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Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 32

## "Pog"

"*How can I tell my kinlings that I let myself be seduped by a dislusion? How can I tell the hystricide that he was* right*?*"
―Pog
## Synopsis

### "Pog"

A group of aliens come to Earth in a sentient spaceship shaped like a turtle. They disembark in the swamps of Louisiana, hoping that this will be a world compatible enough for them to settle on. They encounter the Swamp Thing there, and despite his compatriots' protests, one of the aliens shoots him down.

An alien named Pog grows to realize that Swamp Thing is not a threat, and unbinds him. Though they can't understand each other's languages, they engage in communications by drawing on the ground with a stick. Pog explains the reason for his arrival on Earth via pictograph. He and his crew came from a world with a planetary ring and two suns. Initially, the planet's animal kingdom lived harmoniously, but then a species of domineering creatures appeared, and captured the other animals for food and experimental purposes. This continued at a large enough scale to deplete the planet's resources, forcing the remaining animal species to put together a team to find another inhabitable world. One member of each of the other species, including Pog, was put aboard a ship to repopulate their new home.

Sadly, Swamp Thing leads Pog to Baton Rouge, where he reveals that humans are very like that domineering species that forced Pog and his friends away. Disheartened, Pog resigns himself to the fact that they will have to keep searching for a new home. Unfortunately, upon their return to the swamp a piercing scream alerts them to the fact that one of Pog's friends, Bartle, is being attacked by alligators.

Swamp Thing attempts to rescue him, but he is too late to save Bartle from death. Together, he and the aliens bury Bartle in the swamp, before they return to space in their ship.

## Appearances

### "Pog"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Pog
* Humans
* Alligators
* Bartle ***(Dies)***
* Strigiforme

#### Locations

* Louisiana
	+ Houma
	+ Baton Rouge

## Notes

* The story is a tribute to Walt Kelly's *Pogo* characters.
* The character Bartle appears to die in this issue, but later makes an appearance in *Swamp Thing* Vol. 2, #96.

## Trivia

* "Trifles light as air" is a quote from *Othello* (Act III, Scene 3, line 33). Its appearance here as the Hystricide's catchphrase may be a reference to the *Pogo* strip in which Porky Pine tells Albert, "Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent."

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 32 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 32 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 3) Issue 15

## Appearances

### "Red Harvest - Part V: Burning Bushido"

#### Individuals

* Tefé Holland
* Barnabas Tookoome
* Pilate
* Heather Strand
* Kudzu
* Defense Department Intelligence
	+ Madame Director
	+ Agent Romero
* Agent Orange
* Agent Kilroy
* Senator Culler Strand ***(On a TV or computer screen)***
* Genevieve Burgdorf-Strand ***(On a TV or computer screen)***
* Daphne
* Jason Woodrue ***(Mentioned only)***
* Unnamed Black Orchid ***(Dies in flashback)***
* Jenny Conway
* Donald Conway

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 15 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 15 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 3

## Synopsis

### "A Town Has Turned to Blood"

In Rosewood, Illinois, Swamp Thing becomes involved with a small band of hunters out to rid their town of vampires.

### "The Beauty of the Beast"

Against the advice of the Phantom Stranger, Bradford Sykes, a dabbler in magic, places the mind of plain-looking but generous Sue Markham into the body of her cruel, beautiful sister Rachel, and vice versa.

## Appearances

### "A Town Has Turned to Blood"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Karen Clancy
* Larry Childress ***(Only appearance; dies)***
* Steven Childress ***(Only appearance; dies)***
* Hillary Downs ***(Only appearance; dies)***
* Bobby Downs
* Vampires
	+ Stiv Slashers
	+ X-Head
* Liz Tremayne ***(First Appearance)***
* Paul Feldner ***(First Appearance)***

#### Locations

* Illinois
	+ Rosewood
* Arkansas
	+ Pineboro

### "The Beauty of the Beast"

#### Individuals

* Phantom Stranger
* Rachel Markham
* Sue Markham
* Bradford Skyes
* Jimmy (A blind man)

## Notes

* Swamp Thing will return to Rosewood and meet its vampires again in *Swamp Thing* Vol. 2, #38 and #39.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 3 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 3 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 151

## Synopsis

### "River Run Prologue: Flotsam and Jetsam"

Swamp Thing encounters a woman named Anna in the Mississippi River, who appears to be dying in reverse. Anna claimed she tried to kill herself 18 months ago only to end up being trapped inside her unpublished book of short stories, River Run. She says the book is forcing her to relive her death because it is incomplete. The stories take place on parallel Earths at certain points of the Mississippi. They are set on worlds that might've been had history occurred differently. But Anna couldn't get the stories to work correctly, because they lack a common element which ties them together. Anna believes that Swamp Thing is that element. She asks him to enter the various worlds in the book and finish the stories, so that she may rest in peace.

## Appearances

### "River Run Prologue: Flotsam and Jetsam"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Anna

## Notes

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

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 151 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 151 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 169

## Synopsis

### "Trial By Fire - Part IV: The Judas Tree"

John Constantine and the Floronic Man attempt to find Tefé Holland and the wishing matches. Flashbacks to Constantine's lodge training bridge gaps in time throughout the book. Constantine then goes to look for El Señor Blake and meets him at a bar where he steals the wishing matches from him. Then goes to meet Swamp Thing and uses the matches to return Swamp Thing to his human form as Alec Holland. Meanwhile, the government and the Floronic Man have captured Tefé.

