The Saga of the Swamp Thing

    (DC, 1982-1986, 2009)
™ and ©1982 DC Comics, Inc.

Drawn from the mid–seventies monster title, everybody’s favorite green monster reemerged in 1982 in The Saga of Swamp Thing (eventually changing its name to Swamp Thing with issue #39). This series is the story of Dr. Alec Holland, a biochemist who was immolated by his own chemicals. Trying to save himself, he dove into a swamp, where the burning chemicals interacted with the vegetation in the bog and turned the mild-mannered scientist into the grotesque monster and pitiful hero known as Swamp Thing.

In the years since this title’s premiere, it has grown from a monster book into a more mature comic, drawing on weird and sometimes beautiful themes of a more adult nature.
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  • 1
    #1
    May 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Bruce Jones  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Dan Spiegle
    Origin of Swamp Thing; Origin of Swamp Thing, Continued from Swamp Thing (1st Series)
    25 copies from $1.50
  • 1/NS
    #1 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    May 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Bruce Jones  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Dan Spiegle
    Origin of Swamp Thing; Origin of Swamp Thing, Continued from Swamp Thing (1st Series)
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 2
    #2
    Jun 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Dan Spiegle
    Phantom Stranger; Swamp Thing
    33 copies from $1.75
  • 2/NS
    #2 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition
    Jun 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Dan Spiegle
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 3
    #3
    Jul 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Dan Spiegle
    Phantom Stranger; Swamp Thing
    21 copies from $2.25
  • 3/NS
    #3 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    Jul 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Dan Spiegle
    Phantom Stranger; Swamp Thing
    1 copy for $3.98
  • 4
    #4
    Aug 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Tony DeZuniga
    Phantom Stranger back-up
    15 copies from $1.34
  • 4/NS
    #4 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    Aug 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Tony DeZuniga
    Phantom Stranger back-up
    1 copy for $1.99
  • 5
    #5
    Sep 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Howard Bender
    Phantom Strange back-up
    13 copies from $1.75
  • 5/NS
    #5 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    Sep 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Howard Bender
    1 copy for $5.98
  • 6
    #6
    Oct 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Dan Spiegle
    Phantom Stranger; Swamp Thing
    10 copies from $2.16
  • 6/NS
    #6 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    Oct 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Dan Spiegle
    Phantom Stranger; Swamp Thing
    1 copy for $3.98
  • 7
    #7
    Nov 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Fred Carrillo
    9 copies from $1.75
  • 7/NS
    #7 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    Nov 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Fred Carrillo
    1 copy for $5.98
  • 8
    #8
    Dec 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Fred Carrillo
    Phantom Stranger back-up
    10 copies from $2.75
  • 8/NS
    #8 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    Dec 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Fred Carrillo
    Phantom Stranger back-up
    1 copy for $5.98
  • 9
    #9
    Jan 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Joey Cavalieri  ·  A: Jan Duursema, Fred Carrillo
    8 copies from $2.85
  • 9/NS
    #9 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    Jan 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Joey Cavalieri  ·  A: Jan Duursema, Fred Carrillo
    1 copy for $3.98
  • 10
    #10
    Feb 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Joey Cavalieri  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Fred Carrillo
    5 copies from $2.00
  • 10/NS
    #10 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    Feb 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Joey Cavalieri  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Fred Carrillo
    1 copy for $5.98
  • 11
    #11
    Mar 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Paul Levitz  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Fred Carrillo
    5 copies from $2.98
  • 11/NS
    #11 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    Mar 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Paul Levitz  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Fred Carrillo
    1 copy for $2.98
  • 12
    #12
    Apr 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Nicola Cuti  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Fred Carrillo
    2 copies from $2.50
  • 12/NS
    #12 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    Apr 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Nicola Cuti  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Fred Carrillo
    2 copies from $2.00
  • 13
    #13
    May 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Nicola Cuti  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Fred Carrillo
    3 copies from $2.00
  • 13/NS
    #13 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    May 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Nicola Cuti  ·  A: Tom Yeates, Fred Carrillo
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 14
    #14
    Jun 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Dan Mishkin  ·  A: Bo Hampton
    4 copies from $2.00
  • 15
    #15
    Jul 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Dan Mishkin  ·  A: Bo Hampton
    6 copies from $3.00
  • 16
    #16
    Aug 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    9 copies from $1.50
  • 17
    #17
    Oct 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    8 copies from $2.06
  • 17/NS
