The White Lantern Corps is a fictional organization appearing in comics published by DC Comics , related to the emotional spectrum.
91-967: The White Lantern Corps first appeared in Blackest Night #7 and was created by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis . Sinestro becomes the first White Lantern after bonding with the Life Entity . However, Nekron separates the two and Hal Jordan uses the Entity's power to stop Nekron and restore Superman , Superboy , Wonder Woman , Donna Troy , Ice , Animal Man , Kid Flash , and Green Arrow , who had been transformed into Black Lanterns . After being resurrected, Black Hand generates twelve white rings that revive Martian Manhunter , Aquaman , Deadman , Hawkman , Hawkgirl , Jade , Firestorm ( Ronnie Raymond ), Osiris , Hawk , Maxwell Lord , Captain Boomerang , and Professor Zoom . The Entity tells
182-596: A Black Lantern. The black rings are unable to revive dead characters who are at peace, such as former Dove Don Hall , even as his partner Hawk and his brother Hank rise. In Gotham, Hal Jordan and Barry Allen are confronted by several Black Lanterns, including Ronald Raymond . Hal, the Atom and Flash battle the Black Lanterns when the Indigo Tribe appear and use their Indigo power with other rings to obliterate
273-891: A Lantern, which fully empowers the Black Lantern power battery. Barry arrives in Coast City , where Scar has teleported with the Black Central Power Battery. Black Hand then summons Nekron, who revives the residents of Coast City. The JLA, Wally West , the Teen Titans, and Bart Allen fight the Coast City Black Lanterns. Dove can destroy Black Lanterns with her presence. Hal and Lantern Corps members Carol Ferris , Sinestro , Atrocitus , Larfleeze , Saint Walker , Indigo-1, Ganthet , and Sayd return to Earth and attack Scar while she
364-503: A White Lantern after gaining the powers of all of the Lantern Corps. However, he realizes that his power is too much to bear, splits his ring into seven rings, and returns to being a Green Lantern. Each White Lantern possesses a power ring that lets the user create white energy constructs powered by life itself. The original wielder of the Entity, Sinestro, displays the ability to eradicate swarms of Black Lanterns effortlessly and
455-566: A character that Stephen Bissette had introduced in Swamp Thing Annual #4. After a period of high creative turnover, in 1991 DC sought to revive interest in Swamp Thing by bringing horror writer Nancy A. Collins on board to write the series. Starting with Swamp Thing Annual #6, Collins moved on to write Swamp Thing (vol. 2) #110–138, dramatically overhauling the series by restoring the pre-Alan Moore tone and incorporating
546-540: A community that has watched over Kaziranga wetlands, he has differing views and later becomes a scientist working in Prescot Industries. When his employers interest in the Kaziranga wetlands, he attempts to help negotiate a deal to sell the land in return for economic opportunities. The tribunal rejects the deal and protests ensues but Prescot Industries use their political ties to force a deal, resulting in
637-755: A crossover event between Swamp Thing , Animal Man and Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. Charles Soule wrote issues #19-40. A six–issue miniseries written by Len Wein, co-creator of the Swamp Thing, with art by Kelley Jones was released between March and August 2016. It follows Swamp Thing giving up his powers to Anton Arcane, who is disguised as Matt Cable. This was followed by a critically acclaimed Tom King winter special in 2018, also featuring Len Wein's last Swamp Thing issue. A 16-issue miniseries retitled with " The " written by Ram V with art by Mike Perkins began publication in March 2021. The book focuses on
728-443: A demon. She held power over both plants and flesh. Believing herself to be a normal human girl named Mary who had miraculously recovered from cancer three years prior, she rediscovers her powers and identity when she finds her boyfriend and best friend betraying her on prom night. In a moment of anger, her powers manifest and she kills them both. Tefé then fakes her own death and embarks on a series of misadventures that take her across
819-492: A joyful reunion. Hawkgirl recalls her past lives, removes her helmet to reveal that she is again Shiera Hall and embraces Hawkman. Superman expresses his happiness that J'onn has returned. Firestorm forcibly separates into Ronald Raymond and Jason, the latter is angry that Ronald has killed his girlfriend. As Mera comforts Jason, Ronald is confused and asks Atom what is happening and where Professor Stein is. Guy lets Lord, who
910-403: A lush forest. However, this seems to be the work of the Entity, as Deadman had been unable to access the ring's powers himself. Similar to black rings, white rings initially have no charge. As the wearer embraces life, the ring rises in power level. What happens when a white ring reaches 100% charge remains unknown. A green ring can be altered to function like a white ring if the user can master
