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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published July 1986
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.00 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details - "Re-Presenting the Origin of the Creature Part 1 of 5"

Genre Occult
Pencils Bernie Wrightson (painting, signed)
Inks Bernie Wrightson (painting, signed)
Colors Bernie Wrightson (painting, signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Wrap-around cover.

1 page Swamp Thing foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents"

Letters typeset

24 page Swamp Thing story "Dark Genesis"

Characters Swamp Thing [Alec Holland] (intro, origin)
Genre Occult
Script Len Wein
Pencils Bernie Wrightson
Inks Bernie Wrightson
Colors Tatjana Wood
Editing Joe Orlando (original)
Reprinted from Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #1 (October-November 1972)

24 page Swamp Thing story "The Man Who Wanted Forever"

Characters Anton Arcane; the Conclave; Dr. Linda Holland (flashback); Ferrett; Matt Cable; the Patchwork Man [Gregori Arcane]; Swamp Thing [also as Dr. Alec Holland]; the Un-Men [including Cranius; Ophidian]
Synopsis The Swamp Thing undergoes a mystical transferral where he regains his humanity while Arcane obtains the Swamp Thing's body. When Alec Holland finds out that his old body will be used for evil ends he interrupts the enchantment and things return as they were, with Arcane falling to his death.
Genre Occult
Script Len Wein
Pencils Bernie Wrightson
Inks Bernie Wrightson
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Editing Joe Orlando (original)
Notes Synopsis, characters, and letters credit from index to Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #2.
Reprinted from Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #2 (December 1972-January 1973)

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Len Wein"

Genre bio
Letters typeset
Notes Photo and short biography of Len Wein.