## Apperances

### "Trial By Fire - Part IV: The Judas Tree"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abigail Holland
* Chester Williams
* Jason Woodrue
* John Constantine ***(Flashback and main story)***
* Liz Tremayne
* Tefé Holland
* The Word
* Sir Edwards ***(Flashback Only)***
* Sir Norman ***(Flashback Only)***
* Chas Chandler
* El Señor Blake

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 169 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 169 on Comic Vine
Poisonous (Episode)

## Poisonous

### Synopsis

Ian James, an unscrupulous anthropologist, has come to the swamp to create a reputation for himself and the swamp suffers for it. Tressa is quite taken with him and in the process, Swamp Thing is caught on film.

## 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
* David Ackroyd as Ian James
* Larry Bucklan as Mark Steinman
* Kevin Corrigan as Yuri Lapiniks

## External Links

* Poisonous on IMDb
* Poisonous on DC Wiki
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 11

## Synopsis

### "Heart of Stone, Feet of Clay"

Dr. Harry Kay tells Swamp Thing and his allies that he was a kapo, a Jewish trusty of the Nazi guards at Dachau. Paul Feldner reveals that Casey Clancy is the "herald" of the Beast, the "antichrist" foretold in the Book of Revelation. To stop her, Harry Kay and his aide Alan reconstruct the Golem, but it senses Casey's presence in a locket on Swamp Thing's body and moves to destroy him.

### "And I Shall Stand in the Shadow of Death"

Millicent Bedford wishes to ease her aged, comatose mother by disconnecting her from a life-support system. But the Phantom Stranger shows her the fate that might befall her mother if she dies.

## Appearing

### "Heart of Stone, Feet of Clay"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Paul Feldner
* Helmut Kripptman (a.k.a. "Dr. Harry Kay")
* Golem
* Karen Clancy

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 11 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 11 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 147

## Synopsis

### "Amsterdamnation"

Swamp Thing battles Nelson Strong to the death. El Señor Blake prepares to enter a deadly game to determine the fate of the Earth Elemental. And the Word makes his first appearance.

## Appearances

### "Amsterdamnation"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Jim Corrigan
* El Señor Blake
* Nelson Strong
* The Word ***(First Appearance)***

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 147 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 147 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 9

## Synopsis

### "Prelude to Holocaust"

Swamp Thing, Liz Tremayne and Dennis Barclay arrive in New Jersey, where their helicopter disintegrates. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., Harry Kay takes Paul Feldner to a Sunderland facility to be treated by the Receptor method.

We then see a flashback of the moment when Feldner is set ablaze by Karen Clancy. Communicating through Milton Grossman, she explains that she has discovered that Feldner was not the true catalyst ("The host whose powers I may drain and take unto myself") and that one of Kay's henchmen, David Marx is. If there was any doubt of her malevolence before, it is now shown clearly. She develops into a fully grown woman over Feldner's burning body and offers to spare him in exchange for Marx. Marx goes willingly to save Feldner's life.

We then discover that Harry Kay is actually a nazi war criminal called Dr. Helmut Kripptman and he is operating his own mission, separate from the Sunderland Corporation. We also discover that Grasp somehow survived his death and is spying on Kay for General Sunderland. Grasp also has orders to destroy Swamp Thing.

Swamp Thing seems to have understood Karen's true nature now and is overcome with melancholy because he believed that she was the only person who truly understood and needed him.

Dennis, Liz and Swamp thing are confronted by Kay at the Barclay clinic where he explains that he is trying to obtain "information of vital importance to the future of the world" and asks for their cooperation. They decline and Milton, on Kripptman's order attacks them with psychic powers.

### "Sanctuary of Shadow"

The Phantom Stranger and a builder investigate a murder and strange phenomena inside a church scheduled for demolition.

## Appearances

### "Prelude to Holocaust"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Harry Kay
* Paul Feldner
* Elizabeth Tremayne
* Dennis Barclay
* Sunderland Corporation
	+ Avery Sunderland
	+ Walter "Grasp" Ellenbeck
* Karen Clancy
* David Marx
* Milton Grossman

#### Locations

* New Jersey
* Washington, D.C.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 9 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 9 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 154

## Synopsis

### "The Bad Seed"

The issue opens in the world of the third story of the book River Run. This world contains many similarities to Earth-Three. Abigail Arcane has been recently orphaned. She is invited to live with her kind uncle Anton Arcane, his wife Anna, and their son Joey on a farm in Iowa. But, this version of Abby is nothing like the version that Swamp Thing knows. She is actually a homunculus created by her father Gregori. It has been assumed that Gregori was killed in an accident, but actually Abigail murdered him. While working on the farm she creates a scarecrow in the corn field and infuses it with the soul of her father. She torments the scarecrow at night and slowly proceeds to dismantle the family. She kills Joey, and kidnaps Anna.

Meanwhile Swamp Thing has been unable to manifest in the plants on this world, so he possesses the body of the scarecrow, supplanting Gregori's soul. Abby convinces Swamp Thing that she is a good and kind person and that her uncle Anton is evil. Swamp Thing is easily convinced because that is what they are like in his reality.

