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Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 22

## "Swamped"

"*How cretinous they are. How frail and squeamish... but really, what can one expect from creations of* meat*?*"
―Floronic Man
## Synopsis

### "Swamped"

Abby Cable and her husband Matt search the Louisiana swamp for Swamp Thing. They discover his body, but it has taken root in the swamp, and is seemingly unresponsive. They are accosted by Jason Woodrue, who explains how Swamp Thing had been captured by the Sunderland Corporation, where he had discovered that the Swamp Thing was never Alec Holland at all, but simply plant matter infected with Holland's consciousness. When Swamp thing discovered this, he escaped, and took root in the swamp, giving up his quest for humanity, and accepting his plant nature.

Meanwhile, Swamp Thing has surreal dreams of Alec Holland's life, and then his quest for humanity as the Swamp Thing. All the while, Woodrue performs experiments on him, hoping to connect to The Green through him. He goes so far as to eat one of the tubers growing from the Swamp Thing's body.

Elsewhere, Abby has anxiety over the thought of her husband being with another woman, but never finds any evidence. She drags Matt back to Swamp Thing's resting place, shouting and crying, hoping to convince him to embrace his humanity. Woodrue, watching in the shadows, is disgusted.

Finally, Woodrue taps into The Green, and it strips him of all of his humanity. He embraces his new identity as the Floronic Man.

## Appearances

### "Swamped"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abby Cable
* Matthew Cable
* The Floronic Man
* Anton Arcane ***(As an illusion only)***
* Linda Holland ***(As an illusion only)***

#### Locations

* Louisiana
	+ Houma

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 22 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 22 on Comic Vine
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## Synopsis

### "Trial By Fire - Part V: Apocalypse Now"

The Floronic Man studies Tefé Holland in her secured prison cell as the Word and the now human Alec Holland discuss his role in destroying the world. John Constantine meets up with Abby Holland and discuss what they've done to prevent the Swamp Thing's plan and how the Word is potentially going to kill the Swamp Thing. Constantine offers opportunity to undo what they've done. Cut to the Floronic Man decapitated and Tefé escaped. Tefé goes to save Alec and he is capable to continue his plan. Swamp Thing is then granted his audience with the Parliament of Flames.

## Appearances

### "Trial By Fire - Part V: Apocalypse Now"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abigail Holland
* Jason Woodrue
* John Constantine
* Tefé Holland
* The Word ***(Final appearance)***
* Parliament of Flames ***(First Appearance)***

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 170 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 170 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 4) Issue 3

## Appearances

### "Bad Seed, Part III"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abigail Holland
* John Constantine
* Sargon the Sorcerer ***(As a spirit)***
* Tefé Holland
* Kowolski ***(Single Appearance)***

#### Locations

* Colorado
* Germany
	+ Freiberg
		- Schwarzwald Black Forest

#### Items

* Alec Holland's corpse
* Ruby of Life

## Notes

* This issue is reprinted in the *Swamp Thing: Bad Seed* trade paperback.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 4)* Issue 3 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 4)* Issue 3 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 3) Issue 11

## Appearances

### "Red Harvest - Part I: The Virgin Thorn"

#### Individuals

* Tefé Holland
* Barnabas Tookoome
* Pilate
* Kudzu
* Defense Department Intelligence
	+ Madame Director
	+ Agent Romero
* Agent Kilroy
* Agent Orange
* Heather Strand
* Agent Weymouth ***(Dies)***
* Daphne
* Georgie Weiss
* Goergie's Dad

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 11 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 11 on Comic Vine
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## Synopsis

### "The Man Who Would Not Die!"

While Swamp Thing, Matt, and Abby are overwhelmed by the monsters from Matt's brain, Arcane tells the captive Harry Kay the story of his last encounter with Swamp Thing. Then he tells his Un-Men to prepare Kay for the "metamorphosis".

## Appearances

### "The Man Who Would Not Die!"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Dennis Barclay
* Abby Cable
* Matthew Cable
* Harry Kay
* Liz Tremayne
* Anton Arcane
* Un-Men

## Notes

* Anton Arcane's last conflict with Swamp Thing occurred in *Swamp Thing* #10. This issue reprints the near entirety of that issue (except for the last panel), with a short framing sequence in the present. Swamp Thing and Anton Arcane met originally in *Swamp Thing* #2.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 18 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 18 on Comic Vine
Rites of Passage (Episode)

## Rites of Passage

### Synopsis

Will leads two spoiled girls on a journey through the swamp that tests their character.

## Cast

### Main Cast Members

* Mark Lindsay Chapman as Anton Arcane
* Scott Garrison as Will Kipp
* Dick Durock as Swamp Thing

### Guest Stars

* Hillary Matthews as Kimberly Stephenson
* Christine Lynne Smith as Ashley-Dane Lansbury
* Annabelle Weenick as Mrs. Bartholomew

## External Links

* Rites of Passage on IMDb
* Rites of Passage on DC Wiki
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## Appearances

### "In the Air, On Land and Sea..."

#### Individuals

* Tefé Holland
* Barnabas Tookoome
* Pilate
* Kudzu
* Swamp Thing ***(Flashback Only)***
* Pilate's Dad ***(Flashback Only)***
* Barnabas's Father ***(Dies in flashback)***
* Heather Strand ***(On a TV or computer screen)***
* Senator Culler Strand ***(On a TV or computer screen)***

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 8 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 8 on Comic Vine
Roger Huntoon

**Roger "Piggy" Huntoon** is a fictional character and hero in comic books published by the American company DC Comics. He first appeared in *Swamp Thing* Vol. 2, Issue 66 (November 1987), and was created by Rick Veitch. Huntoon was a rival of John Constantine.

