| Issue | #3 |
| Published | February-March 1973 |
| Cover Price | 0.20 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Joe Orlando; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor) |
| Notes | Sale date: December 7, 1972. Cover date: March. |
| Characters | Abigail Arcane; the Patchwork Man; Swamp Thing |
| Genre | horror |
| Pencils | Bernie Wrightson |
| Inks | Bernie Wrightson |
| Colors | Bernie Wrightson |
| Notes | Sale date: December 7, 1972. Cover date: March. Colorist credit from the letter page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #4 |
| Reprinted | in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #14 (Summer 1978); in Roots of the Swamp Thing (DC, 1986 series) #2 (August 1986) |
| Characters | Abigail Arcane; Anton Arcane (flashback); the Conclave; Matt Cable; the Patchwork Man [Gregori Arcane]; Swamp Thing [Alec Holland] |
| Synopsis | In the Balkans the Swamp Thing meets the Patchwork Man on a mission to save his daughter Abigail Arcane. |
| Genre | horror |
| Script | Len Wein |
| Pencils | Bernie Wrightson (signed) [as Berni Wrightson] |
| Inks | Bernie Wrightson (signed) [as Berni Wrightson] |
| Colors | Bernie Wrightson |
| Letters | Gaspar Saladino |
| Notes | Colorist credit from the letter page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #4 |
| Reprinted | in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #14 (Summer 1978); in Roots of the Swamp Thing (DC, 1986 series) #2 (August 1986) |
| Characters | Sally |
| Genre | children |
| Notes | Comic strip ad for the Easy-Bake Oven toy from Kenner. |
| Script | various; Duffy Vohland (letter writer); Joe Orlando (replies to letters) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Mac |
| Genre | teen |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Comic strip ad for Charles Atlas' "How Dynamic-Tension Makes You A New Man" book. |