Swamp Thing Vol 2 81
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I'm not some Fay Wray who's available to every bug-eyed monster that comes along! 
Appearing in "Widowsweed"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Dominators
- Widowsweed (Only appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Guy Gardner
- Swamp Thing (In dream sequence only)
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Synopsis for "Widowsweed"
Abby and Chester discover that the tree house that Alec created is now wilting and rotting away. They do not understand the significance of this, but they both fear that it may mean that the Swamp Thing is dead. This, in combination with her pregnancy, causes Abby great stress and she begins to have dreams of Alec and she rolling about in a grassy field.
They creep inside the dried out husk of the tree house and Abby comes upon an alien invader. The creature uses a device that binds Abby's hands and places a translucent hood over her head. It then takes her to its space craft. The alien is a scout for the Dominators known as Widowsweed. She analyzes Abby and discovers that she is pregnant. Widowsweed empathizes with Abby’s situation, citing that she too is a mother.
Widowsweed then takes her ship deeper into the swamps where she finds the derelict craft left behind by her mate many years ago. She is horrified to discover that her mate is dead, and has been for many years.
Chester arrives at the derelict just as the alien decides to let Abby go. It explains that she only agreed to work with the Dominators in the hopes of reuniting with her family. Now that her hopes are ruined, she has no desire to pursue this mission. She gets back into her ship and begins to fly off.
Moments later, Green Lantern Guy Gardner arrives. He tells Abby and Chester that he has come to recruit the Swamp Thing to help Earth's heroes against the Dominators. Chester and Abby try to obfuscate Swamp Thing's last known whereabouts, but in truth, they really don't know where he is.
Guy sees Widowsweed's space ship arcing upward above the skyline. Perceiving any alien vessel as a threat at this point, he blasts it out of the sky with a bolt of green energy.
Afterward, Abby goes inside the ruined tree house and finds the vegetative wedding band that Alec had created for her. The ring gives her comfort and she believes that everything is going to be all right.
Notes
- This issue is an Invasion! First Strike extra, and a tie-in to the larger story told in the Invasion! miniseries. These crossovers take place in between Invasion! #1 and Invasion! #2, largely dealing with the Alien Alliance's assault on Earth and the way heroes around the world were participating in the initial war effort.
- Outside of Abby's dream, the Swamp Thing does not appear in this issue. He was supposedly killed by the Dominion in issue #80.
- Fay Wray is a Silver Screen actress popularly known for playing the role of Anne Darrow in the 1933 RKO Productions film King Kong.
- Swamp Thing originally clashed with Widowsweed's mate in Swamp Thing #9.
- Alec created a vegetative wedding ring for Abby in issue #80.
- Chester's recited mantra concerning the Litany of Fear is taken from the Frank Herbert science fiction novel, Dune. The quote was also used in the 1984 David Lynch film adaptation of Dune.
Trivia
- Chester has a bumper sticker on the side of his tent which reads, "Bush/Noriega '88". This is a reference to former President/Vice-President George H.W. Bush and Manuel Noriega.
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Links and References
- Swamp Thing at Wikipedia
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- 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)
- Invasion! at Wikipedia.org
- Invasion! at the DCU Guide
- Invasion! at DC Indexes
- Invasion! at Arkhampedia
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