Batmans greatest foe joins jim lees charity sketch auction. User account menu swamp thing and batman commission by tom reilly. He was then reworked as a character suitable for series appearances in swamp thing vol. In the early 1900s, scientist alex olson is working on a biorestorative formula when his lab is destroyed by explosives placed. A recent report from deadline confirmed that will patton will be joining the dc universe series, and will be portraying the role. Swamp thing comic books 1982 series also called saga of the swamp thing show covers only. Swamp thing 7, night of the bat, was the comic that sealed batman in my mind as a gothic figure. The new series, called the saga of the swamp thing, featured an. Apr 30, 2020 the binc is using the funds from the auction to help support comic shops that have started to struggle due to the coronavirus covid19 pandemic. And other comic book legends revealed and why does batman carry shark repellent. This is the fifth swamp thing series and the first not under the vertigo imprint since the second series switched over at vertigos founding in 1993. Dec 21, 2005 forget the dark knight returns, forget watchmen. Swamp thing defined its own universe, and much of the universe of all superhero books to follow, in that run, and managed it in part because its creators knew all those other books, and their. Im loving what snyder is doing right now with the character.
Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. New york times bestselling and eisner awardwinning writer tom king mister miracle, batman and acclaimed artist jason fabok detective comics, justice league present the talk of the saints, a story of swamp thing shepherding a lost boy through a winter wasteland as a monster hunts them at every turn. Swamp thing is an elemental creature who shares a connection to all plant life on the planet earth through a network called the green. May 29, 2019 another superman teamup, and a much weirder one to boot. The swamp thing tv series may have just found its biggest foe yet. Swamp thing casts will patton as avery sunderland dc. Below youll find a complete guide to swamp thing comics. Swamp thing 1982 comic read swamp thing 1982 comic. He has written two books about comics for penguinrandom house was superman a spy.
Nov 05, 2018 the swamp thing tv series may have just found its biggest foe yet. In 1982, dc comics revived the swamp thing series, attempting to capitalize on the summer 1982 release of the wes craven film of the same name. Learning that he is not a unique being after all, swamp thing attempts to make sense of their wisdom, while a sleazy photographer hopes to make a fast buck with some sleazy pictures of abigail. He assures commissioner gordon that he has met the swamp thing before, and that he will make an attempt to reason with the creature before things get worse. Apr 10, 2012 116 of 254 results for swamp thing comic books. A humanoidplant elemental creature, created by writer len wein.
How swamp thing demolished batman and almost destroyed. But after a bomb in his office explodes, the young. The first series had the swamp thing meeting up with versions of classic movie monsters like the patchwork man i. Jan 26, 2012 i also nearly every comic that swamp thing makes an appearance in. Swamp thing confirms a classic dc comics twist screen rant. Swamp thing goes to gotham city and encounters batman. Get the best deals on swamp thing dc comic book collections when you shop the largest online selection at. The original swamp thing series ran from 1972 to 1976, but the character received a recreation by legendary comic book writer alan moore during 1984.
Batman answers the batsignal, arriving at gotham city police headquarters. Alan moores swamp thing is one of the best creative runs in the history of comics, surpassing all. Len wein had a real flair for dramatic writing and powerful incidents so it became more than just a tour of monsters. Swamp thing volume 1 was published from november 1972 to september of 1976 and featured the character of alec holland, aka, the swamp thing. Gotham city is a fictional city in comic books published by the american company dc comics. Batman s greatest foe joins jim lees charity sketch auction. The swamp thing is a fictional superhero in american comic books published by dc comics. He is a mass of vegetable matter that absorbed the memories and personality of alec holland, a botanist who died in a swamp shortly after creating a hormonal biorestorative formula for plants. Two fantastic moments between batman and swamp thing from. This is something of a surprise, given the liberties that the show had taken with its source material. A reddit for fans of comic books, graphic novels, and digital comics. Swamp thing 2nd series dc, 19861996, 2002, 2004, 2015 and 1992 dc comics, inc. Dedicated scientist alec holland was working on a revolutionary formula with his sister linda that would enable miraculous plant growth for the. Get the best deals on swamp thing comic book collections when you shop the largest online selection at.