1001-410: A new character named Levi Kami taking up the Swamp Thing mantle while the second Swamp Thing, Alec Holland, is off-world. Originally planned as a 10-issue miniseries, The Swamp Thing has been extended to 16 issues, with The Swamp Thing #10 followed by a short hiatus before returning in March 2022. The chronological original version of the Swamp Thing, the character would preceded Alec Holland within
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#17327798626951092-501: A new set of supporting cast members into the book. Collins resurrected Anton Arcane , along with the Sunderland Corporation, as foils for the Swamp Thing. Her stories tended to be ecologically based and at one point featured giant killer flowers. With issue #140 (March 1994), the title was handed over to Grant Morrison for a four-issue story arc, co-written by the then-unknown Mark Millar . As Collins had destroyed
1183-580: A number of tie-in issues. Blackest Night involves Nekron , a personified force of death who reanimates deceased superheroes and seeks to eliminate all life and emotion from the universe. Geoff Johns has identified the series' central theme as emotion. The crossover was published for eight months as a limited series and in both the Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps comic titles. Various other limited series and tie-ins, including an audio drama from Darker Projects, were published. The storyline
1274-495: A plant creature believing himself to be Alec possessing his memories while later stories make him the genuine Alec who transforms into the Swamp Thing. This version is also a reluctant ally of John Constantine and a later member of the Justice League Dark, considered a powerhouse among their ranks. In 2021, a new incarnation of Swamp Thing is created. This version is Levi Kamei , a young Indian scientist chosen as
1365-523: A plot point in Volume 4. A fourth series began in 2004, with writers Andy Diggle (#1–6), Will Pfeifer (#7–8) and Joshua Dysart (#9–29). In this latest series, the Swamp Thing is reverted to his plant-based Earth elemental status after the first story line, and he attempts to live an "eventless" life in the Louisiana swamps. Tefé, likewise, is rendered powerless and mortal. Issue #29 was intended to be
1456-515: A possible 10. In Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Blackest Night , an alternate outcome to Blackest Night is depicted where Sinestro's ego refused to release his control of the Entity, with the result that all life was destroyed by the Black Lanterns. By the time of the storyline, a few weeks after Nekron's attack, the only living beings in the universe are Sinestro , Lobo , Dove , and Mister Miracle, and Sinestro
1547-649: A rampage in Star City, ultimately seeking to destroy all life on Earth. The Entity within the White Lantern used several heroes, including Hawkman , Hawkgirl , Firestorm , the Martian Manhunter , Aquaman and Deadman to slow the rampage and to construct a new Swamp Thing based on the body of Alec Holland. Instead of merely thinking that it was Holland, this version of the Swamp Thing would actually be him. The new Swamp Thing defeated and killed
1638-889: A specific emotion and empowered by a specific color of the emotional spectrum, leading to a "War of Light" that would subsequently destroy the universe. Johns says the prophecy has its origins in the story "Tygers" by Alan Moore , which touches on the rising up of the Guardians' enemies the Weaponers of Qward , Ranx the Sentient City, and the Children of the White Lobe, the destruction of the Green Lanterns, and shows Hal Jordan, Sinestro, and Mogo dying. Both Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver said that Blackest Night
1729-531: Is a superhero and antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . Created by writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson , the Swamp Thing has had several different incarnations throughout his publication. The character first appeared in House of Secrets #92 (July 1971) in a stand-alone horror story set in the early 20th century. The character found perhaps its greatest popularity during
1820-489: Is a limitation of function or simply scope; Kyle claimed that he can only heal rather than raise the dead, but this may be an assumption rather than a fact. He was later able to help Hal Jordan return to life after he was 'overloaded' trying to confront the Sinestro Corps with his new power ring, but it is unclear if Hal was explicitly dead at that point or just on the verge of death. Using the white ring, Kyle can use
1911-458: Is also often in an elemental conflict with both rivals within the Green (i.e Floronic Man ), rival elemental forces, such as "The Red" (embodies all animal life, including humanity), and most notably "The Rot" or "The Black" (embodies death), with their archnemesis being Anton Arcane . The original version of the character is Alexander Olsen , a scientist who was killed by his assistant vying for
