Retelling the origin of the Swamp Thing! Meanwhile, in the present, Swamp Thing saves three hunters from a bear—but the hunters quickly turn their guns on the new perceived threat!

In a standalone issue titled "The Anatomy Lesson," writer Alan Moore delivers a haunting origin story that reshapes the SWAMP THING mythology. Terrifying revelations are made about the nature of Swamp Thing, kicking off a journey of discovery that takes the character across the Earth—and beyond.

The madness begins! Arcane's wave of chaotic terror is moving fast, and now everything and everyone evil is heading toward Swamp Thing country in "A Halo of Flies"!

It's Swamp Thing versus Arcane with Abby's soul hanging in the balance! Can Swamp Thing take down his greatest enemy and save the woman he loves? The answer will shock you!

This critically acclaimed, stand-alone issue stars a crew of tiny extraterrestrial critters landing in the Louisiana swamps in search of a place to call home. But the beings discover harsh realities in this homage to the classic Pogo comic strip.

Abby slips into a deep sleep and finds herself in a dream realm where two familiar storytellers drop a bombshell about the true nature of the Swamp Thing. Fans of THE SANDMAN will be interested in this issue's early appearances of The Dreaming, Cain and Abel!

Comics Legend Alan Moore writes part two of this horrifying tale, as a voodoo ritual release ancient memories and violence on the set of a soap opera set on a real Southern plantation, set in the days of slavery.

In the jungles of Argentina, John Constantine, and what remains of his Newcastle Crew prepare to invade the caves of the Brujería. When Swamp Thing reveals that he has been there waiting for them for a whole already, the small band sets out. The plan is to have Swamp Thing regrow himself in the Brujeria's central chamber, allowing him to get the jump on them, while Constantine, Judith, and Frank enter the dark caves slowly, hoping to prevent anyone from leaving. When the path forked, however, Constantine split the party up, leaving himself alone in the darkness. Shrouded in blackness and struggling to light a match, he spies a light in the distance. What approaches is not a friend, but the horrifying Invunche, a mangled creation of the Brujeria, meant for killing. The creature knocks him against the wall, but he is merely knocked unconscious. Elsewhere, Judith and Frank seem to be flirting, and eventually, she convinces him to have sex there in the darkness. Meanwhile, Swamp Thing discovers a black barrier within The Green which prevents him from materializing in the Brujeria's chambers. He realizes that he was expected. He searches desperately for any form of plant life near the chambers, but there is nothing. He continues searching, knowing that failing to get in will leave Constantine and the others at the mercy of whatever evil lies within the caves. Constantine wakes in the Brujeria's chamber, a captive. Their leader taunts him, explaining that there is nothing that grows there to allow Swamp Thing to get to them. It is further revealed that John is all out of allies. Judith appears, revealing that she is in league with the Brujeria, and has killed both Benjamin Cox and his mother, and also Frank. Judith is unmoved by Constantine's warnings that the Brujeria will kill her anyway, claiming that they have promised her that she will become a bird – a messenger for them. As the pit in which Constantine is trapped slowly fills with liquid, Judith strips and follows the Bjeria's instructions in becoming a bird. She is given a foul tasting root which causes her to vomit out her innards until only her still conscious head remains. He then begins shaping her into a bird. They put an ominous black pearl into her mouth, and begin shaping her into a bird form, with legs and a tale, and eventually a beak. Unexpectedly, a yellow flower which Judith had been wearing begins sprouting into the form of the Swamp Thing. Angrily, the Brujeria calls upon the Invunche to fight him. Meanwhile, Constantine is close to drowning, and warns against allowing Judith to be transformed into a bird. With time running out, Swamp Thing chooses to save Constantine rather than prevent Judith from flying away with the black pearl. Constantine then knows that the decision will lead to a one-way losing streak for them. Back in Louisiana, Abby Holland arrives at work to discover that images of her being intimate with the Swamp Thing have been published in the local newspaper. With little explanation, the police arrest her, and take her away, claiming that she is a sex offender.

