Tefé Holland (New Earth)

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Tefe Holland

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Real Name

Tefe Holland

Aliases

Swamp Thing; Mary Conway

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Good

Relatives

Swamp Thing (Alec Holland) (adoptive father); John Constantine (biological father); Abigail Holland (mother); Sprout (spiritual predecessesor); Gregori Arcane (grandfather); Anton Arcane (great-uncle); Anaïs Arcane (great-grandmother, deceased); Josip Arcane (great-grandfather, deceased); Aniela Arcane (great-aunt); Lady Arcane (ancestor, deceased)

Universe

New Earth

Base Of Operations

Houma, Louisiana

Characteristics

Gender

Female

Hair

White

Unusual Features

Tefé Holland is a human/plant hybrid. Tefé also has naturally white hair, like her mother.

Status

Citizenship

[[:Category:American]|American]]]

Origin

Place of Birth

Houma, Louisiana

Creators

Doug Wheeler, Pat Broderick

First appearance

Swamp Thing (Volume 2) #90

History

She first appears as the Sprout^[1] and born ^[2] as Tefé, named after the location of the Brazilian river source and home of the Parliament of Trees.

Tefé is bisexual, currently with a lesbian lover named Zaina. ^[3]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Tefé Holland wields elemental mastery over all forms of plant life.

Notes

Tefé is notable for being the featured character in the third Swamp Thing series,[citation needed] almost to the exclusion of the title character from 2000 to 2001, launching the comics career of series writer Brian Vaughan. The series lasted 20 issues, with two tie-in specials featuring Tefé by Vaughan.
Tefé Holland was created by writer Doug Wheeler and artist Pat Broderick.

Tefé as an infant

Trivia

During the Children's Crusade, Tefé once earned the enmity of Lucifer by causing a flower to grow in Hell.

Links and References

Tefé Holland profile at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe

Footnotes

↑ Swamp Thing #65 (1987)
↑ Swamp Thing #90 (1989)
↑ This relationship is revealed in Swamp Thing (fourth series) #9 (2005), the first issue in the series to be written by Joshua Dysart until 2006

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[0] Swamp Thing #65 (1987)

[1] Swamp Thing #90 (1989)

[2] This relationship is revealed in Swamp Thing (fourth series) #9 (2005), the first issue in the series to be written by Joshua Dysart until 2006

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Tefé Holland (New Earth)

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