Editing Swamp Thing (section)

=== Alec Holland's powers and abilities ===
{{See also|Alec Holland}}
An Avatar of the Green, Alec as Swamp Thing possess the power to control the aforementioned "Green", cosmic energies in which animates all plant life in the known universe and is often the living embodiment of it, possesses various powers: being capable of inhabiting and animating vegetable matter at will, including those with alien origin,<ref>{{cite comic |date=September 1985 |title=[[DC Comics Presents]] |story=The Jungle Line |issue=#85 |writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]] |penciller=[[Rick Veitch|Veitch, Rick]] |inker=[[Al Williamson|Williamson, Al]]}}</ref> and move towards places wherever there's life.<ref name=":1" /> Swamp Thing also possesses various esoteric abilities, including able to change size and shape with control over the vegetable matter within their given body and can even travel through time,<ref name=":1" /> superhuman strength,<ref name=":1" /> and other attributes capable of contending with powerful adversaries of great strength and also possesses regenerative powers.<ref name=":1" />