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Issue: Swamp Thing #1
Publication Date: October 1972
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Issues: #1 of 24 Issues (25 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/10/1972
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #87.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Swamp Thing; Linda Holland; Ferrett
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGigant #1/1983 published January 1983
as ingen tittel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSwamp Thing: Dark Genesis #[nn] [First Printing] published March 1991
as 1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Roots of the Swamp Thing #[nn] published July 2009
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1770
Disclose Notes: Colorist credit from the letter page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #4. Saladino logo per Todd Klein's blog.
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Dark Genesis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Swamp Thing [Alec Holland] (intro, origin); Linda Holland; Matt Cable; Ferrett; Bruno; Anton Arcane (cameo, unnamed, hand only); The Conclave
First Line: The darkness cries--a long, mournful wail that writhes through the gnarled cypress branches like a breath of Hades' wind...
Synopsis: When Ferrett and Bruno blow up Alec Holland's lab they create the Swamp Thing. When they return to dispose of Alec's wife Linda, the Swamp Thing is there to stop them.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMundo de Aventuras Especial #9 published July 1976
as Génesis Negro! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #2 published September 1977
as Dark Genesis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #1/1983 published January 1983
as En mørk skjebne [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoots of the Swamp Thing #1 published July 1986
as Dark Genesis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSwamp Thing: Dark Genesis #[nn] [First Printing] published March 1991
as Dark Genesis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Roots of the Swamp Thing #[nn] published July 2009
as Dark Genesis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Job Number: J-1746
Disclose Notes: Colors credit from the letters page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #4; letters credit from the letters page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #5.

Origin of Swamp Thing.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Swamp Thing
First Line: Welcome to the world of Swamp Thing, a creature less than a man, but more than a monster.
Synopsis: Includes bios of Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, with caricatures by Wrightson.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #2 published September 1977
as Out of the Swamp... [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]text updated
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1823

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