Roots Of The Swamp Thing: Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, The Un-Men And More

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In the Swamplight
World's Finest #219

Story Title	Pub. Date
"Swamp-God"	Sept. 1973

Writer	Artists
John Jacobson	Steve Skeates and Alfredo Alcala

Cover	Editor
Bernie Wrightson	Joe Orlando


Chronological Breakdown
• 1973: Evil lurks in the swamp as a beaver, squirrel and racoon decide to prove their fealty to the Swamp-God, a gnarled, half-decayed tree, with a human sacrifice. In a nearby field, a couple named Joyce and George share a picnic with their Uncle Charlie, carelessly strewing litter about the area. Angered at mankind's pollution, the animals entice the couple's son Franklyn into the swamp to arrange his drowning. Finding him in the muck, his family are devestated by his death. The animals await their god's pleasure, earning instead its wrath for killing an innocent child. Thousands of birds descend to pick their bones clean and devour their souls, an eternity of penance for choosing wrongly.

Trivia
• This classic tale is not directly connected to the Swamp Thing mythos. Still, the similarities in storyline and theme, and the fact that the cover and story are illustrated by noted Swamp Thing artists (Berni Wrightson and Alfredo Alcala, respectively), are enough for me to consider them part of the saga.


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