Editing Swamp Thing (section)

===Volume 1===
[[File:Swthing01.jpg|thumb|200px|Cover of ''Swamp Thing'' #1 (October–November 1972), art by [[Bernie Wrightson]]|left]]Len Wein was the writer for the first 13 issues, before [[David Michelinie]] and [[Gerry Conway]] finished up the series. Burgeoning horror artist [[Bernie Wrightson]] drew the first 10 issues of the series, while [[Nestor Redondo]] drew a further 13 issues, the last issue being drawn by [[Fred Carrillo]]. The original creative team worked closely together; Wrightson recalled that during story conferences, Wein would walk around the office acting out all of the parts.<ref name="WeinDaddy">{{cite journal |last1=Ho |first1=Richard |date=November 2004 |title=Who's Your Daddy?? |journal=Wizard |issue=#140 |pages=68–74 |publisher=[[Wizard Entertainment]] }}</ref> The Swamp Thing fought against evil as he sought the men who murdered his wife and caused his monstrous transformation, as well as searching for a means to transform back into his human form.

The Swamp Thing has since fought many villains. Though they only met twice during the first series, the mad scientist [[Anton Arcane]] (with his obsession with gaining immortality) became the Swamp Thing's nemesis, even as the Swamp Thing developed a close bond with Arcane's niece [[Abby Holland (comics)|Abigail Arcane]]. Arcane was aided by his nightmarish army of [[Un-Men]] and the Patchwork Man, alias Arcane's brother Gregori Arcane who, after a land mine explosion, was rebuilt as a Frankenstein Monster-type creature by his brother. Also involved in the conflict was the Swamp Thing's close friend-turned-enemy Lt. [[Matthew (DC Comics)|Matthew Joseph Cable]], a federal agent who
originally mistakenly believed the Swamp Thing to be responsible for the deaths of Alec and Linda Holland.

As sales figures plummeted towards the end of the series, the writers attempted to revive interest by introducing fantastical creatures, aliens, and even Alec Holland's brother, Edward (a character that was never referred to again by later writers) into the picture.

The last two issues saw the Swamp Thing transformed back into Alec Holland and having to fight one last menace as an ordinary human. The series was cancelled with issue #24 and a blurb for a 25th issue containing an upcoming encounter with [[Hawkman]] led nowhere. Alec Holland's transformation back into the Swamp Thing was covered in ''Challengers of the Unknown'' #81-87, within which the Swamp Thing is enlisted by the titular team to fight the [[Lovecraftian]] cosmic threat M'nagalah, whom the Swamp Thing had encountered during Wein's run.