Comic Title: Swamp Thing #89
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: November 1989
Approx. On Sale Date: October 3, 1989 Shipping Date August 29, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #167, 169

Shipping Date August 29, 1989
Source: Previews, #6

Shipping Date August 31, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #8

Copyright Date August 29, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Direct Market Date August 31, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #110, #112, #113

Shipping Date June 27, 1989
Source: Previews, #4

Shipping Date June 27, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #167
Delayed

Direct Market Date June 29, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #102, #104

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

Title: "Founding Fathers"
Pages: 24

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

Writer: Douglas M. Wheeler
Artist: Thomas Yeates
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Feature Character(s)

• Swamp Thing (last appearance in Swamp Thing #88; next appearance in Swamp Thing #90)

Supporting Character(s)

• Abby Cable (last appearance in Swamp Thing #88; next appearance in Swamp Thing #90)
• Gene LaBostrie (last appearance in Swamp Thing #88; next appearance in Swamp Thing #90)
• John Constantine (last appearance in Hellblazer #23; next appearance in Swamp Thing #90)
• Chester Williams (last appearance in Swamp Thing Annual #5; next appearance in Swamp Thing #90)
• Liz Tremayne (last appearance in Swamp Thing Annual #5; next appearance in Swamp Thing #90)
• Parliament of Trees (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Swamp Thing #65)
• Yggdrasil (the first member of Parliament; first appearance; next appearance in Swamp Thing #100)
• Tuuru (the second member of Parliament; no further appearances)
• Eyam (the third member of Parliament; first appearance; next appearance in Swamp Thing #100)

Other Character(s)

• Etienne Pitrie (last appearance in Swamp Thing Annual #4; next appearance in Swamp Thing #90)
• Ada (last appearance in Swamp Thing Annual #4; next appearance in Swamp Thing #90)
• Nancy Ming (last appearance in Swamp Thing #72; no further appearances)
• Delas (Labo and Ada's baby; next appearance in Swamp Thing #90)

Comments:
This story continues in Swamp Thing #90.

Synopsis:
Swamp Thing travels back in time to an era before mankind existed. He meets the original three members of the Parliament of Trees. The communicates with them and discovers that they possess all his memories. After the encounter, Swamp Thing finds a river bed where there exists a quantity of amber, it sends him even further back in time.

When he arrives there is no amber bed, and therefore no way to continue his journey. The Parliament does not exist yet either. Swamp Thing sits down and allows his mind to grow. He considers the knowledge he has gained and the purpose. Eventually, he created Yggdrasil, the first of the Parliament. He also believes begins to see time in the form of a tree with the deepest roots being the past and the branches the present.

However, this world remains in upheaval. A nearby mountain becomes a volcano, and it wipes out the Swamp Thing.

Back in the present, Abby is ready to give birth to her child.