Comic Title: Swamp Thing #96
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: June 1990
On Sale Date: April 24, 1990 Shipping Date April 24, 1990
Source: Previews, #14

Shipping Date April 24, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #178

Copyright Date April 24, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Karen Berger

Title: "Hell to Pay"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Swamp Thing (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Douglas M. Wheeler
Penciller: Patrick R. Broderick
Inker: Alfredo P. Alcala
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Feature Character(s)

• Swamp Thing (last appearance in Swamp Thing #95; next appearance in Swamp Thing #97)

Supporting Character(s)

• Abby Cable (last appearance in Swamp Thing #95; next appearance in Swamp Thing #97)
• Tefe Holland (last appearance in Swamp Thing #95; next appearance in Swamp Thing #97)

Villain(s)

• Anton Arcane (last appearance in Swamp Thing #90; next appearance in Swamp Thing #97)
• Beelzebub (last appearance in Sandman #4; next appearance in Swamp Thing #97)
• Nergal (last appearance in Hellblazer #12; next appearance in Swamp Thing #97)
• Agony and Ecstasy (last appearance in Sandman #4; next appearance in Swamp Thing #97)
• Spider Guild (last appearance in Blasters Special #1; next appearance in Swamp Thing #97)
• Fhommmtapl (a strand-ambassador from the Spider Guild; next appearance in Swamp Thing #97)
• Putrid smelly alien one and two (Dominators; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Bartle (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Swamp Thing #97)
• Widowsweed (last appearance in Swamp Thing #81; no further appearances)
• Widowsweed's husband and child (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Swamp Thing #97.

Synopsis:
Tefe watches Swamp Thing abandon his body to travel through the Green. She follows him which horrifies Abby. When Alec returns, Abby explains what happened. Swamp Thing then enters the Green again in search of his daughter.

Tefe is found by the denizens of Hell, who have just granted demonhood to Anton Arcane. Lord Beelzebub strikes a bargain with the Spider Guild for possession of the girl.