After rescuing John Constantine from drowning in mud, and thus simultaneously allowing the Brujería's messenger bird to escape, Swamp Thing is surrounded by the Brujeria's remaining members. He forces Constantine back through the caves to the surface, and then brings the roots of the great rain forest above to pierce through the chamber walls, killing all of them. Constantine and Swamp Thing split up, hoping to recruit people who can help them deal with the coming Great Darkness, since its coming cannot be prevented. Constantine visits Baron Winters in Georgetown, and tricks him into giving up his house as a base for the team he is building. Meanwhile, the bird's passage through the spirit realms attracts the attention of Doctor Fate, Doctor Occult, and Cain and Abel. Meanwhile, Swamp Thing drifts into The Green, and heads beyond it into the region of the just dead. There, he encounters both Deadman and the Phantom Stranger. Together, the three of them head further into the spirit realm in search of those who can help them. Constantine tracks down Sargon the Sorcerer, and manipulates him into joining the team, after namedropping Baron Winters. Later, he visits the home of John Zatara and his daughter Zatanna. The magician is reluctant, but Zatanna, who once had a romantic relationship with Constantine, is more than eager. Her father decides to accompany them, if only to keep Constantine's hands off of her. Swamp Thing and company seek out the Spectre, only to discover that they have been walking on his massive chest for quite some time. He admits that he saw the bird fly by, but allowed it to pass by, in the hopes that the Great Darkness would pose a worthy challenge to him. This perplexes the group, but they are happy at least, to have his help. They later pass through the gates of Hell, in search of Etrigan. Etrigan is already aware of the danger, and appears before them. He admits that many of the higher demons prefer the devil they know, and will fight the Great Darkness, though many of the lower demons are excited about the new evil's arrival. Back at Winters' estate, the assembled occultists mingle. Constantine attempts to convince his friend Steve Dayton to put on his Mento Helmet and try to make contact with the spirit realm. Reluctantly, Steve complies, but his consciousness is drawn to the bird's path through Hell. He manages to touch the minds of Swamp Thing and his friends, but again, he is drawn away to the bird's mind. He realizes that the bird was once human, but the chaos fires of hell are so powerful that she can no longer hold the pearl in her beak. She burns to death, but even so, the message is delivered. The Great Darkness has been summoned.

In the aftermath of the ultimate battle, a strange friendship ends and Swamp Thing returns home to Louisiana to find Abby gone, on the run after being charged with crimes against nature!

It's Swamp Thing versus Batman in an all-out battle for Gotham City and Abby! But can a mere man stand against a creature with the very Earth itself on its side? Find out as legendary writer Alan Moore continues his critically acclaimed character-defining run!

Following the shocking conclusion of the previous issue, Abby must decide whether her grief will consume her or make her stronger. But when a hunt begins for her and Liz Tremayne, she might not live long enough to figure it out!

Friends old and new gather for The Funeral of The Swamp Thing, featuring appearances by Batman, Constantine and the Phantom Stranger. And as Abby watches, she relives past moments with her love and the shattered dreams of a future that may never come.

The Earth mourns the loss of Swamp Thing, but on a distant planet, a little seedling begins to grow. Swamp Thing starts his most incredible journey ever, through the limitless reaches of the cosmos.

Swamp Thing's incredible space-based adventure continues as he arrives on Rann, desperate to find his way back home to Earth and to Abby! But first he comes to blow with Rann's champion—Adam Strange!

While Swamp Thing tries to make his way back home, Abby has an encounter that hits close to hers. It's a bizarre, unexpected and tragic reunion as Abby's childhood haunts her present.

While on route to Minraud (where Adam Strange advised him to go in issue #58), Swamp Thing is intercepted by a cybernetic spaceship being—who forces him to father her offspring. This special issue is completely narrated in poetic prose.

Swamp Thing's journey brings him to the seat of gods—the New Gods, that is. While observing the Source Wall, Metron's Mobius chair runs out of energy, and the only one who can help is Swamp Thing.

Welcoming series writer and artist Rick Veitch! Alec Holland renounces his role as the Plant Elemental of Earth. The Parliament of Trees returns to fix the issue—by creating an all-new elemental to replace him!

"Gorilla Grodd tries to escape from Gorilla City. He uses his incredible mind to lure various ape heroes to him." Comics.org description.

In Gotham City, John Constantine pays a visit to someone in tune with the local flora—the Floronic Man! Meanwhile, Swamp Thing introduces Abby to the real Alec Holland.

Earth's powerful elemental energy finds a new home in Solomon Grundy, where evil shows no bounds!

If Swamp Thing ever has a chance of finding a bright future, he's going to have to take a painful journey through the dark horrors from out of his past.

The end of an era in the lives of all the plant elementals—and the beginning of a new one. Continued in HELLBLAZER #9!

Swamp Thing...pregnant? It's a true, albeit bizarre and poignant tale with a most unexpected ending.

Swamp Thing's out to finally avenge his own murder...and he intends to take out his revenge on Lex Luthor.

Swamp Thing shows up in a most unexpected place-in the middle of a war with Sgt. Rock and the men of Easy Company!

Swamp Thing continues his baffling journey through time, landing in the middle of World War I!

An axe-murdering jazz fanatic utilizes the realm of the supernatural to terrorize the Louisiana bayou.

A boy finds and plants one of Swamp Thing's discarded bodies...and from it, something monstrous grows.

In "Home Body," a profoundly altered Swamp Thing battles the doppelgänger he left behind to guard his family, triggering massive, worldwide disruptions in the Green.

Arcane takes possession of the Sunderland empire; Swamp Thing's marriage with Abby reaches a crossroads; and a surprise guest star returns.

