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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published October-November 1972
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Orlando

Cover Details

Characters Swamp Thing; Linda Holland; Ferrett
Genre Horror
Pencils Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Inks Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Colors Bernie Wrightson
Notes Colorist credit from the letter page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #4

24 page Swamp Thing story "Dark Genesis"

Characters Swamp Thing [Alec Holland] (intro, origin); Linda Holland; Matt Cable; Ferrett; Bruno; Anton Arcane (cameo; unnamed; hand only); The Conclave
Synopsis When Ferrett and Bruno blow up Alec Holland's lab they create the Swamp Thing. Whey they return to dispose of Alec's wife Linda, the Swamp Thing is there to stop them.
Genre Horror
Script Len Wein
Pencils Bernie Wrightson
Inks Bernie Wrightson
Colors Bernie Wrightson
Notes Origin of Swamp Thing. Colorist credit from the letter page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #4
Reprinted in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #2 (1977); in Roots of the Swamp Thing (DC, 1986 series) #1 (July 1986)

1 page Swamp Things letters page

Characters Swamp Thing
Synopsis Includes bios of Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson.
Letters Typeset
Reprinted in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #2 (1977) [as the text article "Out of the Swamp..."]