Roots of the Swamp Thing: Your Portal to the Universe of Swamp Thing, The Un-Men and John Constantine: Hellblazer 


Cover Gallery: Other DC Swamp Creatures

Here are the covers to several DC Comics stories featuring characters surprisingly similar to Swamp Thing in both appearance and manner. It's interesting to note that all came out in the early 1970s, around the time Swamp Thing first debuted in House of Secrets 92, and that Swamp Thing co-creator Bernie Wrightson drew several of these other creatures.

Although these stories are not directly connected to the Swamp Thing's history, I have included them here and in the timeline because they just seem to fit. In fact, The Phantom Stranger #14 was revisited during Len Wein's Swamp Thing run, which featured a sequel to that tale. If you know of any I've overlooked, feel free to contact me and I'll add them.

NOTE: Since Solomon Grundy has been worked into Swamp Thing lore, his appearances are excluded.



  Main cover gallery
 
 
The Phantom Stranger       Forbidden Tales of
Dark Mansion
      The Unexpected
The Phantom Stranger 14       Dark Mansion 19       The Unexpected 52
Issue 14       Issue 10       Issue 152
 
 
The House of Mystery                
The House of Mystery 195       The House of Mystery 217        
Issue 195       Issue 217        
 
 
World's Finest                
World's Finest 219       World's Finest 220        
Issue 219       Issue 2220        
 
 
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