Abby goes back to the house where she is confronted by Anton. Anton has finally figured out what Abby has done. He demands to know where Abby is. Abby tells him to look in the basement. Anna is still alive but has been tortured. Disgusted by what Abby has done to Anna, Anton grabs a hammer and proceeds to chase her out of the house. Abby flees through the corn field to where Swamp Thing is. Swamp Thing kills Anton. After talking to Abby, Swamp Thing leaves the world to continue his journey through the book. Once he leaves the body Gregori possesses it again. Abby and Gregori go to the basement of the barn where Anna is held. Gregori proceeds to assault her while Abby laughs.

## Appearances

### "The Bad Seed"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Anna
* Anton Arcane ***(Dies)***
* Joey Arcane ***(Dies)***
* Abigail Arcane
* Gregori Arcane
* Crime Syndicate of America ***(Mentioned only)***
	+ Ultraman
	+ Owlman

#### Locations

* Earth-Three
	+ Iowa

## Notes

* This issue is reprinted in the *Swamp Thing: Darker Genesis* collection.
* Radio reports of Ultraman and Owlman being arrested after an attempt to vandalize the Statue of Liberty and a "Superhuman Rehabilitation Program" initiated by Vice President Luthor indicate this reality was inspired by Earth-Three.
* There appears to be a typo in  *Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium* as it lists the *next* issue as an appearance of Earth-Three.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 154 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 154 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 3) Issue 8

## Appearances

### "Beneath a Crown of a Laurel"

#### Individuals

* Tefé Holland
* Barnabas Tookoome
* Pilate
* John Constantine ***(In dream sequence only)***
* Abigail Holland ***(In dream sequence only)***
* Swamp Thing ***(In dream sequence only)***
* Daphne
* Georgie ***(Mentioned only)***

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 8 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 8 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 5

## Synopsis

### "The Screams of Hungry Fish"

This issue begins with the Swamp Thing reluctantly arriving at the Barclay Clinic (a private clinic for treating Sunderland Corporation employees). Here he meets Dennis Barclay, a doctor who believes he has the power of psychic healing and seemingly treats Swamp Thing's wounds with only his hands.

Later, at around the same time that Elizabeth Tremayne arrives at the clinic, Swampy makes the disturbing discovery that a lower level of the clinic is full of unconscious human clones. After learning about this secret, the Doctor, Tremayne and Swampy plot to leave before the corporation silences them but before fleeing they disconnect the clones from their coma-inducing equipment.

Before they are able to escape, Harry Kay and his goons confront the trio and finally explain the true nature of the clones. They are called Receptors and are programmed to absorb the injury and sickness of their human counterpart through psychic empathy. Their purpose is to prevent any loss of productivity of the Sunderland Corporation employees but they are also fully sentient and aware.

The Receptors wake up and seek revenge for the pain and suffering they are inflicted. Tremayne, Barclay and Swampy escape in an ambulance, Harry Kay narrowly escapes in a helicopter and the goons are left to the Receptors.

### "But the Patient Died"

Tannarak threatens to separate the Phantom Stranger's soul from his body and imprison it in a jar, but Frederick Rune and Joanna Helms enter the fray as pawns on either side.

## Appearances

### "The Screams of Hungry Fish"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Dennis Barclay ***(First Appearance)***
* Liz Tremayne
* Sunderland Corporation
	+ Harry Kay
	+ Murchison
	+ Tess
* The Receptors

### "But the Patient Died"

#### Individuals

* Phantom Stranger
* Joanna Helms
* Frederick Rune
* Tannarak

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 5 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 5 on Comic Vine
Portal:TV Series

## *Swamp Thing* (1990)

### Season 1

The Emerald HeartThe Living ImageThe Death of Dr. ArcaneLegend of the Swamp MaidenSpirit of the SwampBlood WindGrotesqueryNatural EnemyTreasureNew AcquaintanceFalcoFrom Beyond the GraveThe ShipmentBirth MarksDark Side of the MirrorSilent ScreamsWalk a Mile in My ShootsThe WatchersThe HuntTouch of DeathTremors of the HeartThe Prometheus Parabola
### Season 2

Night of the DyingLove LostMist DemeanorA Nightmare on Jackson StreetBetter AngelsChildren of the FoolA Jury of His FearsPoisonousSmoke and MirrorsThis Old House of MayanSonata
### Season 3

Dead and MarriedPowers of DarknessSpecial RequestWhat Goes Around, Comes AroundFear ItselfChangesDestinyTataniaMirador's BrainLesser of Two EvilsRevelationsEasy PreyThe HandymanFuture TenseHide in the NightPay DayThe Return of LaRocheRites of PassageNever AloneA Most Bitter PillThe CurseJudgment DayEye of the StormVendettaThe HurtingThe Burning TimesThe Specter of DeathCross-FiredPatient ZeroThe Chains of ForeverIn the BeginningBrotherly LoveAn Eye for an EyeYo Ho HoHeart of StoneRomancing ArcaneSwamp of DreamsHeart of the MantisThat's a Wrap
## Swamp Thing (1991)

The Un-Men UnleashedTo Live ForeverFalling Red StarLegend of the Lost CavernExperiment in Terror
Swamp Thing (Volume 4) Issue 2

## Appearances

### "Bad Seed, Part II"

#### Individuals

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

#### Locations

* Colorado
* Germany
	+ Freiberg
		- Schwarzwald Black Forest
		- University Hospital
* Louisiana
	+ Houma

#### 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 2 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 4)* Issue 2 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 23

## "Another Green World"

"*Alec Holland... was* me! *No. No, he wasn't. That was the* trouble*, wasn't it? I* thought *I was Alec Holland, but I learned differently...*"
―Swamp Thing
## Synopsis

### "Another Green World"

Swamp Thing is residing within The Green after the shock of discovering that he is merely composed of plant-matter that was somehow deceived into thinking that it was once the human Alec Holland.

