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Issue: Swamp Thing #3
Publication Date: February 1973
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Issues: #3 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: 12/07/1972
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #91. Cover date: March.
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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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Adult Image
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Abigail Arcane; the Patchwork Man; Swamp Thing
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #14 published January 1978
as Swamp Thing #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #3/1983 published January 1983
as Sumpvesenet møter Lappemonsteret [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagRoots of the Swamp Thing #2 published August 1986
as Part 2 of 5 [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSwamp Thing: Dark Genesis #[nn] [First Printing] published March 1991
as 3 [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-2033
Disclose Notes: Colorist credit from the letter page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #4.
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The Patchwork Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Abigail Arcane; Anton Arcane (flashback); the Conclave; Matt Cable; the Patchwork Man [Gregori Arcane]; Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]
First Line: Dawn rolls in with a whimper, spreading shimmering fingers of scarlet across the snowcapped Balkan landscape like a blind man feeling his way...
Synopsis: In the Balkans the Swamp Thing meets the Patchwork Man on a mission to save his daughter Abigail Arcane.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #14 published January 1978
as The Patchwork Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSelecções #204 published July 1978
as O Homem-Remendo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #3/1983 published January 1983
as Sumpvesenet møter Lappemonsteret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoots of the Swamp Thing #2 published August 1986
as The Patchwork Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSwamp Thing: Dark Genesis #[nn] [First Printing] published March 1991
as The Patchwork Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Roots of the Swamp Thing #[nn] published July 2009
as The Patchwork Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: J-1964
Disclose Notes: Colors credit from the letter page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #4; letters credit from the letters page of Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #5.
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Sally Visits The Easy-Bake Oven Toy Factory

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Easy Bake Oven
Character(s): Sally
First Line: ...and this is where Kenner makes the greatest girl's toy since dolls!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic strip ad for the Easy-Bake Oven toy from Kenner.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Joe, Len and Berni, You have created the greatest comic book that has ever been published.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1990
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Dominic Count, Paul Edwards, Paul Harman, Duffy Vohland, Danny Ware, Terrence Jones and Paul Emrath.
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The Insult That Made a Man Out of 'Mac'

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Mac
First Line: Hey! Quit kicking that sand in our faces!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Comic strip ad for Charles Atlas' "How Dynamic-Tension Makes You A New Man" book.

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