ST101 The Birth of Swamp Thing

Moors, witches and clockwork: Swamp Thing #4 to #6

Three issues, three sub-genres. What the tour reveals about the character.

About 120 minutes.

Reading for this lesson

Required Swamp Thing #4: "Monster on the Moors!" Len Wein (writer), Bernie Wrightson (artist) the whole issue

Moorland Gothic.

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Required Swamp Thing #5: "The Last of the Ravenwind Witches" Len Wein (writer), Bernie Wrightson (artist) the whole issue

Witchcraft.

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Required Swamp Thing #6: "A Clockwork Horror" Len Wein (writer), Bernie Wrightson (artist) the whole issue

Mechanical horror.

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Recommended Gothic Fred Botting chapter 1

For the conventions the three issues borrow.

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