## Television

In the *Constantine* TV series, Roger Huntoon is a psychiatrist at the Ravenscar Psychiatric Facility for the Mentally Deranged. After John Constantine checked himself into Ravenscar, Dr. Huntoon began to talk with him, trying to convince John that demons did not exist, that he was in fact replacing Astra Logue's killer with the embodiment of evil. However, this was to no avail.

## Comics

Roger Huntoon was a British psychiatrist and author of a pop-psychology book, titled *Pow! Psychology: Understanding the Super-Men (and Women)*; it focuses on the dangers the superhumans represent. Huntoon also holds a grudge against John Constantine, on account of a woman that the latter took from him.
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## Synopsis

### "I Have Seen the Splintered Timbers of a Hundred Shattered Hulls"

This issue begins at midnight on board the SS *Haven* at the moment of unmasking at the masquerade ball (from the previous issue) and it is discovered that many of the party goers are one-eyed monsters. The monsters begin to attack and the Sunderland Corporation Executive Committee escape on a hydrofoil. Before escaping with the rest of the Executive Committee, Harry Kay gives Dennis Barclay a gun and tells the other executives that Barclay and Liz Tremayne were killed, protecting them from being hunted by the Sunderland Corporation any longer. Barclay and Tremayne make their way to to ship's sick bay to analyze the monsters' blood.

While this is happening, Swamp Thing discovers a large sea monster in the depths of the ship. By telepathic means, it explains to him that it arrived on earth as a microscopic organism on a spaceship that landed in the ocean and mutated when it came into contact with an experimental strain of herpes virus (a Sunderland Corporation cargo ship sank with the virus on board). The alien now continues to spread its virus by infecting humans and destroying passing ships in an attempt to rebuild its own spaceship to go home. The monster then tries to infect the Swamp Thing but his blood seems to cause the monster massive pain and he manages to escape. Swamp Thing then decides to makes his way to the medical bay to try to treat himself.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Everglades Milton, (who is pursuing Karen Clancy) is knocked unconscious by Karen who has significantly improved psychic abilities. It is alluded that Karen is now going through some change and has some mission in which she believes Paul Feldner and Swamp Thing play a role.

Back on the SS *Haven*, Barclay creates a bomb that has a serum of Swamp Thing's blood. The Swamp Thing then dives to the ocean depths and destroys the monster in a huge underwater explosion. Barclay and Tremayne escape on a lifeboat and Swamp Thing finds himself on the shore of a strange island that apparently has living dinosaurs.

### "The Haunting of Amanda Dove"

The Phantom Stranger, after saving a woman from killing herself in remorse over her fiance's death, bargains with a mysterious Voice to be allowed to show the woman her past lives.

## Appearing

### "I Have Seen the Splintered Timbers of a Hundred Shattered Hulls"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Dennis Barclay
* Karen Clancy
* Paul Feldner
* Elizabeth Tremayne
* Harry Kay
* Milton Grossman
* Avery Sunderland
* A colony of sentient alien microbes

#### Locations

* Dominican Republic
	+ Puerto Plata

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 7 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 7 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 153

## Synopsis

### "Twight of the Gods"

Swamp Thing arrives in a reality where Nazi Germany has taken over the world. However, the Hitler in this reality is Alois Hitler, who is married to Norma Jean Baker (who, in our world, was Marilyn Monroe). Summoned by Jewish occult magic, Swamp Thing, under the form of the Jewish Golem, convinces the American President that his plans to wipe out the world in a mass genocide will not make up for the Nazis' actions. Convinced, the President destroys Swamp Thing's body, but fails to properly dispose of it and the resulting creature kills everyone on the planet.

## Appearances

### "Twilight of the Gods"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* 41st President of the United States of America
* Alois Hitler, Chancellor
* Nazi Party
* Anna, The First Lady
* Adolf Hitler <span">***(Statue only)***; ***(In a photograph only)***
* Norma Jean Baker
* Patrick
* Karl, the dog-handler
* Jason Woodrue ***(Mentioned only)***

#### Locations

* Earth-X
	+ United States of America
		- Washington, D.C.
			* White House
	+ Germany
		- Berlin
	+ Auschwitz ***(Flashback Only)***

## Notes

* This issue is reprinted in the *Swamp Thing: Darker Genesis* collection.

