ST101 The Birth of Swamp Thing
The swamp monster family tree: the Heap, "It" and Man-Thing
Swamp Thing was not the first thing to rise from a swamp. What the tradition explains.
Reading for this lesson
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The 1940 original. Short.
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Recommended Air Fighters Comics #3 (first appearance of the Heap) Harry Stein (writer), Mort Leav (artist) the Heap story in Air Fighters Comics #3
The 1942 comics ancestor. Golden Age Hillman comics are in the public domain in the United States.
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Required Savage Tales #1 (first appearance of Man-Thing) Gerry Conway (script), Gray Morrow (art); character conceived by Roy Thomas and Stan Lee the Man-Thing story
The twin, published a month before House of Secrets #92.
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Re-read with the family in mind.