New romances blossom for both Swamp Thing and Abby while Arcane's plans to breed a new batch of Un-Men comes to fruition.

Continued from BLACK ORCHID (1993 2nd Series) #5: Black Orchid struggles to reach the Swamp Thing's conscious mind, while contending with the strange, altered landscape of the swamp.

The entire Swamp Thing mythos is turned inside out when Dr. Alec Holland regains consciousness in a South American hospital, sweating and disoriented from a terrible nightmare in which he had shambled through swamps as the reigning Earth Elemental.

The murderous Swamp Thing rampages through the Louisiana Bayou while Alec Holland begins a spiritual odyssey to discover who—or what—he really is.

Alec Holland and Abigail Arcane confront the murderous Swamp Thing in a struggle that will determine the Earth Elemental's fate.

Following the startling events of “Bad Gumbo,” a strangely changed Swamp Thing travels to New York City where he encounters a dead priest who walks the earth. But the Parliament of Trees-and others-are pursuing the Earth Elemental, each with their own agendas.

Big-game hunter Nelson Strong pursues the Swamp Thing to Amsterdam, where the reincarnated Linda Holland is rumored to be involved with a sadistic prostitution ring.

As Swamp Thing confronts big-game hunter Nelson Strong, El Señor Blake prepares to enter a deadly game to determine the fate of the Earth Elemental.

Sargon the Sorcerer returns from the dead, and both Swamp Thing and the Parliament of Trees, including the enigmatic Lady Jane, are interested in the secret he carries, a secret rooted deep in the Black Forest of Germany.

Swamp Thing faces the new Sargon the Sorcerer in the heart of the Black Forest as the mage prepares to unleash the hordes of Hell. Meanwhile, El Señor Blake plays a deadly game for Swamp Thing's life, and the Parliament of Stones creates its new champion.

Swamp Thing faces Sargon the Sorcerer for the last time in the Black Forest and learns the truth about the Parliament of Stones and the Parliament of Trees. This extra-sized landmark issue features a major evolution in the Swamp Thing's status as the Earth Elemental.

Returning to Louisiana, Swamp Thing meets Anna, a mysterious writer with a book of short stories-tales into which the Earth Elemental is irresistibly drawn…one by one.

“River Run” begins as Swamp Thing enters the first in a series of fictional worlds created by the mysterious Anna. Transported to a gothic horror version of New Orleans, he encounters Harry Moon, a hard-bitten private eye whose beat includes chasing down vampires, monsters…and Earth Elementals.

“River Run” continues: Swamp Thing arrives in an alternative America-one in which the Nazis won World War II, where he is offered the chance to avenge millions of murdered souls.

“River Run” moving deeper into the worlds of Anna's book, Swamp Thing's loyalties are tested when he meets Abigail Arcane, an evil young woman who's come to live with her kindly Uncle Anton.

“River Run” Swamp Thing's odyssey through parallel worlds leads him to a dark bayou where an aged, semiretired superhero must defeat Solomon Grundy and uncover a terrible secret.

The story of Anna, who has led Swamp Thing into a dizzying journey through alternative worlds, is revealed in the penultimate chapter of 'River Run.'

“River Run” concludes as Swamp Thing meets the Parliament of Waves and learns the true identity of Anna.

A young boy is kidnapped by a bizarre club whose members plan to make him the main course at their next dinner. But there are other dishes on the menu…including a generous portion of Swamp Thing.

The new story arc “Atmospheres” begins as a more powerful Swamp Thing faces a new enemy and an unexpected reunion. Plus, the return of Nightmaster.

The “Atmospheres” arc continues. As Swamp Thing and Abby experience an awkward reunion, a powerful force comes to Earth from Nightmaster's other-dimensional realm, determined to steal Swamp Thing's newly acquired elemental abilities.

Trapped within the monstrous form of a Wicker Man, Swamp Thing must use his new elemental abilities to escape and prevent the Druid from destroying his consciousness forever. Meanwhile, Abby Arcane faces a different kind of horror in the swamp.

An increasingly alienated Swamp Thing gets some ominous hints about his future from an eerie group of half-alive Cajun tree-men. Meanwhile, Nightmaster faces what may be his last stand against the warlocks who have destroyed his home dimension.

Swamp Thing must decide whether to aid Nightmaster in defending Earth from a mystical invasion. But doing so may cost the Elemental his humanity forever…at the hands of the mysterious Parliament of Vapors.

When lovable hippie Chester Williams forsakes his left-wing past for the ultraconservative life of a New York City cop, the powers that be decide he's just the man to talk the Swamp Thing out of his environmentally conscious plans for humankind.

A year has passed since the Swamp Thing was last seen, and the U.S. government sends Jason Woodrue, the man who discovered Swamp Thing's true nature, to navigate the now-unearthly landscape of the Louisiana bayou in search of the Earth Elemental. But Swamp Thing may be as altered as his environment…and John Constantine and the Phantom Stranger have their own plans for dealing with what he's become.