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#17327798626952002-424: Is attacking Wally West. Nekron has Batman's corpse—later revealed to be a clone briefly reanimated to gain a necessary connection—and sends rings to Superman , Wonder Woman , Superboy , Green Arrow , Kid Flash, Donna Troy , Ice , and Animal Man , previously killed and revived into Black Lantern members by Nekron as Hal and Barry try to outrace their rings. Allen time-travels himself and Jordan two seconds into
2093-426: Is controlling his mind, escape. Jade kisses Kyle, unaware he is in love with fellow Green Lantern Soranik Natu . Osiris is confused and says he wants to go home. Superboy and Kid Flash, who only knows him by name, try to figure out who he is. After Professor Zoom flees into the past , Flash knocks out Captain Boomerang, while saying bloody hell to him. Barry notes that Ralph and Sue Dibny have not been revived. Deadman,
2184-582: Is depicted with the colors of the spectrum in the background. The asteroids, which are apparently the remains of the planet Xanshi, are shattered and a large quantity of black power rings move through them. In Gotham City , Black Hand removes Bruce Wayne 's skull from his grave and carries it with him, and a Black Lantern power battery begins to charge. The Guardians of Oa observe the War of Light and realize that Ganthet and Sayd are correct, but are kept from intervening by Scar, who swiftly kills one and imprisons
2275-422: Is described as "godlike". He also appears to survive a seemingly fatal wound from which he recovers within minutes. When Hal Jordan wields the power, he demonstrates the ability to create additional rings and restore heroes claimed by Nekron to life. When Deadman possesses a white ring, he demonstrates the ability to resurrect a dead bird. He is also able to transform the area of land devastated by Prometheus into
2366-476: Is like Parallax and Ion and needs a guide, and tries to merge with it, but is blocked by Sinestro, who is unhappy that Hal recently reused Parallax, who Sinestro feels he deserves. Sinestro demands the Entity's power, emerges and is told "Thaal Sinestro of Korugar. Destiny awaits". Sinestro is promptly killed by Nekron, but the White Ring revives him. Sinestro retaliates and kills Nekron, but Nekron's scythe
2457-525: Is only half-alive because the Entity keeps him going even as he wears a Black ring at the same time. Mister Miracle is able to find a means of channelling the Source Wall through Dove to recreate the universe, but when Nekron - now possessing Darkseid - reveals that this will literally remake the universe over, Mister Miracle kills Dove as he cannot bring himself to erase Barda from existence, which causes Lobo to kill Mister Miracle in retribution for killing
2548-543: Is overwhelmed by the Orange light of avarice. John Stewart is trying to stop the horde of Black Lanterns when the combined Six Corps arrive to join and battle the Black Lanterns. In Coast City, Dove tries to reach the Black Lantern Battery but is forced to retreat as a being from within the battery tries to escape. Nekron kills a Guardian and uses his blood to cause a cocoon to emerge. Ganthet reveals that this
2639-432: Is picked up by a Black Lantern human who transforms into Nekron and says "death cannot be stopped". Ganthet notes that Sinestro cannot properly control the Entity as it is being powered by Sinestro's ego rather than his will to live. The united Lantern Corps attacks Nekron. Deadman possesses Guy Gardner and explains that Black Hand is Nekron's tether and that he must be revived to defeat Nekron. Nekron separates Sinestro from
2730-517: Is the White Light Entity that triggered existence and that life actually began on Earth, not Oa, and that the Guardians upheld the lie to protect the Entity and justify their power. Nekron stabs the Entity, causing living beings across the universe to feel pain, and Sinestro surrenders to his anger at Abin Sur 's death and stabs Ganthet , much to Hal Jordan's chagrin. Hal realizes the Entity
2821-451: Is the parent of the other emotional entities, resembles a winged humanoid, and resides within the Earth. The Entity also allowed itself to be corrupted by Deathstorm, the Black Lantern version of Firestorm, and brought back the Black Lantern versions of the twelve resurrected heroes and villains. It was later moved to Qward in the antimatter universe, only to take some kind of information from
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2912-479: Is the third part of a Green Lantern event trilogy that began with Rebirth and continued with "Sinestro Corps War". In a December 2007 interview with IGN, Johns stated that he had the monthly Green Lantern book plotted up until issue #55. More details for the event were revealed in DC Universe #0, which depicted Black Hand discovering the black power battery on the planet of Ryut. Blackest Night #0
