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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published September 1977
Frequency nine times a year
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 52
Editing Joe Orlando
Notes Out in June 1977 with September dated comics.

Cover Details

Characters Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]; Un-Men
Genre Horror
Pencils Bernie Wrightson
Inks Bernie Wrightson
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Wrap around cover.

1 page text article

Characters Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]
Synopsis Letter from Harlan Ellison praising the creation of Swamp Thing.
Script Harlan Ellison
Pencils Bernie Wrightson
Inks Bernie Wrightson
Letters Typeset
Notes Includes two small cover reprints of the first two issues of Swamp Thing.

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
Reprinted from Swamp Thing (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 Horror
Script Len Wein
Pencils Bernie Wrightson
Inks Bernie Wrightson
Colors Bernie Wrightson; Glynis Wein
Reprinted from Swamp Thing (1972 series) #2 (December 1972-January 1973)

1 page text article "Out of the Swamp..."

Letters Typeset
Notes Inside back cover
Reprinted From Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #1 [abriged version of the letter page]