## Trivia

* This story is inspired by Earth-X (Two).
* Alois Hitler is the name of Adolf Hitler's brother as well that of his father. Alois Hitler, Jr. died on May 20, 1956 in Hamburg under the name "Hiller". Adolf Hitler's last surviving sibling, Paula, died on June 1, 1960.
* On page 6, a man is wearing a T-shirt depicting Donald Duck with a military cap, obviously a reference to Der Fuehrer's Face.
* In this world, monkeys strangely walk freely along with humans.
* In the Forbidden Library inside the White House, there are the books:
	+ *Slavery*
	+ *The Mass Psychology of Fascism*
	+ *Letters to a Young Poet*
	+ *The Time Machine*
	+ *Othello* (Shakespeare)
	+ *Brave New World*
	+ *Tales of Hans Christian Andersen*
	+ *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea*
	+ *The Trial* (Kafka)

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 153 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 153 on Comic Vine
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## Synopsis

### "And the Meek Shall Inherit"

Matt Cable wills away his mind-monsters and reveals how DDI electroshock treatments administered by Dennis Barclay to make him reveal what he knew of the bio-restorative formula rendered him incapable of being an agent. Later, Anton Arcane, who has been rebuilt by his Un-Men with an insect body, captures Swamp Thing and Abby.

## Appearances

### "And the Meek Shall Inherit"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Dennis Barclay
* Abby Cable
* Matt Cable
* Harry Kay ***(Dies)***
* Liz Termayne
* Anton Arcane ***(Dies)***
* Un-Men

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 19 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 19 on Comic Vine
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## Synopsis

### "In the White Room"

A demon which murders children possesses the body of Paul Feldner and kidnaps Karen Clancy, forcing the Swamp Thing to intervene. Swamp Thing eventually defeats the demon in a slaughterhouse by offering his body as a host and then activating a hanging conveyor belt sending them both into the freezer, killing the demon. The story ends with an unconscious Swamp Thing being carried into an ambulance to be taken to a private clinic owned by the Sunderland Corporation.

### "Hospital of Fear"

The Phantom Stranger intervenes to save a woman who has been turned into a mental zombie by a mystic incantation that saved her life, and finds himself in the clutches of Tannarak.

## Appearances

### "In the White Room"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Karen Clancy
* Liz Tremayne
* Paul Feldner
* Barnard Stryker, a.k.a. "Uncle Barney"
* Rosita Hernandez
* Mr. Fields
* Sheriff Bingham
* Timothy Chung

#### Locations

* Arkansas
	+ Pineboro

## Notes

* "In the White Room" was written in dedication to the then-recent Atlanta child murders, which escalated stranger danger concerns around the United States.
	+ Accordingly, "Uncle Barney" is a caricature of Fred Rogers, whose preschool television series *Mister Rogers' Neighborhood* was often accused of reducing vigilance in children and families.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 4 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 4 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 142

## Synopsis

### "Soul Train"

Alec Holland takes a bizarre trip on the "Soul Train", where The Traveler reveals the secret of his connection to the Swamp Thing. Meanwhile, Abby runs for her life, pursued by the Swamp Monster, a near mindless creature with all the Swamp Thing's powers but none of its humanity.

## Appearances

### "Soul Train"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* The Traveler ***(First Appearance)***
* Abigail Arcane

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 142 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 142 on Comic Vine
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## "Loving the Alien"

"*I knew my Fate from the first, my mother's Fate before me that Fate sealed by Love. It is a Universal Truth, known to the humblest protozoa: Sex is Death. The two are ever interwined...*"
―Technis
## Synopsis

### "Loving the Alien"

Swamp Thing finds himself on a planet which seems to be made up of biomechanical material. He does not realize, however, that the planet is a living entity known as Technis. Technis has existed for years; an island waiting for a suitable mate. All of those whom she encountered in the past were incompatible, and ended up being killed and absorbed into her body like food. She also retains their knowledge.

When Swamp Thing appears, jumping through The Green, Technis is wary of him. There is, however, something compelling about him. She is disturbed when he begins generating a physical body out of *her* own body. Sensing that he has tapped into something much more significant than he realized, Swamp Thing becomes frightened, and runs. Frantically, Technis attempts to track his movements across her surface.

Eventually, Swamp Thing tries to jump to another planet, hoping to escape Technis' pull, but she refuses to permit that. As he leaves his assumed body, Technis uses her Time Tower to perform a "chronofracture" which reverses time to the point at which Swamp Thing had just arrived. Everything plays out as it did originally, except this time Technis is ready for him.

As he prepares to run, Technis' engines surround him, trapping him. Idly, she hopes that he can comprehend the tenderness within the tightening geometric embrace. Cables reach out to wrap around his limbs, allowing a platinum arm to reach out and cut him open, unfettered. Technis's mechanics then stab into the wound, beginning their union. She silences his cries of protest with soothing sounds, and begins to fuse with him.

Technis takes all of the information and biological data she needs from him, and lets his body fall through her reproductive system, seeing how what she had done to him would lead to the procreation of her race. Finally, she relinquished her hold on him, and Swamp Thing's consciousness left her, travelling further through space.

Later, Technis recounts the tale to her unborn children, hoping that one day, they will find love of a similar sort.

## Appearances

### "Loving the Alien"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Technis
* Dream Drones

## Notes

* Steve Bove is credited with "Production" on this issue.
* Though it is not immediately apparent from Technis's narration, she has essentially raped Swamp Thing.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 60 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 60 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 133

## "Daisy Chain"

"*It is as I feared... the daisy is a thing... of Tefé's making... As a human elemental... her creations are neither animal... nor vegetable... but a synthesis...*"
―Lady Jane
## Synopsis

### "Daisy Chain"

Abby Holland and Officer Rawls are terrified when a giant anthropomorphic flower created by Tefé Holland grabs Representative Ben Barron from the ground, and then eats him before their eyes. Desperately, they run back to Rawls' boat, and Abby begs him to take her with him back to Houma.

