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Issue: Swamp Thing #9
Publication Date: March 1974
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Issues: #9 of 24 Issues (25 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/06/1973
Volume: 3
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #102.
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #20 published January 1980
as Swamp Thing #9 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoots of the Swamp Thing #5 published November 1986
as Part 5 of 5 [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSwamp Thing: Dark Genesis #[nn] [First Printing] published March 1991
as Dark Genesis [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSwamp Thing: Dark Genesis #[nn] [First Printing] published March 1991
as 9 [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)]
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Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3372
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[untitled]

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First Line: If you want your parents to get you a Daisy B•B Gun…
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Pages: 1
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The Stalker from Beyond!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]; Rufe; Elmo; Abigail Arcane; Matt Cable; Smithers; Captain Brad Samson; Private Optik; O'Reilly; Trumbo; Twitchett
First Line: Night freight: clattering down out of Pittsburgh, chewing up track toward Baton Rouge...
Synopsis: Swamp Thing returns to the swamp only to find that an alien ship has crashed there and its occupant is attempting to repair his ship. Matt Cable and a squad of men show up looking for the alien.
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In Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #20 published January 1980
as The Stalker from Beyond [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #5/1984 published January 1984
as Operasjon romvesen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoots of the Swamp Thing #5 published November 1986
as The Stalker from Beyond! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSwamp Thing: Dark Genesis #[nn] [First Printing] published March 1991
as The Stalker from Beyond! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Roots of the Swamp Thing #[nn] published July 2009
as The Stalker from Beyond! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
Job Number: J-3329
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Karate

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The Simple Advice That Changed Bob's Body and his Entire Life!

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First Line: Rocky, how did you develop such muscles? You used to be so skinny and weak looking!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Joe Weider bodybuilding system.
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Disneykin Play Characters Are Here!

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Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Goofy; Pluto; (32 various Disney characters in all)
First Line: colorful... exciting... fun
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Disclose Notes: Ad for small, hand-painted Disney character figures pictured in photos. Black and white ad.
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Got'cha!

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Disclose Notes: Ad for flying airplane models from L. M. Cox Mfg. Co. Inc.
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"We Can Put DC Comics Right in Your Mail Box."

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Feature(s): DC Comics
Character(s): Superman; mailman
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Fear No Man!

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Character(s): Joe Weider; Dave Draper
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Disclose Notes: Ad for body building course with testimonial by a successful student.
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These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You!

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Sea-Monkeys

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Flash! The Biggest News in Comics!

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Genres: superhero
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Disclose Notes: House ad (with order form) for Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #1, reprinting Action Comics #1.
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Batman Is Now Bigger Than Ever!

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Genres: superhero
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Disclose Notes: House ad (with order form) for Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-25.
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Honor House Prod. Corp.

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[untitled]

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First Line: To everyone who has been sending in requests for back issues: please!
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Job Number: J-3405
Disclose Notes: Letters from Conrad Gempf, Roddie, Gail Burt and Bill Spangler.
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100 pc. Toy Soldier Set $1.25

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First Line: Made of durable plastic, each with its own base.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for 100 plastic toy soldiers from Lucky Products, Inc., packed in a footlocker-styled storage box. On final interior page of the comic.
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This Postage-Free Coupon Can Change Your Life!

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover ad for mail order electronics courses.
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Another Adventure with the Ready Rangers

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Disclose Notes: Back cover ad for Ready Ranger mobile field pack.

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