3003-600: The Avatar of the Green , an illustrious title depicted as synonymous with both Swamp Thing and makes the character the embodiment of the cosmic energies that gives life to all plant life in the known universe, often dubbed " The Green ". Several incarnations arise from the consciousness of other beings who are selected as the champion of the Parliament of Trees , the guiding and collective consciousness of all plant life, which includes past incarnations of Swamp Thing. Swamp Thing
3094-479: The Comics Code Authority 's approval. With issue #65, regular penciler Rick Veitch took over from Moore and began scripting the series, continuing the story in a roughly similar vein for 24 more issues. Veitch's term ended in 1989 due to a widely publicized creative dispute, when DC refused to publish issue #88 because of the use of Jesus Christ as a character, despite having previously approved
3185-416: The DC Universe as Swamp Thing. Alexander "Alex" Olsen was a talented young scientist in Louisiana in the early 1900s, married to Linda. Alex's assistant, Damian Ridge, was secretly in love with Linda and plotted the death of his friend. He tampered with Olsen's chemicals, killing him in the explosion, and dumped his body in the nearby swamp. Ridge used Linda's grief to convince her to marry him; however, Ridge
3276-536: The Infinite Frontier event. This incarnation of the character is a scientist and technical advisor originating from India chosen as the future Swamp Thing from a young age and succeeds the Allec Holland incarnation and it's derivatives. At a young age Kamei is unknowingly marked to become the Swamp Thing at during a ritual performed to him and his brother, Jacob, by their mother. A descendant of
3367-718: The Swamp Thing series, attempting to capitalize on the summer 1982 release of the Wes Craven film of the same name . A revival had been planned for 1978, but was a victim of the DC Implosion . The new series, called The Saga of the Swamp Thing , featured an adaptation of the Craven film in its first annual. Now written by Martin Pasko , the book loosely picked up after the Swamp Thing's guest appearances in Challengers of
3458-537: The Alec version, this Swamp Thing is instead more prominently a member of the Titans . The character has been adapted from the comics into several forms of media, including feature films, television series, and video games. The character made its live-action debut in the film Swamp Thing (1982), with Dick Durock playing the Swamp Thing, while Ray Wise played Alec Holland . Durock played both Swamp Thing and Holland in
3549-609: The Anti-Monitor. The White Power Battery has since been returned to Earth and after locating the Chosen One , the Entity and the White Power Battery leave for parts unknown. Blackest Night " Blackest Night " is a 2009–10 American comic book crossover storyline published by DC Comics , consisting of an eponymous central miniseries, written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Ivan Reis , along with
3640-828: The Antimatter Universe. Black Hand regurgitates a cluster of white rings that destroy Nekron. The rings bring only 12 Black Lanterns back to life: Maxwell Lord , Jade , the Hawk, Captain Boomerang , Firestorm (Ronald Raymond), the Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Hawkman , Hawkgirl , Osiris , Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash , and Deadman (Boston Brand). Upon seeing Aquaman alive, Mera's love causes her ring to depart and shatter, sending her into cardiac arrest . Star Sapphire and Saint Walker join their powers together to restore her, and Aquaman and Mera share
3731-557: The Black Dibnys. Mera finds the new (still human) Firestorm and Gehenna , who merge to create a new Firestorm. Indigo says that the Lantern Corps must unite to defeat the Black one. The Indigo Tribe depart with Hal and leave the other heroes to fight the invading Black Lanterns. Black Lantern Firestorm separates Jason and Gehenna, kills Gehenna, while taunting her how scared she was, and absorbs Jason's consciousness. Black rings revive
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3822-584: The Collins run. In a confrontation with Tefé, the Swamp Thing explains that he has cut himself off from the Green and there seems to be no trace of the god-like powers he acquired from the Parliaments of Air, Waves, Stone or Flames during the Millar run. Also, Vaughan's Swamp Thing does not seem to have been divorced from the humanity of his Alec Holland self. The disconnection between these two entities becomes