The flower's name is Thunder Petal. He has always known that leadership was the highest he could aspire to, but since the hand of god changed him, he has discovered just how much more there was in the world, and how much more power.

Meanwhile, Swamp Thing sees Thunder Petal on the horizon and realizes that his battle with his doppelganger had a much more significant effect on The Green than he realized.

At Sunderland Corp Headquarters, Constance Sunderland and Doctor Lawrence Polygon prepare for the ritual that will help resurrect General Sunderland from death. Through a combination of supernatural and technological means, Polygon has determined that they have a 15-second window of opportunity. Polygon has Constance recite a spell while she catches the blood from a human sacrifice as he slits the man's throat. They pour the blood onto the cryochest in which the General's body is housed. After the ritual is complete, the door blasts off of the chest, and the General sits up, providing Anton Arcane the chance to enter his body.

Swamp Thing chases down Thunder Petal, and grows to a great height in order to match the daisy's size. He tries to plead with it to stop its trail of destruction. He finds that he cannot control the creature, and returns to Lady Jane, who responds that it is a creation of Tefé's, and is therefore also connected to The Red. Only she can unmake it.

When they turn to ask her for help, they find that Tefé has already made her way to the towering flower, who picks her up in his massive palm. She sternly states "*Bad* flower!" and he shrinks down to normal size. She chases him, and then crushes him in her fist, killing him. With the ordeal over, Swamp Thing hopes to explain himself to Abby.

In Houma, Chester Williams is moving out of Abby's old house there to go to New Orleans and finish his degree. As he is getting ready to leave, he is surprised to see Abby, who asks him if he will take her with him to New Orleans.

## Appearances

### "Daisy Chain"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abby Holland
* Lady Jane
* Tefé Holland
* Thunder Petal ***(Dies)***
* Rep. Ben Barron ***(Dies)***
* Sunderland Corporation
	+ Constance Sunderland
	+ Doctor Lawrence Polygon
* Officer Rawls
* Chester Williams
* Carl Vinter
* Troy Washington
* Jo-Jo

#### Locations

* Louisiana
	+ New Orleans
* Washington, D.C.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 133 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 133 on Comic Vine
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## Appearances

### "The Bleeding Raconteur - Part II: A Hair-Trigger Heart"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abigail Holland
* Linda Holland
* Hagar the Unloved
* Jordan Schiller
* King Toad
* Mother Marcel
* William

#### Locations

* Louisiana
	+ Houma

## Notes

* This book was first published on December 7, 2005.
* This issue is chapter two of "The Bleeding Raconteur" story-arc.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 4)* Issue 22 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 4)* Issue 22 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 99

## "Leaves In a Tempest"

"*I... am not certain. It took me years to realize... that I could change* my *body... And the first time... took me weeks. She may take... even longer.*"
―Swamp Thing
## Synopsis

### "Leaves In a Tempest"

Somewhere, the plant-creature called Matango arrives on Earth after having spent centuries trapped within Nergal's demonic garden in Hell.

In the Louisiana swamp, Abby Holland presses the Swamp Thing to finally work on putting their daughter Tefé back into her physical body. Unfortunately, he can do nothing. It must be Tefé who remakes her flesh body. He has no control over flesh. He decides that ultimately, he and Tefé must ask John Constantine for help. Before leaving, he discovers a leaf which is not connected to The Green, and his suspicions are aroused.

Matango recalls how he had sold his soul to Nergal in exchange for power. His soul spent centuries trapped in Nergal's garden, until Nergal's city was destroyed, and he found himself on Earth, alone.

Swamp Thing finds Constantine in a church. John suggests (after some coercion) that someone with intimate knowledge of human biology might be better suited to helping Tefé, since Swamp Thing's memories of being Alec Holland would extend only to the realm of botany. He offers his friend Brenda, a coroner, who will help, and be in Houma within 24 hours.

Matango gathers together others like him in communion. He becomes their spiritual leader.

Swamp Thing returns to his home, where Abby is waiting with a Shaman of Sarga. He suggests that he can be of help in getting Tefé back into her body, but ultimately, it will be up to the girl to do it herself. The problem appears to be that Tefé doesn't know how to talk yet. The Shaman suggests that he knows of a fount of water which can imbue the drinker with the ability to understand many languages. Swamp Thing has heard nothing of this from the Parliament of Trees, but decides to investigate.

The Shaman warns, once again, of a coming evil power, which threatens to take Tefé away.

## Appearances

### "Leaves In a Tempest"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abby Holland
* John Constantine
* Tefé Holland
* Matango
* Shaman Najgarjuk

#### Locations

* United States of America
	+ Louisiana
		- Houma
* United Kingdom
	+ London

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 99 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 99 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 3) Issue 18

## Appearances

### "Last of the Loose Ends"

#### Individuals

* Tefé Holland
* Swamp Thing
* Pilate
* Agent Orange
* Daphne
* Jenny Conway
* Donald Conway
* Heather Strand ***(Mentioned only)***
* Agent Romero ***(Mentioned only)***
* Barnabas Tookoome ***(Mentioned only)***
* Kudzu ***(Mentioned only)***
* Abigail Holland ***(Mentioned only)***

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 18 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 18 on Comic Vine
Savanna Langford