The penultimate episode of swamp thing confirms that a classic twist about alec hollands body from the original comics is also true in the reality of the dc universe series. Apr 22, 2020 swamp thing, a fictional character, is a humanoidplant creature elemental in the dc comics universe, created by writer len wein and artist berni wrightson. Gotham city, or simply gotham, is an american city rife with corruption and crime. Because rising in his place is the swamp thing, a creature made of vegetation thats absorbed alec hollands. Read swamp thing 1972 comic online free and high quality. Another superman teamup, and a much weirder one to boot. Len wein was an american comic book writer and editor best known for cocreating dc comics swamp thing and marvel comics wolverine, and for helping revive the marvel superhero team the xmen including the cocreation of nightcrawler, storm, and colossus. Written by alan moore with art by steve bissette and john totleben, the anatomy lesson sees former atom villain the floronic man a.
Swamp thing rises to the challenge in jim lees comic store. Dc comics swamp thing winter special to feature len wein. A monster that was once a manalec holland was an idealistic scientist who was synthesizing a topsecret chemical in his hidden lab in the marshlands. Alan moores legendary run on swamp thing from 19841987 set a lot of trends in dcs burgeoning mature comic book market but perhaps no better example of moore turning the industry on its head exists than the time he had batman get knocked out by the plant monster.
Swamp thing rises to the challenge in jim lees comic. The swamp thing was created by len wein and bernie wrightson. Swamp thing, is a fictional antihero in comic books published by the american company dc comics. Geoff johns and gary frank bring the dc and watchmen universes together. Swamp thing tpb 20122016 dc comics the new 52 comic books. Alan moores swamp thing is one of the best creative runs in the history of comics, surpassing all expectations and earning its place above and. See more ideas about comic art, comics and comic books art. Swamp thing is a comic book character created in 1972 by len wein and famed horror artist bernie wrightson. Get the best deals on batman copper age swamp thing comics when you. Swamp thing 1972 comic read swamp thing 1972 comic. The saga of the swamp thing was the first mainstream comic book series to completely abandon the comics code authority cca.
The cover only implies whats inside, as batman, his cloak enormous behind him, swings. The fictional character swamp thing has appeared in five american comic book series to date, including several specials, and has crossed over into other dc comics titles. Contains spoilers for swamp thing, the anatomy lesson. Swamp thing dc comic book collections for sale ebay. The fictional character the swamp thing has appeared in five american comic book series to. The series found immense popularity upon its 1970s debut and during the midlate 1980s under alan moore, steve bissette, and john totleben. Jason woodrue hired by industrialist avery sunderland to examine a freezedried swamp thing in order to figure out just how alec holland was transformed into a. While the swamp thing has its origins in comic books, my introduction to the story was actually the cartoon based on the creature. An appreciation of alan moores graphic horror masterpiece.
Read over 75,000 comics and over 700 free comics available from publishers such as marvel, dc, image, boom, idw, top shelf, and oni press on your iphone, ipad. Comic book heralds reading orders and guides are also made possible by. He is associated with the parliament of trees, the white lantern. Written by scott snyder art and cover by yanick paquette alec holland thought he knew the history of the swamp thing but he was wrong. Artist bryan hitch previously contributed a sketch of swamp thing to the auction. Swamp thing follows john constantine to south america to see the parliament of trees.
He is portrayed by derek mears on the 2019 tv series. Continued from swamp thing 2004 series continued in swamp thing 2016 series in swamp thing comic books, the swamp thing can inhabit and animate any vegetable matter and construct it into a body for himself. Book 1 of 3 in the swamp thing volume the new 52 series. And, at night, beneath a lowhanging fog, it shambles through the shadows with its red eyes and funereal soul. Swamp thing 1972 1st series comic books mycomicshop. Comic book lot of 4 batman, dollhouse, catwoman, swamp thing. A humanoid plant elemental creature, created by writer len wein and artist bernie wrightson, the swamp thing has had several humanoid or monster incarnations in various different storylines.