As Jason Woodrue seeks help in stopping Swamp Thing's plans to destroy humankind, Timothy Raven prepares to invoke the spirit of Anton Arcane.

As Swamp Thing plots to destroy all life on Earth, the Phantom Stranger's agents oppose him on two fronts: The Word cuts a bloody swath through the elemental community, and a strangely changed Anton Arcane confronts Swamp Thing directly-for the final time.

The only man who can stop the Swamp Thing's deadly plans is a determined John Constantine-who must relive the horrors of his past while preparing for his final confrontation with the Earth Elemental. But Abby faces an even tougher task when her daughter, Tefé, returns.

Swamp Thing's final trial awaits him far from Earth, courtesy of the Parliament of Flames. But first, stripped of his elemental abilities, he must survive the murderous attack of The Word.

Swamp Thing's final trial awaits him far from Earth, courtesy of the Parliament of Flames. But first, stripped of his elemental abilities, he must survive the murderous attack of The Word. And just what is John Constantine up to now?

Before Watchmen, Alan Moore made his debut in the U.S. comic book industry with the revitalization of the horror comic book The Swamp Thing . His deconstruction of the classic monster stretched the creative boundaries of the medium and became one of the most spectacular series in comic book history. With modern-day issues explored against a backdrop of horror, The Swamp Thing stories became commentaries on environmental, political and social issues, unflinching in their relevance. Saga of the Swamp Thing Book One collects issues #20-27 of this seminal series including the never-before-reprinted Saga of The Swamp Thing #20, where Moore takes over as writer and concludes the previous storyline. Book One begins with the story "The Anatomy Lesson," a haunting origin story that reshapes Swamp Thing mythology with terrifying revelations that begin a journey of discovery and adventure that will take him across the stars and beyond.

BAJO TIERRA, SE OYEN VOCES AMORTIGUADAS Y ATRONADORAS. BAJO EL MAR, SE VEN UNAS LUCES TERRIBLES. Y LAS ONDAS SE EXPANDEN POR TODO ESTADOS UNIDOS... ...POR LAS MENTES MAS OSCURAS. De 1983 a 1987, un joven autor británico llamado Alan Moore revolucionó el cómic estadounidense. Su rompedora etapa en La Cosa del Pantano de DC Comics sentó nuevas bases para la narrativa gráfica y desató una revolución en el medio que llega hasta nuestros días. Moore añadió al terror gótico característico de la serie un estilo narrativo asombrosamente intuitivo y una caracterización profunda y sin precedentes que plasmó el dibujo hermoso y cautivador de colaboradores como Stephen Bissette, John Totleben, Shawn McManus o Rick Veitch. El resultado fue una de las obras maestras más perdurables del mundo del cómic. Ahora, por primera vez, toda la etapa de Moore se recopila en una edición en tapa dura. Este primer volumen recoge los números del 20 al 34 de The Saga of the Swamp Thing y también Swamp Thing Annual núm. 2.

What Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, and John Totleben accomplished during their time on the comic book series Swamp Thing shouldn't be underestimated in the history of comics and, specifically, the history of horror comics. The modern comics landscape has been changed by the Vertigo line of books—an imprint that traces its roots back to this version of Swamp Thing. By taking a horror character fully entrenched in a superhero world (as silly as that might seem), this creative team put a new face on horror comics and on horror in general. Swamp Thing: Love and Death is the second collection of the team's work on the series, presented here in full color. Don't let the mediocre Swamp Thing movies fool you, this book is filled with sophisticated suspense and terror. Collects issues #28–34 and Annual #2.

After meeting the Swamp Thing, the Hellblazer sends the man-monster on a voyage of discovery that takes him from the darkest corners of America to the rrots of his own long-hidden heritage. Collects issues #35–#42.

This fourth volume in the saga of the Swamp Thing finds the man-monster interacting with Deadman, the Phantom Stranger, the Spectre, and the Demon as he continues on his journey of self-discovery. Traveling through the horrors of a haunted house, the improbabilities of the afterlife, the depths of hell and the heights of heaven, the Swamp Thing continues his evolution from a simple monster into a powerful elemental being with a potential to exceed the bonds of the Earth itself. Collects issues #43–#50.

Returned from his sojourn to hell, Swamp Thing discovers that his girlfriend Abby is being persecuted for their unnatural relations. When she skips town for Gotham City, he follows and runs afoul of Batman, Lex Luthor, and the Gotham City P.D. Collects issues #51 - #56

After arranging for Abby's release from Gotham, Swamp Thing finds his consciousness thrown across the galaxy and, driven nearly insane from loneliness, attempts to return to Earth, hoping to be reunited with his beloved wife and home.