Elsewhere, the Floronic Man, formerly Jason Woodrue, commanding the power of all plants, goes on a rampage of murder and destruction throughout Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Abby Cable drives alone, and discovers the bodies of some of Woodrue's victims, and in her fragile state, cries out for Alec, before being set upon by some of Woodrue's vines.

Woodrue uses plants to increase the oxygen levels within peoples' homes to the point that it causes an explosion when someone lights a cigarette, and destroys everything in the town. He has a local boy film everything, and then deliver the tape to the authorities. As a result, the authorities call the Justice League of America.

Through The Green, Swamp Thing hears Abby call to him, and begins to piece together recent events, coming to grips with the fact that he is not Alec Holland, and slowly beginning to perceiving Woodrue's negative presence within The Green.

As Woodrue's vines nearly strangle Abby to death, Swamp Thing finally wakes, and uproots himself, saving her. Then he goes to confront Woodrue himself.

## Appearances

### "Another Green World"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abby Cable
* The Floronic Man
* Stuey ***(Dies)***
* Dumont ***(Dies)***
* Andy ***(Dies)***
* Sheriff Ed Cutler ***(Dies)***
* William Anslinger
* Sgt. Luther Galen
* Janey Galen

#### Locations

* Louisiana
	+ Terrebonne Parish
		- Houma
		- Lacroix
		- Chenille

## Trivia

* The issue title alludes to to that of the 1975 Brian Eno album of the same title.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 23 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 23 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 27

## "By Demons Driven!"

"*I see that I have* alarmed *you. Please feel free to scream if you want to. There is no one to hear, and I shall be here when you are finished.*"
―A fly
## Synopsis

### "By Demons Driven!"

The Demon Etrigan and Swamp Thing fight the Monkey King and his manifestations of fear. Swamp thing commands Abby Cable to take Paul, an autistic boy in whom the Monkey King has taken an interest, to the swamp. She is reluctant to go, worrying about the two monsters she would be leaving him with, but Swamp Thing reminds her that he too is a monster.

Elsewhere, at the site of his car accident, Matt Cable wakes in a delirium. As he begins to realize that he is bleeding to death, a giant fly comes to him, and speaks to him, claiming that death is not necessarily the only escape.

As Abby and Paul rush to the swamp, Etrigan appears, having left the Swamp Thing to battle the Monkey King. He knows of the creature's mental connection with the boy, and believes that he can stop it by killing Paul as a necessary sacrifice. Before he can do so, though, Swamp Thing returns, and attacks him. In the confusion, Abby and Paul run further toward the swamp. Unfortunately, the Monkey King soon finds them.

The fly explains to Matthew that he will soon bleed to death, and that in order to prevent this, he will have to agree to do something for the fly. Matt decides that he wants to live, and at the fly's urging, he opens his mouth, and allows it to crawl inside of his body.

As the Monkey King attacks Abby, it assumes the form of her husband. Paul is so offended that it attacked Abby that he attacks it, crying out that he doesn't fear it, no matter whether it killed his parents, or takes any form. He manipulates the creature into taking smaller and smaller forms, until finally Etrigan plucks it from Paul's fingers and simply swallows it.

Before leaving, Etrigan warns that whatever influenced Paul's parents to recite the invocation that brought the Monkey King to this world is a problem for Abby to deal with. She sends Swamp Thing to take Paul back to the school, as she attempts to confront the demon. Unfortunately, he has already transformed back into Jason Blood. He admits that he shares a body with the demon, but that he has no knowledge of Etrigan's warning. He notes, though, that Etrigan may be offering words of wisdom - perhaps even truth.

Afterwards, Abby walks home in the rain, when Matt drives up to her in an undamaged car. He apologizes, and offers to drive her home.

## Appearances

### "By Demons Driven!"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abby Cable
* Etrigan
* The Monkey King
* A fly
* Matt Cable
* Jason Blood
* Paul (A boy)

#### Locations

* Louisiana
	+ Baton Rouge
		- Elysium Lawns Residential School
		- Houma

## Notes

* This issue is dedicated with awe and affection to Jack Kirby.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 27 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 27 on Comic Vine
Rath

**Rath** is a fictional character and hero in comic books published by the American company DC Comics. He first appeared in *Justice League of America* #10 (March 1962), but his first appearance in *Swamp Thing* comics was in *Swamp Thing* Vol. 2, #49 (June 1986). He was created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky.

## History

Along with his brothers Abnegazar and Ghast, he comprises one third of the family commonly referred to as the Demons Three. The Demons Three ruled the galaxy a billion years ago before being banished by beings known as the Timeless Ones. Through the efforts of a sorcerer named Felix Faust, the brothers have come to Earth time and again, but they are almost always foiled by the super-hero team known as the Justice League of America. Rath is linked to a mystical artifact known as the Silver Wheel of Nyorlath. Anyone in possession of the Wheel can summon and control Rath.

