swampthing

CREATOR

Name: DC (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1934 by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (1890-1968) as National Allied Publications, but the name changed in 1937 to Detective Comics (later shortened to DC). Stopped in 2011.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under DC in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation's logo changed several times over the years. The selected one ran from 1976 to 2005.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1985*. Stopped in 1996 after 133 issues.

The title character is a humanoid creature consisting of plant matter, who fights to protect his swamp home. Originally, he was a scientist named Alex Olsen, who one day got caught in a laboratory explosion, that altered him physically (in later series the scientist is played by other characters). Swamp Thing possesses superhuman strength, and he can control any form of plant life and even inhabit vegetable matter to use it for his own benefits.

* The character was first published in 1972, and there has been several new series since then. The one on this page is just one of them (and the numbering starts with #39).