Happy Halloween: Presenting Swamp Thing Costumes... Sort of

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*Happy Halloween: Presenting Swamp Thing* Costumes... Sort of by Rich Handley Oct. 31, 2010** Since it's Halloween, and since many bloggers and movie reviewers have historically mistaken Swamp Thing for a monster-type villain instead of the hero that he is, I thought I'd take a look at the ol' Google and see what Swamp Thing-related costumes are out there. The results were rather... amusing. For instance, there's this one... ...which is actually a Ghillie suit (typically used as camouflage by hunters, snipers and bird watcher), and looks like Chewbacca painted green. (It even has Yoda hands, continuing the Star Wars motif.) Or there's s this one, available for order at Amazon.com... ...which is clearly the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Or there's s this one, at Zedomax... ...which is not bad, really, compared to the above two, though the blonde hair is kind of an odd choice. Amazon also has a Swamp Queen costume... ...which wouldn't be a bad Lady Jane, actually. This one, of Swamp Thing with his own creator, Len Wein,... ...is fantastic. Bravo! Finally, eHow provides instructions to make your own Swamp Thing costume, though sadly, there are no images. If any readers have ever dressed up as Swamp Thing or a Swamp Thing-related character, either for Halloween or just because you damn well felt like it, please send photos and I'll post 'em! (Confession time: I did once dress up as Swamp Thing for Halloween, and it was a damn cool costume—I was actually Swamp Thing bursting through the cover of his own comic book—but I can't seem to find the photos. If I do, I'll be sure to add them here.) Archived News >

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