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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published December 1972-January 1973
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Orlando; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Notes Sale date: October 1972. Cover date: January.

Cover Details

Characters Anton Arcane; Swamp Thing; the Un-Men
Genre Horror
Pencils Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Inks Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Colors Bernie Wrightson; Glynis Wein
Notes Colorist credit from the letter page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #4

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 [as Berni Wrightson]
Inks Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson]
Colors Bernie Wrightson; Glynis Wein
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) #2 (1977); in Roots of the Swamp Thing (DC, 1986 series) #1 (July 1986)

1 page SSP Racers advertisement "Wind-Tunnel Tested!"

Genre children
Notes Comic strip ad for SSP (Super Sonic Power) Racers from Kenner.

1 page letters page "Swamp Things"

Script various
Letters typeset
Notes Comments from fans visiting the DC offices who had read the first issue, as regular letters still hadn't arrived.

Half page Charles Atlas' "How Dynamic-Tension Makes You A New Man" story "The Insult That Made A Man Out Of 'Mac'"

Characters Mac
Genre teen
Notes Inside back cover. Comic strip ad for Charles Atlas' "How Dynamic-Tension Makes You A New Man" book.