Cover Credits |
Artist: Bernie Wrightson |
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Comic Title: Swamp Thing #7
Publisher: DC
(National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1973
On Sale Date:
August 7, 1973 Newsstand Date August 7, 1973
Source: Comic Reader, #99
Copyright Date August 7, 1973
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1973
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.20
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando
Story |
Title: "Night of the Bat"
Pages: 21
Feature(s):
Swamp Thing (of Earth-1)
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Bernie Wrightson
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
Reprinted In:
Limited Collectors' Edition C-59 (1978)
DC Special Series #17 (1979)
Roots of the Swamp Thing #4 (1986)
Swamp Thing:Dark Genesis TPB (1992)
Secret of the Swamp Thing TPB (2005)
Roots of the Swamp Thing HC (2009)
Batman:Hidden Treasures #1 (2010)
Roots of the Swamp Thing TPB (2012)
Swamp Thing:The Bronze Age Omnibus HC (2017)
Swamp Thing:The Bronze Age Vol. 1 TPB (2018)
Absolute Swamp Thing by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson HC (2023)
Feature Character(s)
- Swamp Thing (last appearance in Swamp Thing #6; next appearance in Swamp Thing #8)
Guest Star(s)
- Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #437; next appearance in Batman #253)
Supporting Character(s)
- Matt Cable (last appearance in Swamp Thing #6; next appearance in Swamp Thing #9)
- Abigail Arcane (last appearance in Swamp Thing #6; next appearance in Swamp Thing #9)
Villain(s)
- The Conclave (last appearance in Swamp Thing #6; no further appearances)
- Mister E (real name Nathan Ellery revealed; dies in this story; last appearance in Swamp Thing #6; next appearance in Swamp Thing #16)
- A gang of smugglers (no further appearances)
- Dr. Hammerschmidt (no further appearances)
Guest Appearance(s)
- Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #437; next appearance in Detective Comics #438)
- Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman #252; next appearance in Batman #253)
Other Character(s)
- Mutt (dies in this story; last appearance in Swamp Thing #6; no further appearances)
- Driscoll (Mister E's driver; no further appearances)
- Several Gotham City police officers (no further appearances)
Cameo Appearance(s)
- Alec Holland (in flashback)
- Linda Holland (in flashback)
- Maxwell Ferrett (in flashback)
Comments:
Although, Ellery appears to die in this story, but as revealed in Swamp Thing #17, he is later resurrected by the Conclave.
Synopsis:
Swamp Thing traces Matt Cable and Abigail Arcane to Gotham City. Police spot him and soon Commissioner Gordon summons Batman for help. While Batman hunts for Swamp Thing, the muck monster follows leads which eventually lead him to Matt and Abby. He rescues them and is then found by Batman.
Batman starts a fight, but Swamp Thing tries to avoid the conflict. Unable to communicate his true intentions, Swamp Thing flees. He then tracks down Nathan Ellery, the head of the Conclave, the organization which killed Linda Holland. Swamp Thing has an opportunity to take revenge, but he holds back. Ellery still dies during an accidental fall. Batman arrives too late to save Ellery, and Swamp Thing has already disappeared.
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