**Savanna Langford** is a fictional character created for 1990's *Swamp Thing*. She was portrayed by Patricia Helwick.

## History

Savanna Langford (1930-1990) lived in a house near Houma, Louisiana. An elderly woman, she was the mother of Tressa Kipp and the grandmother of Tressa's eleven-year-old son, Jim. Savanna convinced Tressa and Jim to return to Houma and stay with her at her home. It was during this time that Jim first befriended the mysterious Swamp Thing. The ambitious scientist, Anton Arcane, once gave Savanna a lift home from the grocery store. He used this opportunity as a means of warming up to the woman in the hopes of courting her daughter. Savanna was not fooled by Arcane's charms, and told him that he stood little chance of dating Tressa because he wouldn't "work hard enough" at it. Savanna eventually passed away from natural causes and Tressa took on the responsibilities of maintaining her home.
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## "The Brimstone Ballet"

"*You have made a* mistake*, Arcane. Things have* changed *since you were dead. I am not* Holland*. I am* Swamp *Thing. I am of the* clean Earth*. I am in my place of* power*.* And you should not have COME here*!*"
―Swamp Thing
## Synopsis

### "The Brimstone Ballet"

Possessing the body of Matthew Cable, Anton Arcane reveals to Swamp Thing that he has not only killed his friend Abby Cable, but he has also sent her guiltless soul to Hell. He chases Swamp Thing with a plague of abominations, but he is lured back to the swamp by his prey.

From outer space, the events in Louisiana are being observed by Harbinger and the Monitor. Despite Harbinger's concern about the dramatic levels of supernatural activity going on there, The Monitor refuses to intervene. He is, however, unable to tear his eyes away from his viewer.

Arcane believes that his power gives him control over the swamps, but it is there that Swamp Thing reveals to his foe the new power he has gained from communion with the world of flora. Arcane is taken aback, unaware of the fact that Alec Holland and the Swamp Thing were never one and the same. Swamp Thing's elemental power is able to hurt Arcane, and weaken his hold over his host's body to the point that he is forced into an internal struggle with Matthew Cable's consciousness.

Matt wrests some of Arcane's control away, and decides that after what happened to Abby, he would give up the extension that his life was given in order to send Arcane to Hell. Arcane's soul is condemned to Hell, leaving only Matthew's battered and broken body - the wounds from his car accident returned to him. He admits to Swamp Thing that it was his own weakness that allowed Arcane to kill Abby.

Swamp Thing suggests that Matthew could use his reality-warping powers to heal himself. Matthew doesn't want to live, however, and instead, decides to help bring Abby back to life. Though he is weary, Matthew is able to regenerate his wife's cells, making her blood flow, her heart beat, and her lungs breathe, but he fails to return her soul before dying. Swamp Thing then gathers Abby into his arms and walks further into the swamp, leaving Matthew's body to be found by the police.

## Appearances

### "The Brimstone Ballet"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abby Cable ***(Appears only as a corpse)***
* Matt Cable
* Anton Arcane
* Sally Parks ***(Flashback and main story)***
* Gus Pritchett ***(Flashback Only)***
* Betty Monclair ***(Flashback Only)***
* Mark Newell
* Eric Loveday
* Monitor
* Harbinger
* Etrigan ***(Flashback Only)***
* Helmut Kripptman ***(Mentioned only)***

#### Locations

* Louisiana
	+ Houma

## Notes

* This story continues in *Swamp Thing Annual* #2.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 31 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 31 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 44

## "Bogeymen"

"*I know... that there must be an* answer*... a* light *in the* blackness*... but I don't know... if I can find it... on my own. Constantine... Constantine... where are you...? Why... did you leave me... in the* dark*...?*"
―Swamp Thing
## Synopsis

### "Bogeymen"

In Louisiana, Swamp Thing visits Abby Holland in her home by generating a body for himself from the flora in her bathroom plumbing. He expresses his worry that Constantine's silence has left him with too many mysteries, and it has left him feeling uncomfortable. Unfortunately, Abby's behavior gives the impression she's more concerned about the cleanliness of her furniture with a walking swamp in her house. Swamp Thing realizes that he is being an inconvenience, and sadly returns to the swamp.

In Gotham City, Constantine recruits Steve Dayton, reassuring him that the coming crisis is nothing to worry about. Outside, they encounter Batman, who warns them to go inside, but upon realizing that Steve is actually Mento of the Doom Patrol, he leaves them alone.

Meanwhile, in Louisiana, a man is murdered by a serial killer who calls himself the Bogeyman, and who remembers all of his 165 victims by their eyes and in the order in which he killed them. A shortcut the Bogeyman takes brings him into contact with the Swamp Thing, who found the body of his earlier victim. The murderer comes to believe that the Swamp Thing is the new Bogeyman – his replacement. As he struggles to escape, the killer falls into the mud and sinks below the surface where he is tormented by the spirits of his victims as he drowns.

In her home, Abby receives a call from John Constantine telling her to send Swamp Thing to San Miguel, California, for the "*last stop before the finale*."

