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Cover of The Saga of the Swamp Thing (vol. 2) #21 (February 1984), art by Tom Yeates. In 1982, DC Comics revived the Swamp Thing series, [7] attempting to capitalize on the summer 1982 release of the Wes Craven film of the same name. A revival had been planned for 1978, but was a victim of the DC Implosion.
When the Swamp Thing rises from the bayou, Cable believes it was responsible for the Hollands' deaths and sets out to avenge his friends' murders. Cable's search take him through the Balkans, where he meets Abigail Arcane, niece to Anton Arcane, a ruthless man who wants the Swamp Thing's body so he can become immortal. For years, the Swamp ...
The Saga of the Swamp Thing (vol. 2) #21 (Feb. 1984), "The Anatomy Lesson", signaled a change in the character's mythos by having an obscure supervillain, the Floronic Man (Jason Woodrue), perform an autopsy on the Swamp Thing's body and discover it was only superficially human, its organs little more than crude, nonfunctional, vegetable-based ...
Namibia fossil is a prehistoric 'swamp thing' with menacing fangs. Will Dunham. July 4, 2024 at 8:39 AM. By Will Dunham (Reuters) - You might call it the "swamp thing." About 280 million years ago ...
Created by writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson, the Swamp Thing has had several different incarnations throughout his publication. The character is often depicted as a swamp monster that resembles an anthropomorphic mound of vegetable matter seeking to protect nature and humanity from threats of both scientific and supernatural origin.
As a revenant whose backstory often involves coming back to life after being deposited in the swamp, later writers have also given him ties to Swamp Thing, one of DC's horror-fantasy heroes. Solomon Grundy has been adapted into numerous media outside comics, including television series and films.
Swamp Thing is a 1982 American superhero film written and directed by Wes Craven, based on the DC Comics character of the same name created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson.It tells the story of scientist Alec Holland who is transformed into the monster known as Swamp Thing (Dick Durock) through laboratory sabotage orchestrated by the evil Anton Arcane (Louis Jourdan).
John later acts as the Swamp Thing's protector, guide, and voice of omen, even teaching the Thing to amplify his powers. Both would have further adventure with each other, such as John introducing the Thing to the Parliament of Trees , Thing using John's body to make love to his wife and father a child named Tefe, and fighting off the Damnation ...