    #17 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    Oct 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    2 copies from $2.50
  • 18
    #18
    Nov 1983
    Cover: $0.60
    W: Martin Pasko, Len Wein  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson, John Totleben, Stephen R. Bissette
    Reprints Swamp Thing #10
    4 copies from $3.00
  • 19
    #19
    Dec 1983
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Martin Pasko, Stephen R. Bissette  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    3 copies from $5.98
  • 19/NS
    #19 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    Dec 1983
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Martin Pasko, Stephen R. Bissette  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    1 copy for $6.98
  • 20
    #20
    Jan 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Dan Day
    Alan Moore scripts begin
    5 copies from $52.00
  • 21
    #21
    Feb 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    Origin of Swamp Thing (new origin)
    1 copy for $94.98
  • 21-2
    #21 - 2nd printing
    After Watchmen Reprint
    May 2009
    Cover: $1.00
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    1 copy for $4.98
  • 21-3
    #21 - 3rd printing
    Free Special Convention Edition
    Cover: $1.00
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    ca. 2009
    2 copies from $4.98
  • 22
    #22
    Mar 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    9 copies from $10.98
  • 22/NS
    #22 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Yeates
    Mar 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    1 copy for $11.98
  • 23
    #23
    Apr 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    7 copies from $15.00
  • 24
    #24
    May 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    5 copies from $14.50
  • 25
    #25
    Jun 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    1st Cameo Appearance of John Constantine
    4 copies from $70.00
  • 26
    #26
    Jul 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    4 copies from $12.00
  • 27
    #27
    Aug 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    6 copies from $4.99
  • 28
    #28
    Sep 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Shawn McManus
    6 copies from $9.50
  • 29
    #29
    Oct 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    7 copies from $5.99
  • 30
    #30
    Nov 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    9 copies from $3.50
  • 31
    #31
    Dec 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Rick Veitch
    5 copies from $9.95
  • 31/NS
    #31 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Stephen R. Bissette
    Dec 1984
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Rick Veitch
    1 copy for $9.98
  • 32
    #32
    Jan 1985
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Shawn McManus
    4 copies from $7.50
  • 33
    #33
    Feb 1985
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Ron Randall
    3 copies from $13.00
  • 34
    #34
    Mar 1985
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    2 copies from $12.00
  • 35
    #35
    Apr 1985
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    6 copies from $7.00
  • 35/NS
    #35 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Stephen R. Bissette
    Apr 1985
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 36
    #36
    May 1985
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    5 copies from $6.00
  • 37/A
    #37 Variation A
    2025 Facsimile Edition with Cover A by Stephen R. Bissette
    May 2025
    Cover: $3.99
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Rick Veitch
    1st Appearance of John Constantine
    3 copies from $3.11
  • 38
    #38
    Jul 1985
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stan Woch
    10 copies from $5.70
  • 39
    #39
    Aug 1985
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    9 copies from $2.75
  • 39/NS
    #39 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Stephen R. Bissette
    Aug 1985
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    1 copy for $9.98
  • 40
    #40
    Sep 1985
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    17 copies from $6.50
  • 41
    #41
    Oct 1985
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    10 copies from $3.95
  • 42
    #42
    Nov 1985
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    10 copies from $1.64
  • 43
    #43
    Dec 1985
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stan Woch
    7 copies from $4.00
  • 44
    #44
    Jan 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    8 copies from $3.25
  • 45
    #45
    Feb 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stan Woch
    Series continued as Swamp Thing (2nd Series) #46
    9 copies from $2.50
  • Anl 1
    Annual #1
    Nov 1982
    Cover: $1.00
    W: Bruce Jones, Wes Craven  ·  A: Mark Texeira
    1982
    21 copies from $1.24
  • Anl 2
    Annual #2
    Jan 1985
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette
    11 copies from $24.50
  • Anl 3
    Annual #3
    Oct 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Rick Veitch  ·  A: Jim Fern, Rick Veitch, Shawn McManus, Stan Woch
    21 copies from $1.04
  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Cover: $10.95
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette, Rick Veitch
    Reprints The Saga of the Swamp Thing #21-27
    4 copies from $19.98
  • Bk 1-6
    Book #1 - 6th printing
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette, John Totleben
    Collects Saga of the Swamp Thing #20-27; ca. 2012
    1 copy for $15.00
  • Bk 2/HC
    Book #2 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Stephen R. Bissette and John Totleben
    Cover: $24.99
    W: Alan Moore, Len Wein  ·  A: Shawn McManus, Stephen R. Bissette, Rick Veitch, Ron Randall, Bernie Wrightson
    Reprints Saga of Swamp Thing #28-34, Anl 1; Reprints Saga of Swamp Thing #28-34, Anl 2; ca. 2009
    1 copy for $30.99
  • Bk 3
    Book #3
    Cover: $19.95
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Stephen R. Bissette, Rick Veitch, Stan Woch, Alfredo P. Alcala
    Collects Saga of Swamp Thing #35-42
    1 copy for $14.45