## Appearances

### "Bogeymen"

* Swamp Thing
* Abby Holland
* John Constantine
* The Bogeyman ***(Dies)***
* Batman ***(Cameo)***
* Mento

#### Locations

* Gotham City
* Louisiana
	+ Houma

## Trivia

* Constantine makes a references to the film version of *2001: A Space Odyssey* in which he finds the bizarre color and lightning patterns in the sky "a bit like *2001*." He is referring specifically to the psychedelic "Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite" sequence towards the end of the movie.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 44 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 44* *on Comic Vine*
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 150

## Synopsis

### "The Illumination"

Badly hurt by Sargon, the Swamp Thing goes into the Green to create a new body. But before he can confront Sargon, the Earth shakes and a stone monster emerges from the ground. It is the Earth Thing. They battle. Sargon tries to protect his niece. The Swamp Thing defeats the Earth Thing. Grace pleads with her uncle to stop his evil plan. Sargon, realizing what he has done, sacrifices himself to spare Grace. The Swamp Thing is taken to the Parliament of Stones and is made their champion. He returns home to Louisiana with his new powers.

## Appearances

### "The Illumination"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* The Word
* Grace Brady
* El Señor Blake
* Don Roberto
* The Traveller
* Sargon the Sorcerer
* Nelson Strong

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 150 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 150 on Comic Vine
Dzieci Wojny

Dzieci wojny była to tajna jednorazowa operacja którą przeprowadziło Wu na podbitej prowincji. Akcja ta polegała na odebraniu wszystkich nowo narodzonych synów z całej prowincji. Zostali oni poddani zaawansowanemu szkoleniu wojskowemu wraz z zmuszeniem do wychowywania się jak zwierze. Wu chciało sprawdzić czy da się dzięki temu stworzyć istne maszyny do zabijania, które nie będą obciążać państwa. Charakterystycznym elementem ich były maski zwierząt z którymi się wychowywali, bez nich są mordercami mającymi tylko na celu odzyskanie owej maski. Eksperyment ten przeżyło 10 osób które miały się wykazać sprawnością podczas wojny z prowincją Jukotatsu.

## Wojna ostatniej nadziei oraz test.

Dzieci wojny zostały wysłane jako samodzielny oddział który mocno uszkodził siły Jukotatsu przez co zmusił ich do wycofania się do lasu, ale zamiast podążyć za "wrogiem" zatrzymały się oraz czekały na główne siły szykując na nie zasadzkę ponieważ nie podobało im się to jak się nimi wysługują, oraz ilość osób, które zostało zabitych dla przykładu innym. Podczas udanej zasadzki zostało wybite w pień ponad połowa głównej armii jednakże podążyły za tym konsekwencje, takie iż nie przeżył z owych dzieci nikt poza Kage, który osłaniał resztę z "bezpiecznej" odległości jednak w pewnym momencie też ruszył do ataku w zwarciu jednak słysząc rogi za plecami zaczął się wycofywać z pola bitwy. Daimio Jukotatsu opisywał w swoich zapisach iż zobaczył coś na kształt krwawego lisa uciekającego w gąszcz, na jego cześć powstała wielka świątynia która stoi tam po dziś dzień.

## Konsekwencje eksperymentu

Wszystkie zapisy oraz osoby odpowiedzialne za ten eksperyment zostały zgładzone oraz ów eksperyment nigdy nie został ponowiony w obawie o skutki jakie wyszły przy pierwszym. Przynajmniej tak się wydawało bo nikt nie założył iż któreś z dzieci przeżyło.
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 148

## Synopsis

### "Feeding Habits"

Sargon the Sorcerer has returned from the dead, and both Swamp Thing and the Parliament of Trees, including the enigmatic Lady Jane, are interested in the secret he carries, a secret rooted deep in the Black Forest of Germany.

## Appearances

### "Feeding Habits"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Lady Jane
* Sargon the Sorcerer
* Grace Brady
* The Traveller
* Doctor Fate ***(Cameo)***
* Zatara ***(Cameo)***

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 148 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 148 on Comic Vine
Scira Ek

**Scira Ek** is a fictional character in comic books published by the American company DC Comics. He first appeared in Swamp Thing Vol 2 #57 (February, 1987) and was created by Alan Moore and Rick Veitch.

## History

Back in Ranagar, Sardath informs Alanna that Adam is doing better, and she rushes off to see him. After a brief embrace, she explains that her father is meeting with some Thanagarians: Keela and Scira, and the two of them head off to join him. The Thanagarians activate a translator, so that they can all understand each other, and then they inform Adam that they are there to aid Rann in ending the famine that has beset its people. In exchange, Sardath has agreed to give Thanagar information about Rann's technology, including the Zeta-Beam.

Adam is suspicious of the Thanagarians' motivations, but they are interrupted by a messenger who warns that Ranagar is under attack by a strange creature made of cactus.

After finally blasts the creature's head off, Adam wanders out onto the balcony and happens to notice Sardath speaking with the Thanagarians. He can only make out the phrase "Zeta-Beam", but it is clear that Sardath has made a regrettable decision in dealing with the bird-people.

When Sardath and the elders agree to accept Swamp Thing's help, the Thanagarians become angry, as they had relied upon getting the Zeta-Beam in exchange for their aid.

Swamp Thing wanders into the desert, and then reaches into The Green, hoping to find some living vegetation whose growth he can encourage. Just as he finds one, and begins to latch onto it, his connection is severed when Scira cleaves through his torso with an axe. The axe attack proves to be a distraction, as Keela Roo appears and zaps him with a mind-eater – a device which could conceivably kill him.

