Swamp Thing Vol 1 6
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A Clockwork Horror
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Summary
Volume: 1
Issue: 6
Month: September-October
Year: 1973
Credits
Editor in Chief: Joe Orlando
Head Writer: Len Wein
Cover Artists: Bernie Wrightson
Pencilers: Bernie Wrightson
Inkers: Bernie Wrightson
Editors: Joe Orlando
Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
- Swamp Thing (Alec Holland)
- Abigail Arcane
- Matthew Cable
- Hans Klochmann
Locations:
Items:
- None
First Appearances: Hans Klochmann (a politician)
Final Appearances: Hans Klochmann (dies in this issue)
Synopsis: Matt Cable learns that Interpol is pulling him off of the Holland case, but he will not be deterred. He is determined to destroy the Swamp Thing and avenge the death of Alec Holland.
Swamp Thing meanwhile, wanders into a small mining colony in Vermont. He is shocked to discover a woman who looks exactly like his late wife, Linda. "Linda" befriends the Swamp Thing and introduces him to her husband, Alec Holland. Now the Swamp Thing knows that he must be delirious because he is Alec Holland. [1] The Hollands take the Swamp Thing into town to meet Mayor Hans Klochmann. Klochmann has designed the entire town and created robot citizens patterned after faces that he had discovered in newspaper obituaries (hence the reason why two of his robots resemble Alec and Linda).
Matt Cable hears word of a Swamp Thing sighting in Vermont, and Abby and he travel to find him.
A subversive organization known as the Conclave, who has been monitoring Cable's activities for some time now, send in a robotic task force to acquire the Swamp Thing. The robot task force openly attacks the robotic villagers and kills Mayor Hans Klochmann. The loyal citizens turn on Klochmann's assassins and destroys them. In the confusion, the Swamp Thing gets away.
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Roots of the Swamp Thing #3, DC Special Series #17, Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis and the Secret of the Swamp Thing collection.
- The title for this issue may have been inspired by the 1962 Anthony Burgess novel, A Clockwork Orange. In Roots of the Swamp Thing #3, this story is titled, "The Man Who Wanted Forever".
Trivia
- None
Recommended Readings
Related Articles
- Swamp Thing (Volume 1) cover art gallery
- Swamp Thing image gallery
- Swamp Thing appearances list
- Abigail Holland image gallery
- Abigail Holland appearances list
External Links
- Swamp Thing article at Wikipedia
- Swamp Thing at Sequart
- Swamp Thing at Toonopedia
- Swamp Thing at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Swamp Thing Annotations
- Swamp Thing Database at Roots of the Swamp Thing
- Swamp Thing movie entry at the Internet Movie Databse (IMDB)
- Swamp Thing live-action television series at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
- Swamp Thing animated series at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
References
- ↑ Swamp Thing (Volume 2) #21 later establishes that the Swamp Thing and Alec Holland are physically two separate people.
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