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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published July-August 1973
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Orlando; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Cover Details

Characters Rebecca Ravenwind; Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]
Genre horror
Pencils Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Inks Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Notes August on cover. Signature dated 72-73.
Reprinted in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #17 (Summer 1979); in Roots of the Swamp Thing (DC, 1986 series) #3 (September 1986)

22 page Swamp Thing story "The Last of the Ravenwind Witches!"

Characters Swamp Thing [Alec Holland] (Origin recap); Linda Holland (Flashback; Cameo); Rebecca Ravenwood; Timothy Ravenwood; Jocko; Gideon; Smith
Synopsis Swamp Thing is rescued from the ocean by Rebecca Ravenwood, who is fleeing her small town after being accused of being a witch.
Genre horror
Script Len Wein
Pencils Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson]
Inks Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson]
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes The last page is 2/3 of a page.
Reprinted in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #17 (Summer 1979); in Roots of the Swamp Thing (DC, 1986 series) #3 (September 1986)

1 page CIE - Cleveland Institute of Electronics advertisement "The Day Bill Told Off His Boss"

Characters Bill; Mr. Bemis (boss)
Pencils ? (photographs)
Inks ? (photographs)
Colors ? (photographs)
Notes Fumetti-style ad for the CIE - Cleveland Institute of Electronics.

1 page letters page "Swamp Things"

Script various
Letters typeset