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

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

• Part 1: Before Year 1
• Part 2: Year 1 to 1899
• Part 3: 1900 to 1969
• Part 4: 1970 to 1979
• Part 5: 1980 to 1984
• Part 6: 1985 to 1988
• Part 7: 1989 to 1991
• Part 8: 1992 to 1994
• Part 9: 1995 to 1999
• Part 10: 2000 to Present

Born on the Bayou
A history and introduction

Creature Features
Articles and feature stories

Cover Gallery
Judge the books by the covers

In the Swamplight
Issue-by-issue breakdowns

Elemental Lineage
Past lives and other entities

Upcoming Releases
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What's New Bayou?
Archived news updates

About Me
Portrait of a swamp-nerd

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In the Swamplight
Swamp Thing Series 1 #7

Story Title	Pub. Date
"Night of the Bat"	Nov.-Dec. 1973

Writer	Artist
Len Wein	Bernie Wrightson

Cover	Editor
Bernie Wrightson	Joe Orlando


Chronological Breakdown
• 1973: 213 miles later, Swamp Thing and Mutt arrive at Gotham and hide in an alley at West 3rd Street. When Swamp Thing ventures out for clothing, a policeman spies him and calls Chief Clancy O'Hara. The police open fire, forcing him to flee. Meeting with Nathan Ellery and other Gotham businessmen, Bruce Wayne dons his Batman outfit and busts a smuggling operation. Ellery's chauffer, Driscoll, takes Nathan to the Potter's Street Warehouse, where his interrogator, Dr. Hammerschmidt, is torturing Matt Cable and Abby Arcane for information on Swamp Thing. Comissioner James Gordon asks Batman to stop Swamp Thing before panic erupts. Meanwhile, Swamp Thing enters Peck's Water's Edge Bar & Grill, where he spies on Mr. E's thugs and sparks a brawl. E activates Mutt's collar, drawing the dog to his headquarters. Batman and Swamp Thing follow, each unaware of the other. Swamp Thing frees Matt and Abby, but Batman confronts him and forces a fight. With no choice, Swamp Thing beats him up and continues on to find Ellery. Batman tracks Mutt to Ellery's penthouse and realizes he's actually Mr. E. Swamp Thing scales the building, crashing a party in time to see Ellery shoot Mutt to keep his alterego a secret. Swamp Thing starts to kill Ellery, but decides he's not worth it; however, Ellery slips and falls to his death. As Swamp Thing silently departs, Batman re-thinks his opinion of the swamp-man.


Reprints and Collections

DC Special Series #17— The Original Swamp Thing Saga	Roots of the Swamp Thing #4	Limited Collector's Edition C-59


Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis	Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis	The Secret the Swamp Thing

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