Comic Title: Swamp Thing Annual #5
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: 1989
On Sale Date: July 11, 1989 Shipping Date July 11, 1989
Source: Previews, #4

Shipping Date July 13, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #168

Direct Market Date July 13, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #106

Copyright Date July 11, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Frequency: Annually
Cover Price: $2.95
Page Count: 64
Editor: Karen Berger

Title: "Shaggy God Stories"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Neil Gaiman
Artist: Mike Mignola
Letterer: Timothy Harkins
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Reprinted In:
Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days TPB (2000)
Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days:The Deluxe Edition HC (2012)
Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days TPB (2016)
DC Universe by Mike Mignola HC (2017)
DC Universe by Mike Mignola TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Swamp Thing (no appearance)

Guest Star(s)

• Floro (last appearance in New Guardians #12; next appearance in Swamp Thing #91)

Supporting Character(s)

• Parliament of Trees (last appearance in Swamp Thing #80; next appearance in Swamp Thing #90)

Other Character(s)

• Maya (a dryad; first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)

Comments:
Swamp Thing does not appear in this story.

The Earth-1 version of Maya last appeared in Atom #24. This is her first post-Crisis appearance.

Synopsis:
Floro seeks out the Parliament of Trees after he learns that Swamp Thing was sent back in time. He attempts to gain answers from the elders about mythological tales involving trees, such as the Tree of Knowledge and Tree of Life from the Bible. He thinks these trees may have been elementals or possibly Swamp Thing himself. He calls out the Parliament for meddling with history. The Parliament give Floro no answers. They send him on his way with a warning, beware the corruption of matango.