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Issue: DC Special Series #2

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Publication Date: September 1977

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Issues: #2 of 27 Issues (32 Printings)

Title: The Original Swamp Thing Saga

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 06/23/1977

Volume: 1

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893359409

Price: $0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: Out with September-dated comics. On-sale date from house ad in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #145. On-sale date of June 21 in Comic Reader #144.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S. (#1-17, 20-22); digest (#18, 19, 23, 24); tabloid (#25-27)

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-17, 20-22, 25-27); squarebound (#18, 19, 23, 24)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.

Reprinted From3

3 Content Items

reprinted 3 times from Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Wraparound

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Wraparound

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]; Un-Men

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Wraparound cover.

[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]

Synopsis: Letter from Harlan Ellison praising the creation of Swamp Thing.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Includes two small cover reprints of the first two issues of Swamp Thing.

Dark Genesis!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(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

Synopsis: When Ferrett and Bruno blow up Alec Holland's lab they create the Swamp Thing. Whey they return to dispose of Alec's wife Linda, the Swamp Thing is there to stop them.

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Swamp Thing #1 published October 1972
was Dark Genesis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 24

Job Number: J-1746

The Man Who Wanted Forever

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): 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.

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Swamp Thing #2 published December 1972
was The Man Who Wanted Forever [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 24

Job Number: J-1796

Out of the Swamp...

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Swamp Thing #1 published October 1972
was [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]text updated

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: J-4820

Notes: Inside back cover. Taken from the letters page of the original issue.