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1This is the Recap page specifically for the various [[ComicBook/SwampThing comic book iterations]] of the ''Swamp Thing'' franchise.
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5[[folder:Volume 1 (1972-1976)]]
6Where it all began.[[note]]Technically, the first appearance of ''a'' character called "Swamp Thing" was in the Len Wein/Bernie Wrightson story thus titled in ''House of Secrets'' #92 (June-July 1971). As [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue33AbandonedHouses}} Volume 2 Issue 33]] incorporates that story in its entirety, please see there for its recap.[[/note]]
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9[[folder:Volume 2 (1982-1996)]]
10A relaunch of the title in the wake of the [[Film/SwampThing1982 first film adaptation]]. Contains the [[MyRealDaddy definitive]] Creator/AlanMoore run of Issues 20-64.
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12Issues 1-30 are titled ''The Saga of the Swamp Thing.''
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14Issues 129-171 were issued under the [[Creator/VertigoComics Vertigo]] imprint and as such no longer officially took place within mainstream [[Franchise/TheDCU DCU]] continuity.
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16# What Peace There May Be in Silence
17# Something to Live For
18# A Town Has Turned to Blood
19# In the White Room
20# The Screams of Hungry Flesh
21# Sins on the Water
22# I Have Seen the Splintered Timbers of a Hundred Shattered Hulls
23# Here's Lookin' At You, Kid
24# Prelude to Holocaust
25# Number of the Beast
26# Heart of Stone, Feet of Clay
27# And Yet It Lives
28# Lambs to the Slaughter
29# Crystal Visions, Shattered Dreams!
30# Empire Made of Sand
31# Stopover in a Place of Secret Truths
32# And Things That Go Bump in the Night
33# The Man Who Would Not Die!
34# And the Meek Shall Inherit
35# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue20LooseEnds}} Loose Ends]]
36# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue21TheAnatomyLesson}} The Anatomy Lesson]]
37# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue22Swamped}} Swamped]]
38# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue23AnotherGreenWorld}} Another Green World]]
39# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue24Roots}} Roots]]
40# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue25TheSleepOfReason}} The Sleep of Reason...]]
41# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue26ATimeOfRunning}} ...A Time of Running...]]
42# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue27ByDemonsDriven}} ...By Demons Driven!]]
43# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue28TheBurial}} The Burial]]
44# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue29LoveAndDeath}} Love and Death]]
45# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue30AHaloOfFlies}} A Halo of Flies]]
46# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue31TheBrimstoneBallet}} The Brimstone Ballet]]
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48* [[{{Recap/SwampThingAnnualNo2DownAmongstTheDeadMen}} Swamp Thing Annual No. 2: Down Amongst the Dead Men]]
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51# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue32Pog}} Pog]]
52# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue33AbandonedHouses}} Abandoned Houses]]
53# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue34RiteOfSpring}} Rite of Spring]]
54# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue35TheNukefacePapersPartOne}} The Nukeface Papers, Part One]]
55# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue36TheNukefacePapersPartTwo}} The Nukeface Papers, Part Two]]
56# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue37GrowthPatterns}} Growth Patterns]]
57# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue38StillWaters}} Still Waters]]
58# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue39FishStory}} Fish Story]]
59# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue40TheCurse}} The Curse]]
60# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue41SouthernChange}} Southern Change]]
61# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue42StrangeFruit}} Strange Fruit]]
62# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue43Windfall}} Windfall]]
63# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue44Bogeymen}} Bogeymen]]
64# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue45GhostDance}} Ghost Dance]]
65# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue46Revelations}} Revelations]]
66# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue47TheParliamentOfTrees}} The Parliament of Trees]]
67# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue48AMurderOfCrows}} A Murder of Crows]]
68# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue49TheSummoning}} The Summoning]]
69# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue50TheEnd}} The End]]
70# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue51HomeFree}} Home Free]]
71# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue52NaturalConsequences}} Natural Consequences]]
72# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue53TheGardenOfEarthlyDelights}} The Garden of Earthly Delights]]
73# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue54TheFlowersOfRomance}} The Flowers of Romance]]
74# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue55EarthToEarth}} Earth to Earth]]
75# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue56MyBlueHeaven}} My Blue Heaven]]
76# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue57MysteriesInSpace}} Mysteries in Space]]
77# [[{{Recap/SwampThingVolume2Issue58Exiles}} Exiles]]
78# Reunion
79# Loving the Alien
80# All Flesh is Grass
81# Wavelength
82# Loose Ends (Reprise)
83# Return of the Good Gumbo
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87[[folder:Volume 3 (2000-2001)]]
88Uniquely within the franchise, the main character is Swamp Thing's daughter, Tefé Holland. A Creator/VertigoComics title.
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91[[folder:Volume 4 (2004-2006)]]
92Swamp Thing returns to protagonist status with this series. A Creator/VertigoComics title.
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95[[folder:Volume 5 (2011-2015)]]
96A ComicBook/New52 [[ContinuityReboot reboot]], returning the character to the mainstream [[Franchise/TheDCU DCU]].
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99[[folder:Volume 6 (2016)]]
100A six-issue miniseries launched under the ComicBook/DCRebirth relaunch.
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103[[folder:Volume 7 (2021-2022)]]
104A sixteen-issue miniseries, titled ''The Swamp Thing'', launched under the ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier relaunch, and starring a new character, Levi Kamei, as a new incarnation of the Swamp Thing.
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