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In the Swamplight
Swamp Thing Series 1 #14
| Story Title | Pub. Date |
| "The Tomorrow Children" | Jan.-Feb. 1975 |
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| Writer | Artist |
| David Michelinie | Nestor Redondo |
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| Cover | Editor |
| Nestor Redondo | Joe Orlando |
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| Chronological Breakdown |
| • 1969: In the swamps of Prelude, Louisiana, Jeb Wheeler finds three babies in a box, along with several cylinders of radioactive waste. He brings them home and names them Seth, Jeremy and Delta. In time, the children develop telepathy, empathic powers and the ability to commune with the elements. The local townspeople fear their albino skin, quiet demeanor and strange powers, blaming them for the deaths of many people and animals. Rafe Taggert, in fact, runs Wheeler and the kids out of town. Moving to the swamp, Wheeler and the kids hide the cylinders for safety and grow a home from a tree. There they live until Wheeler dies in his sleep. |
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| • 1975: Swamp Thing spots Seth Wheeler searching for his siblings, Jeremy and Delta. An angry mob mistakes Swamp Thing for a monster and tries to kill them both. Swamp Thing uproots a tree and scares them off, and Seth runs off as well. The mob leader, Rafe Taggert, holds a meeting and demands the Mayor do something about the children, whom he believes possess demonic powers since they're different. The Mayor and his son Jimbo resist, but Taggert has the town's support. Nearby, while investigating the flora and fauna of the swamp, Swamp Thing is mauled by a mutant comman ant (formica Pallidefulva). Though he breaks its neck, he is poisoned with formic acid and falls ill. Others attack, but the kids stop them telepathically and hitch a ride atop the ants back to their home in the bayou. There, they tell him of Jeb Wheeler, a kind old man who found them as babies and raised them as his own. Recognizing a like soul, they offer him their home and show where they hid the cylinders of radioactive waste, which they hope Swamp Thing might be able to use to return to human form. Unfortunatey, they're empty. The mob burn down the kids' treehouse, unaware Jimbo is inside (he'd come to warn them). The flames ignite Taggert's gear, killing him. Delta parts the flames to let Swamp Thing rescue Jimbo, but succumbs to them before he can save her. Realizing the kids aren't evil, the Mayor apologizes to Seth and Jeremy for their loss. Jimbo wants the kids to come live with him, but the Mayor is too concerned about others' opinions, so Swamp Thing wanders back into the bayou, disgusted yet again at the hypocrisy of man. |
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| Trivia |
| • This issue marks the debut of David Michelinie as the series' second ongoing writer. |
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| Other Collections |
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