Adam, alerted by the blast of the mind-eater's beam, rushes to Swamp Thing's rescue. Scira Ek quickly gives chase to Adam, gaining on him with his axe. Cleverly, Adam releases the full burn of his jet-pack into Scira Ek's face, and the blinded hawkman plummets to his death on the ground.

## Powers and Abilities

As a Thanagarian, Scira possesses several gifts that are common to members of his race, but set him apart from normal humans.

* **Flight**
* **Superhuman Durability**
* **Superhuman Strength**
* **Superhuman Reflexes**
* **Superhuman Stamina**
* **Weaponry**
* **Swordsmanship**
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat**
* **Tactical Analysis**
Swamp Thing (Volume 3) Issue 17

## Appearances

### "Red Harvest - Part VII: Topiary"

#### Individuals

* Tefé Holland
* Barnabas Tookoome ***(Dies)***
* Pilate
* Defense Department Intelligence
	+ Culler Strand (Revealed as Madame Director)
	+ Agent Romero ***(Dies)***
* Agent Orange
* Agent Kilroy ***(Mentioned only)***
* Heather Strand
* Swamp Thing
* Jenny Conway
* Donald Conway

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 17 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 17 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 78

## "To Sow One's Seed In the Wind"

"*Well... now,* please *don't ask how we did it. See, I won't be able to do this for a long while... Too much stress on... well, it would be sort of... dangerous... for--* our *baby. I'm going to have a baby.*"
―Abby Holland
## Synopsis

### "To Sow One's Seed In the Wind"

Swamp Thing thinks back on all of the empty husks left behind on earth whenever he retreats into his astral form in The Green. Tracing back to the first one, frozen somewhere in a Sunderland Corporation building, all the way to this next one, as he slips from his body into the flora within his wife Abby's body, and then moving up to her brain to release her own astral form into The Green while he keeps watch over her body.

Once Abby has left, Swamp Thing enters Abby's bloodstream and travels down to her her womb. He observes the early form of his child, lovingly. He knows that in just three weeks, its sex will be revealed.

Meanwhile, Abby travels through The Green into the Spirit World, where she encounters the spirit of Alec Holland in heaven. Abby greets him happily, explaining that her life has become so hectic that she wanted to experience the love of Heaven one last time. Abby reveals that she is now pregnant, and that the journey might be too hard on the baby in the future. Alec is very happy for her, and helps to comfort her feelings of fear by showing her that he feels the same. His wife Linda is about to be reborn on earth. Interestingly, Linda has come back as a boy. Seeing this, Abby decides that she can return to her own body, and manage motherhood.

Abby regains consciousness with the Swamp Thing lying beside her, but she is disturbed to find that he is no longer in a masculine form, but rather he appears female, with breasts and what appears to be a pregnant belly. Swamp Thing believes that the change is the result of his interaction with Abby's pregnant body. With growing concern, they realize that something is moving within his belly. Suddenly, he goes into labour, and begins giving birth. Strangely, he realizes that the baby he is birthing is himself. A large red bulb bursts forth from his belly, and as the petals unfold, a small baby Swamp Thing.

Ultimately, he must choose between staying an adult, and staying as Abby's son. He chooses the latter, embracing her. Even so, in her arms, he begins to grow larger, back into his former self, reconfirming his status as her friend, her lover, and her soulmate forever. Behind him lay the husks of the past, in the present is the love between himself and Abby, and their future grows within her womb.

## Appearances

### "To Sow One's Seed In the Wind"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abby Holland
* Alec Holland ***(As a spirit)***
* Sprout

#### Locations

* Louisiana
	+ Houma
* Spirit World
	+ Heaven

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 78 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 78 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 143

## Synopsis

### "Desert Hearts"

Alec Holland must face the malevolent Swamp Monster. If he fails to defeat it, his life and Abigail's are forfeit. Meanwhile, Sargon the Sorcerer returns to the land of the living and the Parliament of Stones prepare for the arrival of the Swamp Thing.

## Appearances

### "Desert Hearts"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abigail Arcane
* El Señor Blake
* Don Roberto
* The Traveler
* Sargon the Sorcerer

## Trivia

* First mention of the Parliament of Stones.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 143 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 143 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 10

## Synopsis

### "Number of the Beast"

At the Barclay Clinic, Dr. Helmut Kripptman tries to forcibly coerce Swamp Thing and his allies to join him in his mission to destroy Karen Clancy. We learn that Karen Clancy has a mutation that gives her psychic powers, much like Milton Grossman, except that she does not have an "inhibiting factor" that deforms her body the more the power is used. Milton is visibly deforming as he holds Swamp Thing with his psychokinesis power. Swamp Thing resists and breaks free from Milton Grossman's hold but then decides that if they are willing to go to such lengths then perhaps the situation is as bad as they claim. Kripptman makes a final effort to persuade them and Swamp Thing and Dennis decide to stop resisting and join forces with him.

Meanwhile, at the Sunderland Corporation Headquaters in Washington, D.C., General Sunderland and Walter "Grasp" Ellenbeck are alerted about the activity at the Barclay Clinic. After watching the surveillance tapes they discover that Liz Tremayne is still alive and Grasp is ordered to hunt down and kill them all.