When Abnegazar was killed during the attack of the Great Darkness, Ghast and Rath were the only remaining of the Demons Three. Seeking a third demon, Ghast and Rath found Wotan, stranded in Limbo. They assisted the demon in his plan of stealing the body of a Homo Magi to return to Earth and join them as the third demon. Ghast and Rath were in charge of retrieving the limbs of Zatanna and assemble the body piece by piece, preparing Wotan's comeback. However, their plan was foiled by Spectre and Ghast and Rath were taken to Limbo, where they were left estranged.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Immortality**
* **Magic:** He can to create a variety matter, such as their magical talismans, produce force bolts of destructive power, animate stending objects, and fly through time and space. They are susceptible to tother forms of magic.
Sam Simeon

**Sam Simeon**, also known as **Ape**, is a fictional character and hero in comic books published by the American company DC Comics. He first appeared in *Showcase* #77 (September 1968), but his first appearance in *Swamp Thing* comics was in *Swamp Thing Annual* Vol. 2, #3 (1987). He was created by E. Nelson Bridwell and Bob Oksner.

## History

Sam Simeon originally hails from Gorilla City, a city in the jungles of Africa populated by intelligent gorillas. He possessed amazing intelligence and force of mind capabilities, powers granted due to being the grandson of Gorilla Grodd.

Professor Theo O'Day and his daughter Angel who were on holiday traveling in Africa. The O'Days were impressed with the partially talking ape originally Sam spoke in his native gorilla then English (Oook eek blog, Angel? How's it shakin', Angel?). Invited to accompany the O'Days back home to America Sam decided to join them – partially in attraction to living a better personal life using his drawing talents and partially to stop Angel from pestering him.

Arriving in New York City, Sam successfully used his art skills and was employed as an artist for DC Comics. He occasionally joins his friend Angel in her detective agency activities more as a chaperone than an actual partner though Angel rarely needs protection as she is fairly lethal when angered, though is usually portrayed as "bubble-headed" the rest of the time. Sam and Angel in recent history became estranged after a period of time preferring mostly to work together only select occasions for various personal reasons despite their personal friendship which some think will still develop beyond their original levels.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Psionics**
	+ **Telepathy:** As the grandson of Gorilla Grodd, Sam possesses limited mental powers that he could use to make a limited number of people see him as a human being, however should he break concentration, they would see him as an ape.
	+ **Mind Control**
	+ **Psychic Link**
* **Superhuman Strength**
* **Superhuman Agility**
* **Enhanced Senses**

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect:** With knowledge of technology beyond the development of human civilization.

## External Links

* Sam Simeon on DC Wiki
* Sam Simeon on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 15

## Synopsis

### "Empire Made of Sand"

Swamp Thing's regenerative powers restore his body to normal, and the Phantom Stranger reappears, mysteriously back to his old form. But both are stymied as to how to stop Nathaniel Broder from gaining power over all computer information in his new, silicon-crystal state.

## Appearances

### "Empire Made of Sand"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Phantom Stranger
* Sally Broder
* Peter Murdock
* George Williston
* Nathaniel "Nat" Broder ***(Dies)***
* Sid ***(Dies)***

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 15
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 15
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 126

## "The Big Picture"

"*The universe creates* artists*... in order to create that which it does not create itself! You are a* tool *of the universe... Let it use you!*"
―Swamp Thing
## Synopsis

### "The Big Picture"

In the Louisiana swamp, Swamp Thing discovers an issue of *Rolling Stone* lying on the ground, and curiously picks it up, noticing an article about a man he remembers from Alec Holland's memories. In the article, underground cartoonist Johnny Dogg seems to have lost his inspiration since his heyday in the 1960s with his character Freddie Freelode. Reflecting on Alec Holland's nostalgia for the comic character, Swamp Thing decides to see what he can do to give Johnny Dogg a little bit of inspiration.

In New Mexico, Johnny Dogg sadly recalls his days of glory, and worries at his apparent creative block. He receives a visit from his friend Leon, who he catches up with. Johnny's wife has left him because he hasn't been easy to live with, and certainly hasn't been able to do any work. Johnny realizes that while he had worked in the 60s to bring the system tumbling down, it was people like him who tumbled; their art relegated to the fringe and considered non-threatening.

That night, Swamp Thing appears in the desert and lures Johnny out to find him. He appears in the form of a character from one of the Freddie Freelode strips in order to appear familiar to him. In order to provide Johnny with some inspiration, Swamp Thing gives him some hallucinogenic buttons grown from his own body.

On the resulting trip, Johnny is accompanied by Freddie Freelode through a surreal landscape, witnessing the beginning and end of all creation at once. When he comes down, Johnny realizes that his art and the character of Freddie Freelode are one-trick-ponies, and it's time he let them go. Swamp Thing responds that art is just an artist's reinterpretation of reality before disappearing back into The Green.

A year later, Johnny has become a sculptor, and he uses little sculptures of atoms to lure people from the desert to his home which he has built into a giant effigy of the Swamp Thing.

