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.

In Swamp Thing # 33, Alan Moore attempted to reconcile the two versions of Swamp Thing with the revelation that there have been many previous incarnations of Swamp Thing prior to the death and " rebirth " of the Alec Holland incarnation.

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.

The original 1926 route of US 84 skirted the southern border of Georgia, from Brunswick to the north edge of the Okefenokee Swamp, then west to Dothan, Alabama, just across the Alabama line.

Now written by Martin Pasko, the book loosely picked up after Swamp Thing's appearance in Challengers of the Unknown, with the character wandering around the swamps of Louisiana as something of an urban legend that was feared by locals.

Dream originally began as a mainstream DC character able to interact with DC superheroes, and Gaiman's versions of Dream have appeared in DC superhero titles written by Keith Giffen and by Grant Morrison, as well as in Gaiman's own The Books of Magic series and in a Rick Veitch-authored issue of Swamp Thing ( where he meets Matthew Cable ).

written for comic books, including the Swamp Thing series, Jason Vs. Leatherface, Predator: Hell Come A Walkin and her own one-shot Dhampire: Stillborn.

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 ).

Indeed, Moore never produced work for the Vertigo imprint-having refused to work for parent company DC in the late 1980s-although his DC-published Swamp Thing work and V for Vendetta reprint-maxiseries were subsequently collected as Vertigo-issued TPBs, while the Hellblazer solo title dealt with the character co-created by Moore, but never written by him.

Andy Diggle, having previously written the Hellblazer special, Lady Constantine, and Vertigo titles The Losers and Swamp Thing, took over the title in 2007, another former editor of 2000 AD to have done this.

" Collection of songs written specifically for Price by Jerry " Swamp Dogg " Williams.

Swamp Thing first appeared in House of Secrets # 92 ( July 1971 ) in a stand-alone horror story set in the early 20th century written by Len Wein and drawn by Bernie Wrightson.

The fighters for the Greek cause labelled themselves Makedonomachoi ( Μακεδονομάχοι-Macedonian Fighters ) and were portrayed by Greek writer Penelope Delta in her novel Τά μυστικά τοῦ Βάλτου ( Ta Mystiká tou Váltou-The Secrets of the Swamp ), as well as in the book of memoirs Ὁ Μακεδονικός Ἀγών ( The Macedonian Struggle ) by Germanos Karavangelis, while on the other side, the fighters of IMRO and their activities are depicted in the book Confessions of a Macedonian Bandit: A Californian in the Balkan Wars, written by Albert Sonnichsen, an American volunteer in the IMRO during the Macedonian Struggle.

The second Swamp Thing issue written by Alan Moore, The Anatomy Lesson reinterpreted and rewrote the whole history of the title character and changed the series ' focus majorly.

Cover of Swamp Thing, Volume 5, Earth to Earth, written by Alan Moore.

He was created as an enemy of the Atom ; however his most famous appearance was in the Swamp Thing comic, particularly when it was written by Alan Moore.

:* The bWo theme was an instrumental rock song that was written and performed by Philadelphia rock group Swamp Candles.

The fictional band's music was done by a real band named " Swamp Baby " with vocals by Dillon.

* 1675 – King Philip's War: A combined effort by the Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut colonies attacks the Great Swamp Fort, owned by the Narragansetts.

* 1960 – The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.

* " Swamp Music " by Lynyrd Skynyrd paid tribute to Son House.

* Skull Island-This island was attacked by the Swamp Men.

A small but important part of the Strip — the area around present day Toledo and Maumee Bay — fell within the Great Black Swamp, and this area was nearly impossible to navigate by road, especially after spring and summer rainfalls.

Suffolk, which includes a portion of the Great Dismal Swamp, is the largest city by area at.

When planning the revolution, Mike is described by Mannie as " our Scarlet Pimpernel, our John Galt, our Swamp Fox, our man of mystery ", referring to the works of the Baroness Orczy and Ayn Rand as well as to the history of the American Revolution.

Dismayed by what he saw as the excesses of Zerzan and others, Watson eventually repudiated primitivism in his 1997 essay " Swamp Fever ".

As a result, Holland is known as Swamp Thing IV by the editors of the DCU Guide.

After a period of high creative turnover, in 1991 DC sought to revive interest in Swamp Thing by bringing horror writer Nancy A. Collins on board to write the series.

Written by Brian K. Vaughan and drawn by Roger Petersen and Giuseppe Camuncoli in 2001, the third Swamp Thing series focused on the daughter of the Swamp Thing, Tefé Holland.