Swamp Thing, Tremayne, Barclay, Feldner and Kripptman and his crew all travel to Munich together to follow Karen Clancy. While in their hotel, Feldner suddenly remembers Karen's plans from the time he was imprisoned by her. He recalls that, she is in search of Von Ruhnstedt's pendulum, which she needs to complete her goals. Von Ruhnstedt was one of many Nazi occultists who were eventually sent to the Dachau concentration camp because their powers became too great.

They arrive at Dachau to a hellish scene where Karen has raised an army of long-dead Nazi soldiers while she flies overhead searching for Von Ruhnstedt. She finds the corpse of Von Ruhnstedt and he tells her that the pendulum is in the hands of someone who has a collection of Nazi mementos in Berchtesgaden. Karen then destroys the entire camp in "an avalanche of psionic fury" and disappears.

After climbing out of the rubble, Helmut Kripptman begs for assistance to follow Karen to stop her. Dennis Barclay says that he wants nothing more to do with the horrors they just witnessed and calls Kripptman a monster. Kriptmann then proves to the group that he was not a Nazi by showing them a numerical tattoo on his arm, signifying that he was a prisoner at a concentration camp.

### "By All That's Holy"

The Phantom Stranger and his ally are sentenced by living gargoyles to be killed by being crushed by the great clapper of the church's bell.

## Appearances

### "Number of the Beast"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Helmut Kripptman
* Dennis Barclay
* Elizabeth Tremayne
* Paul Feldner
* Milton Grossman
* David Marx ***(Dies)***
* Avery Sunderland
* Walter "Grasp" Ellenbeck
* Karen Clancy
* Ernst Von Ruhnstedt's ghost
* Rachel ***(Dies)***
* Samuel
* Alan
* Karl

#### Locations

* Barclay Clinic
* Washington, D.C.
	+ Sunderland Corporation
* Germany
	+ Munich
	+ Dachau

### "By All That's Holy"

#### Individuals

* Phantom Stranger
* Gargoyles

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 10 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 10 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 3) Issue 16

## Appearances

### "Red Harvest - Part VI: Woman In Green"

#### Individuals

* Tefé Holland
* Barnabas Tookoome
* Pilate
* Heather Strand
* Kudzu ***(Dies)***
* Defense Department Intelligence
	+ Madame Director
	+ Agent Romero
* Agent Orange
* Agent Kilroy ***(Dies)***
* Jenny Conway
* Donald Conway

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 16 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 16 on Comic Vine
Revelations (Episode)

## Revelations

### Synopsis

Graham leads a team of heavily armed mercenaries into the swamp to kill Swamp Thing once and for all. Meanwhile, Tressa learns a few secrets of the swamp when she has a wounded visitor.

## Cast

### Main Cast Members

* Mark Lindsay Chapman as Anton Arcane
* Scott Garrison as Will Kipp
* Dick Durock as Swamp Thing

### Guest Stars

* Carrell Myers as Tressa Kipp
* Patrick Neill Quinn as Dr. Alec Holland
* Kevin Quigley as Graham
* Steve Dumouchel as Donnelly

## External Links

* Revelations on IMDb
* Revelations on DC Wiki
Roy Raymond, Sr.

**Roy Raymond, Sr.**, also known as **Roy Raymond, TV Detective**, is a fictional character and hero in comic books published by the American company DC Comics. He was a journalist and host of a documentary television series entitled *Impossible... But True!*. He first appeared in *Detective Comics* #153 (November 1949), but his first appearance in *Swamp Thing* comics was in *Swamp Thing Annual* Vol. 2, #3 (1987). He was created by Ruben Moreira.

## History

A self-styled "TV Detective", Raymond often went on location with his assistant Karen Duncan investigating unusual news stories that seldom made their way into the mainstream media. Roy's work often required him to debunk sensationalized stories, and he has exposed many hoaxes over the course of his career.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Psychokinesis** ***(Formerly)***
* **Telepathy** ***(Formerly)***

### Abilities

* **Investigation:** Roy Raymond has a keen insightful mind, and is capable of determining fact from fiction.
* **Business Management:** He also has sharp business sense, and managed many of the day to day operations of his television series including booking events.
* **Journalism:** Roy Raymond had a knack for exposing fraudulent claims.

## Trivia

* Roy underwent reconstructive surgery after a harrowing incident involving the Wild Thing.

## In other media

*Main article: Roy Raymond, Sr. in other media*
Swamp Thing (Volume 3) Issue 14

## Appearances

### "Red Harvest - Part IV: Fall"

#### Individuals

* Tefé Holland
* Barnabas Tookoome
* Pilate
* Heather Strand
* Agent Orange
* Agent Kilroy
* Kudzu ***(Mentioned only)***
* Swamp Thing ***(On a TV or computer screen)***
* Lara
* Oscar
* Silvana ***(Dies in flashback)***

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 14 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 14 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 152

## Synopsis

### "City of the Dead"

Swamp Thing enters the first world of the book *River Run*. It is a world where the supernatural exists hand and hand with the ordinary. A world of monsters and men. There he encounters a different version of Anna.

## Appearances

### "City of the Dead"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Anna

## Notes

* This issue is reprinted in the *Swamp Thing: Darker Genesis* collection.

## Trivia

* Elements of this world reappear on Earth 13.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 152 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 152 on Comic Vine