## Appearances

### "The Big Picture"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Johnny Dogg
* Leon
* Alec Holland ***(Flashback Only)***
* Linda Holland ***(Flashback Only)***

#### Locations

* Louisiana
* New Mexico

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 126 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 126 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 171

## Synopsis

### "Trial By Fire - Part VI: The End"

Swamp Thing is now the world and feels his way through every place and person living on it. He reflects on his friends and watches their actions. Suddenly, he is meeting with the Parliament of Worlds and learning his true place in the universe and realizes there is no hate in him for the human race. He is separated from Alec Holland and they part so that Alec can be reborn. Swamp Thing returns to Earth with his new powers and there is a montage of important characters as everything returns to normal.

## Appearances

### "Trial By Fire - Part VI: The End"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abigail Holland
* John Constantine
* Tefé Holland ***(Behind the scenes)***
* Timothy Ravenwind
* Anton Arcane
* Bill Clinton
* Alec Hon
* Don Roberto
* Maggie Hon
* Parliament of Worlds ***(First Appearance)***
* The Traveler

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 171 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 171 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 4) Issue 23

## Appearances

### "The Bleeding Raconteur - Part III: Letting Go"

#### Individuals

* Abigail Holland
* The Holland Mind
* John Constantine
* Jordan Schiller

#### Locations

* Louisiana
	+ Houma

## Notes

* This book was first published on January 4, 2006.
* This issue is chapter three of "The Bleeding Raconteur" story arc.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 4)* Issue 23 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 4)* Issue 23 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 43

## "Windfall"

"*I just... I just* flashed *on this stuff... this* fruit*. It's like some kinda* cosmic litmus paper*, right? You* eat it*, an' it tells you whether you're a* bad *person or a* good *person.*"
―Chester Williams
## Synopsis

### "Windfall"

Chester Williams, a naturalist and occasional drug dealer, retrieves one of the tubers which Swamp Thing had grown on his body, and dropped to the ground. He divides the tuber into three parts. One part goes to his friend's dying wife Sandy, who eats it and psychedelically becomes one with the world before dying of cancer. She marvels at the intricate beauty of life and the universe, and is able to let go of her fear of dying. The second part goes to an uncouth drug abuser, who relives the horrors of Swamp Thing's life and dies when he is hit by a truck. Believing the plant to be "some kinda cosmic litmus paper" capable of revealing a person's morality, Chester reluctantly decides against trying the third portion himself.

## Appearances

### "Windfall"

#### Individuals

* Chester Williams ***(First Appearance)***
* Swamp Thing ***(Cameo)***
* Milo Flynn ***(Dies)***
* Dave
* Sandy ***(Dies)***
* Felix the Cat

#### Locations

* Louisiana
	+ Houma

## Notes

* Swamp Thing is only on the first page of this story.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 43 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 43 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 3)

## General Information

### Creators:

Alex Sinclair
Brian K. Vaughan
Cameron Stewart
Chris Chuckry
David Mack
Giuseppe Camuncoli
Glenn Fabry
Greg Staples
Guy Davis
Heidi MacDonald
Joan Hilty
Joe Rubenstein
John Constanza
John Totleben
Marc Hempel
Mark Lipka
Paul Pope
Phil Hale
Rick Berry
Rick Maygar
Rodney Ramos
Roger Peterson
Simon Bisley
Steve Bunche
Steve Lieber
Tammy Beatty

## Overview

The third series of *Swamp Thing* lasted 20 issues from 2000 through 2001.

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*Swamp Thing* #9

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*Swamp Thing* #13

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*Swamp Thing* #17

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*Swamp Thing* #20

## External links

* Swamp Thing (Volume 3) on DC Wiki
* Swamp Thing (Volume 3) on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 12

## Synopsis

### "And Yet It Lives"

Swamp Thing battles with the Golem on the snowy cliffs of Mount Untersberg and manages to deactivate it by erasing one of the Hebrew letters inscribed on it's forehead. Karen Clancy then telepathically sends Kripptman and his team a message challenging them to confront her at a Synagogue where Kripptman once worshipped. They then put Karen Clancy's locket on the Golem and reactivate it, so that it tracks her down.

Meanwhile in Munich, Walter "Grasp" Ellenbeck forces his way into the hotel room where Dennis Barclay and Liz Tremayne are staying and tries to get them to give up Harry Kay's whereabouts. Dennis and Liz find a perfect moment to attack Grasp and leave him unconscious in their room while they go to meet Kripptman. It turns out, however that this was Grasp's plan all along and he has a colleague waiting to watch where they go, ready to follow them.

Swamp Thing and the others reach the Synagogue and with the combined strength of the Golem and the psychics they kill Karen. Karl, Alan and Milton also perish in the battle. It turns out that Karen was merely the physical vessel for the evil entity that is the harbinger of the Great Beast and it leaves her body. After briefly possessing Liz, it attempts to take control of the Swamp Thing. Swamp Thing's tremendous willpower casts the entity out. While all this is happening Grasp is trying to shoot them from a distance with a sniper rifle.

In a moment of searing light, the evil entity transports Swamp Thing, Liz, Dennis, Kripptman, Grasp and the Golem to a huge metal fortress where they will meet Satan himself.

### "Ageless"

An 18-year-old with an accelerated aging disease feels and looks 70, but wishes to become an astronaut and romance young Kara, who has recently dumped her boyfriend. The Phantom Stranger leads him to a doctor who reverses his disease with an experimental drug so that he may achieve his heart's desires.

