Interview, # 102 ( 1991 ), pp. 4-13 .</ ref > Collins resurrected Anton Arcane along with the Sunderland Corporation as foils for Swamp Thing.

Debuting alongside ongoing former-DC series Swamp Thing # 129, Hellblazer # 63, Sandman # 47, Doom Patrol # 64, Animal Man # 57, and Shade, the Changing Man # 33, the first new comic book printed under the " Vertigo " imprint was Death: The High Cost of Living # 1, debuting a scant couple of weeks before Enigma # 1 in January ( March ) 1993.

Alan Moore's additional information about the Swamp Thing's origins did not contradict or change any of the events depicted in the character's previous appearances, but changed the reader's interpretation of them.

* The aforementioned film series rejected the popular Alan Moore revision of Swamp Thing's origin and portrayed Swamp Thing with his original origin as a man turned into a plant-like entity.

* The documentary feature film The Mindscape of Alan Moore contains a psychedelic animation piece based on the " Love and Death " issue of Swamp Thing.

* Much like the films of the 1980s, both the live action series and animated series followed the original version of Swamp Thing rather than Alan Moore's vision.

Alan Moore won the 1985 and 1986 Jack Kirby Awards for Best Writer for Swamp Thing.

Alan Moore, John Totleben, and Steve Bissette won the 1985 Jack Kirby Award for Best Single Issue for Swamp Thing Annual 2.

Issue # 4 revisited Hell as depicted by Alan Moore in Swamp Thing, beginning with a guest appearance by Kirby's Etrigan the Demon guarding the gates of Hell.

2, and the horror titles Hellblazer and The Saga of the Swamp Thing, that last written by Alan Moore, a British writer inherited from previous editor Len Wein.

Although regularly cited as one of the major forces behind the creation of Vertigo comics, none of the launch titles were written by Alan Moore ( he having long-left Swamp Thing, and only created the character of-but never written the spin-off solo title-Hellblazer ).

She took over editorship of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run from Swamp Thing co-creator Len Wein in 1984, and in 1986 " became DC's British liaison ," bringing to DC's pre-Vertigo titles the individuals who would be instrumental in the creation and evolution of Vertigo seven years later.

Alan Moore, co-creator of the jaded, chain-smoking, modern-day British wizard John Constantine in Swamp Thing, hand-picked Jamie Delano to continue Constantine's adventures as star of the DC title Hellblazer ( 1988 – present ), but Delano left that series in 1991 before the launch of Vertigo.

After favorable reader reaction to John Constantine's appearances in the comic book series Swamp Thing, where he had been introduced by Alan Moore during his authorship of the title, the character was given his own comic book series in 1988.

He continued in the scene after leaving college, producing Brainstorm Comix, the first three of which formed The Chester P. Hackenbush Trilogy ( a character reworked by Alan Moore as Chester Williams for Swamp Thing ).

Animal Man placed Morrison at the head of the so-called " Brit Wave " invasion of American comics, along with such writers as Neil Gaiman, Peter Milligan, Jamie Delano and Alan Moore ( who had launched the ' invasion ' with his work on Swamp Thing ).< ref name =" vert-ency ">

More interested in horror comics, she soon became editor of House of Mystery, and was instrumental in nurturing Alan Moore's Swamp Thing book, taking over the editing from co-creator Len Wein.

* 1985 Swamp Thing Annual # 2, by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben ( DC Comics )

Moore reconfigured Swamp Thing's origin to make him a true monster as opposed to a human transformed into a monster.

Moore would later reveal, in an attempt to connect the original one-off Swamp Thing story from House of Secrets to the main Swamp Thing canon, that there had been dozens, perhaps hundreds, of Swamp Things since the dawn of humanity, and that all versions of the creature were designated defenders of the Parliament of Trees, an elemental community also known as " the Green " that connects all plant life on Earth.

The home in which they live more closely resembles the one Swamp Thing constructs for Abigail during the Moore run, than the home in which they dwell during the Collins run.

* Swamp Thing Annotations ( Moore / Veitch Era )

Both films were produced by First National Pictures, and while Black Oxen was still being edited and Flaming Youth not yet released, Bow was requested to co-star with Moore as her kid sister in Painted People ( AKA The Swamp Angel ).

He soon left Swamp Thing to Stuart Moore, however with issue # 100, and Moore would edit and co-edit the remaining 71 issues of that title, including the switch from DC to Vertigo.