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Issue: DC Special Series #17
Publication Date: January 1979
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Issues: #17 of 27 Issues (32 Printings)
Title: The Original Swamp Thing Saga
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/22/1979
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893359492
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover date is September. On-sale date from Comic Reader #168.
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Rebecca Ravenwind; Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSwamp Thing #5 published July 1973
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-142
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The Story Behind: Swamp Thing

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Last of the Ravenwind Witches!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Swamp Thing [Alec Holland] (Origin recap); Linda Holland (Flashback; Cameo); Rebecca Ravenwood; Timothy Ravenwood; Jocko; Gideon; Smith
Synopsis: Swamp Thing is rescued from the ocean by Rebecca Ravenwood, who is fleeing her small town after being accused of being a witch.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSwamp Thing #5 published July 1973
was The Last of the Ravenwind Witches! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22.5
Job Number: J-6060
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A Clockwork Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]; Matt Cable; Abigail Arcane; Jack; The Conclave; Mayor Hans Klochmann
Synopsis: Swamp Thing finds himself in a small town where a German clockmaker has made life-like robots to populate his town. Unfortunately, the Conclave shows up to learn the secret of the robots from Klochmann.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSwamp Thing #6 published September 1973
was A Clockwork Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
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Night of the Bat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, superhero
Character(s): Abigail Arcane; Alfred Pennyworth; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Hammerschmidt; Driscoll (limousine driver); Matt Cable; Nathan Ellery [Mr. E] (Wayne Foundation member); Swamp Thing [Alec Holland] (Origin recap); Ferrett (Flashback; Cameo); Linda Holland (Flashback Cameo)
Synopsis: The Swamp Thing travels to Gotham to rescue Matt and Abigail and stumbles into the location of the Conclave, the organization that is responsible for the accident that changed him into the Swamp Thing. While in Gotham the Swamp Thing crosses paths with Batman.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSwamp Thing #7 published November 1973
was Night of the Bat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20.5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-323A
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Letters from the previous two DC Special Series issues that reprinted the first 4 issues of Swamp Thing.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSwamp Thing #6 published September 1973
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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