## Appearances

### "And Yet It Lives"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Elizabeth Tremayne
* Dennis Barclay
* Helmut Kripptman (a.k.a. "Dr. Harry Kay")
* Karl, Alan and Milton (Kripptman's henchmen)
* Golem
* Sunderland Corporation
	+ Avery Sunderland
	+ Walter "Grasp" Ellenbeck
	+ Ms. Hammond
* Karen Clancy

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 12 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 12 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 3) Issue 13

## Appearances

### "Red Harvest - Part III: Carrying Capacity"

#### Individuals

* Tefé Holland
* Barnabas Tookoome
* Pilate
* Heather Strand
* Kudzu
* Defense Department Intelligence
	+ Madame Director
	+ Agent Romero
* Agent Orange
* Agent Kilroy
* Daphne
* Lara
* Oscar
* Silvana ***(Mentioned only)***
* Jenny Conway ***(In a photograph only)***
* Donald Conway ***(In a photograph only)***

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 13 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 13 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 13

## Synopsis

### "Lambs to the Slaughter"

In the Fortress of the Beast, Swamp Thing, Liz, Dennis, and Dr. Kripptman are each tricked into hallucinations of their most painful memories which turn out to be traps to kill them. They survive the traps and discover that Grasp has also been a herald of The Beast all along. Karen Clancy then shows them a representation of The Beast and outlines their plan for starting a holy war leading to Armageddon.

It is at this point that the Golem that was previously released to kill Karen, charges at Liz (since she is wearing Karen's locket) and the Swamp Thing destroys it in a violent explosion just by looking at it. Swamp Thing deduces that he must have absorbed some of Karen's psychokinetic abilities during the time he wore the locket. Using his new power he fights Karen and after taking Von Ruhnstedt's pendulum from her becomes powerful enough to kill her and Grasp. With both of the heralds of The Beast gone, the world is safe from armageddon (until the next incarnation of the herald arrives).

Swamp Thing throws the locket and pendulum over a bridge and then, with the help of Liz, Dennis and Kripptmann, returns home to his swamp in Louisiana to restore and heal himself. General Sunderland, aware of Grasp's death, plans on stepping up his efforts to kill Swamp Thing.

### "The Man Who Isn't There"

Yehudi Jones is noticed by no one else in the world, and learns to get along by pilfering from people. But the Phantom Stranger forces him to reject his "nonentity-ness" to save Rosa, a beautiful girl, from corruption by drug peddler Dan D. Candy.

## Appearances

### "Lambs to the Slaughter"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Harry Kay
* Dennis Barclay
* Elizabeth Tremayne
* Karen Clancy ***(Dies)***
* Walter "Grasp" Ellenbeck ***(Dies)***
* Avery Sunderland
* Paul Feldner

#### Locations

* Fortress of the Beast
* Louisiana
	+ Houma

#### Items

* Karen Clancy's locket
* Von Ruhnstedt's pendulum

## Notes

* Swamp Thing was found to be dying since the beginning of this run, as evidenced initially by his failure to regenerate a hand even after several days of time had already passed and by Helmut Kriptmann's analysis of the severed hand's tissues.
* As of last issue, Dennis Barclay had learned that the disease was an artificial strain of E. Coli bacteria, which could be treated with antibiotics without healing the damage already done (and bound to kill him in two months). The final panels of this issue solve that plot as he finally has the chance to treat his bacteria infection with antibiotics provided by Dennis Barclay.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 1
2. ↑ Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 2
3. ↑ Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 12

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 13 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 13 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 17

## Synopsis

### "And Things That Go Bump in the Night"

Swamp Thing encounters Abby Cable, learns of her marriage to the now-alcoholic Matt Cable, and is attacked by a powerful monster materialized from Matt's mind. Harry Kay, having wandered off, gets stuck in a bear trap and is retrieved by the occupant of a strange insect-ship – Anton Arcane.

## Appearing

### "And Things That Go Bump in the Night"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Dennis Barclay
* Abby Cable
* Matthew Cable
* Elizabeth Tremayne
* Anton Arcane
* Un-Men

## Notes

* Matt and Abby had not met or learned of Swamp Thing ever since *Swamp Thing* #20, although Matt Cable was seen in the meantime in *Showcase* #94–96.

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 17 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 17 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 8

## Synopsis

### "Here's Lookin' At You, Kid"

Swamp Thing, Dennis and Liz are stranded on an island populated by the materialized imaginings of six marines who create classic movie scenes with their minds. They have to deal with dinosaurs, hostile tribesmen, a giant ape (reference to *King Kong*) and wander through a scene from *Citizen Kane*.

Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Harry Kay and Milton await the arrival of Karen Clancy and Paul Feldner. Karen looks much older and more sure of her powers. Paul tells her he won't be a part of her plan, he slaps her and tries to run away before bursting into flames. Before dying he warns the world is in danger.

Back on the island Dennis and Liz are finally able to confront the imagineers and it is discovered that they fought in Vietnam where they came into contact with the defoliant, Agent Blue (the only explanation for their powers). They could not reintegrate into society after the war due to psychological trauma and feelings of being outcasts so they re-enlisted. The six soldiers were to be transferred on the USS *New Hampshire*, which exploded and sank, leaving them as the only survivors. It was then that the soldiers realized they could "create stuff outta thin air" just by thinking about it and decided to live out the fantasies of their imagination instead of returning to reality.

