Roots Of The Swamp Thing: Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, The Un-Men And More—In the Swamplight: Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #18

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In the Swamplight
Swamp Thing Series 1 #18

Story Title	Pub. Date
"Village of the Doomed"	Sept. 1975

Writer	Artist
David Michelinie	Nestor Redondo

Cover	Editor
Nestor Redondo	Joe Orlando


Chronological Breakdown
• 1905: Occultist Aubrey Trask is born.

• 1965: Research begins in South Florida on the construction of Serenity Village, a geriatric home run by Aubrey Trask. Backers deem it "the ultimate in retirement facilities."

• Between June and December 1974: Nicholas Trask, son of Aubrey Trask and his wife Marion, has the elderly couple admitted to Serenity Village.

• 1975: Matt Cable and Abby Arcane carry a injured Jefferson Bolt to Serenity Village, as Swamp Thing wanders off alone. The village's geriatric occupants attack Matt and Abby until young Aubrey Trask leads them to an infirmary. Nursing Bolt's wounds, Aubrey says he needs them healthy to serve as sacrifices. A demon attacks Swamp Thing in a swampy graveyard, and after breaking its back, he rushes to protect his friends. He sees another demon attacking a passerby and kills it, but the frightened passerby runs away. The man enters the village administration office but is knocked unconscious, awakening alongside Abby, Matt and Bolt, chained up in a dungeon. He is Nicholas Trask, here to visit his parents. Aubrey, his father, is really seventy years old but used the occult to rejuvenate himself; using a spell-book called the Ebontome, he has drained the adminstrator's life-energy to regain his youth, then summoned demons to herd others to de-age his fellow occupants. He starts draining the energies of Swamp Thing's companions, but before he can complete the transfer or de-age his wife Marion, Abby breaks free and steals the book, only to drop it as the elderly rush her. Swamp Thing hears her scream and rushes to help her. Aubrey summons a fire-demon, but Nicholas tosses the book on the fire, reversing the spell and dispelling the demon. The shock of sudden aging gives Aubrey a fatal heart attack. Matt and Bolt wonder how Abby escaped her bonds. Swamp Thing shambles off to the bayou, passing a floating newspaper with the headline, "Monster Attacks Fort Lauderdale."


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