Liz then scolds Cheeto for hiding from reality, essentially calling them all cowards unworthy of sympathy. Cheeto tries to shoot Liz but is stopped by Swamp Thing and hits one of his fellow soldiers instead. At this point the room they are in begins to fall apart along with the entire island as their fantasy reality is shattered. Reef (one of the soldiers) creates a helicopter and he, Swamp Thing, Liz and Dennis escape while everybody else drowns.

### "If the Sword Should Slay the Dove"

The Phantom Stranger takes Amanda Dove to see the latest incarnation of her lover, General John Whitman, and tries to stop the war he is currently involved in.

## Appearances

### "Here's Lookin' At You, Kid"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Dennis Barclay
* Elizabeth Tremayne
* Harry Kay
* Milton Grossman
* Cheeto ***(Dies)***
* DiCenzo ***(Dies)***
* Gitlin ***(Dies)***
* Jerry "Juice" Haggerty ***(Dies)***
* Reef
* Karen Clancy ***(Cameo)***
* Paul Feldner

#### Locations

* Caribbean Sea
* New Jersey
	+ Sunderland Corporation

### "If the Sword Should Slay the Dove"

#### Individuals

* Phantom Stranger
* Amanda Dove ***(Dies)***
* Domingo
* General John Whitman ***(Dies)***

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 8 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 8 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 3) Issue 10

## Appearances

### "Silk Cut"

#### Individuals

* Tefé Holland
* John Constantine
* Barnabas Tookoome
* Pilate
* Mary Conway ***(Dies in flashback)***
* Jenny Conway ***(Flashback Only)***
* Donald Conway ***(Flashback Only)***
* Swamp Thing ***(Flashback Only)***
* Abigail Holland ***(Flashback Only)***
* Kudzu ***(Mentioned only)***

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 10 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 3)* Issue 10 on Comic Vine
Promethean Giants

The **Promethean Giants** are beings who tried and failed to breach the Source Wall to discover the mysteries of the cosmos in comic books published by the American company DC Comics. They first appeared in *New Gods* #5 (November 1971), but their first appearance in *Swamp Thing* comics was in *Swamp Thing* Vol. 2, #62 (July 1987). They were created by Jack Kirby.

## History

For their hubris, they were left embedded in the wall or floating through space, chained to enormous rocks, living on such a vast scale that it takes a billion years to feel a single heartbeat. Many of the giants are shattered, but still alive, able to reach out with their thoughts to other beings, mentally crying out in humiliation. Metron would contemplate the giants on occasion. Some giants had been there so long, primitive vegetation grew on their suspended forms.

### Prime Earth

The throwback from the previous universe, Relic, was defeated when he was forced into contact with the Source Wall, becoming one of the newest members of the Promethean Giants. Metron later created a device that would communicate with the Giants, and he and Highfather spoke with Relic. Relic had some kind of rudimentary awareness of his petrified predicament, though he wasn't fully alive.

The Giants were also, in some respect, dead; as Black Hand touched the Source Wall and reanimated the Promethean Giants as members of the Black Lantern Corps. Their conscription into the Corps did not last long, as their connection to the Source brought them back to life; freeing the Promethean Giants, including Relic.

### Promethea's Great Army

History tells that Perpetua's Great Army were the first Promethean Giants. As the Source Wall was built to contain her and her power, so were the bodies of her Great Army entombed on its surface, and they cry out when she is freed.

## Notes

* In *New Gods* #1 (March 1971), Jack Kirby states that the Promethean Giants enlarged themselves in their attempt to smash through the Source Wall, but failed. In Gerry Conway's later run on the series, he states that the giants were enlarged to their current size and frozen in time as punishment for assaulting the Wall. Conway also refers to the giants as gods, while Kirby does not specify their nature. According to *Swamp Thing* Vol. 2, #62 (July 1987), at least some of the giants were once gods of New Genesis.
* In Kirby's *New Gods*, the Promethean Giants are portrayed as floating in space near the Source Wall. *Marvel and DC Present* #1 (November 1982) by Chris Claremont was the first story to show the giants embedded in the Source Wall itself, a portrayal that has stuck in most portrayals of the Wall afterwards.
* The Promethean Giants are also referred to as **Source Titans** in *Green Lantern Annual* Vol. 5, #3 (February 2015).
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) Issue 14

## Synopsis

### "Crystal Visions, Shattered Dreams!"

Nathaniel Broder, an electronics genius who specializes in silicon technology, transforms his body into a mass of living crystal, and then turns both Swamp Thing and the Phantom Stranger into crystal as well.

## Appearances

### "Crystal Visions, Shattered Dreams!"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Phantom Stranger
* Sally Broder
* Nathaniel "Nat" Broder
* Peter Murdock
* George Williston
* Sid
* Jimmy

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 14 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 2)* Issue 14 on Comic Vine
Swamp Thing (Volume 4) Issue 6

## Appearances

### "Bad Seed, Part VI"

#### Individuals

* Swamp Thing
* Abigail Holland
* John Constantine
* Sargon the Sorcerer ***(As a spirit)***

#### Locations

* Louisiana
	+ Houma
* Germany
	+ Freiberg
		- Schwarzwald Black Forest
		- Sargon's castle

#### Items

* Alec Holland's corpse
* Ruby of Life

## External links

* *Swamp Thing (Volume 4)* Issue 6 on DC Wiki
* *Swamp Thing (Volume 4)* Issue 6 on Comic Vine