3913-457: The Corps , Blackest Night: Superman , Blackest Night: Batman , Blackest Night: Titans , Blackest Night: Wonder Woman , Blackest Night: Flash , and Blackest Night: JSA . Ethan Van Sciver had planned to work on the opening book, but because of his work on The Flash: Rebirth miniseries he was not able to complete both effectively. Van Sciver and Ivan Reis, as well as Joe Prado created many of
4004-647: The Entity and Hal says that Nekron opened the door to death but it was the decision of the heroes to live. Hal merges with the Entity and transforms himself and the Black Lantern heroes into a White Lantern Corps , who restore Black Hand to life. This causes Black Hand to regurgitate a White Ring which revives the Anti-Monitor trapped in the Black Lantern Power Battery. Nekron briefly fights the Anti-Monitor and banishes him to his home in Qward,
4095-572: The Green is also cut off by mystical or scientific applications. Over the years, the Swamp Thing series has been nominated for and won several awards. Len Wein won the 1972 Shazam Award for "Best Writer (Dramatic Division)" and Berni Wrightson won the Shazam Award for "Best Penciller (Dramatic Division)" that same year for their work on Swamp Thing . Wein and Wrightson also won the Shazam Award for "Best Individual Story (Dramatic)" in 1972 for "Dark Genesis" in Swamp Thing #1. The series won
4186-589: The Green is revealed to be his brother, now known as the Hadera. who believed he should have been the Avatar in place of his brother, having stronger environmentalist ideals. but falls towards using eco-terrorism to punish humanity for their crimes against nature. Conflict arises when Prescot Industries' interest in Levi as Swamp Thing results in them hiring Jason Woodrue, whose actions resurrects Levi's initial adversary,
4277-557: The Lantern Corps must be discussed. Saint Walker notices that the Indigo Tribe and Black Hand are missing. On the Indigo home world, Black Hand is now a member and prisoner of the Indigo Tribe, and is chained to an indigo power staff. Hal and Barry realize that because Black Lantern Batman was a fake, Bruce Wayne is still alive somewhere. Barry wonders what became of the Entity; Hal says it is still out there, urging them all to move past
4368-542: The Life Equation if needed but until that time the White Lantern Corps will guard the equation. When Kyle built the rings he felt they should come with an "instruction manual". Each wearer of these new rings will innately understand how to use the ring. The ring will not instruct the bearer on what to do but it will tell the bearer on how to do it. The White Lantern entity is the embodiment of life. It
4459-465: The Orange Light of Avarice. The series and its tie-in issues have been collected into a number of volumes : The series has received generally positive reviews. Comic Book Resources gave the first and third issues in the series 5 out of 5 stars , and the second received 4.5 stars. IGN also reviewed the series favorably, and rated the first three individual issues between 8.7 and 9.3 out of
4550-439: The Sunderland Corporation to the forefront, as they hunted the Swamp Thing down and "killed" him in a hail of bullets. The subsequent investigation revealed that the Swamp Thing was not Alec Holland transformed into a plant, but actually a wholly plant-based entity created upon the death of Alec Holland, having somehow absorbed duplicates of Holland's consciousness and memories into himself. He is described as "a plant that thought it
4641-573: The Swamp Thing developed a close bond with Arcane's niece Abigail Arcane . Arcane was aided by his nightmarish army of Un-Men and the Patchwork Man, alias Arcane's brother Gregori Arcane who, after a land mine explosion, was rebuilt as a Frankenstein Monster-type creature by his brother. Also involved in the conflict was the Swamp Thing's close friend-turned-enemy Lt. Matthew Joseph Cable , a federal agent who originally mistakenly believed
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#17327798626954732-490: The Swamp Thing to be responsible for the deaths of Alec and Linda Holland. As sales figures plummeted towards the end of the series, the writers attempted to revive interest by introducing fantastical creatures, aliens, and even Alec Holland's brother, Edward (a character that was never referred to again by later writers) into the picture. The last two issues saw the Swamp Thing transformed back into Alec Holland and having to fight one last menace as an ordinary human. The series
4823-447: The Swamp Thing would be forced to go upon a series of trials against rival elemental forces. Millar brought the series to a close with issue #171 in a finale where the Swamp Thing becomes the master of all elemental forces, including the planet. Written by Brian K. Vaughan and drawn by Roger Petersen and Giuseppe Camuncoli in 2001, the third Swamp Thing series focused on the daughter of the Swamp Thing, Tefé Holland . Even though she
4914-502: The Top 100 Comic Book Heroes list. Len Wein came up with the idea for the character while riding a subway in Queens . He later recalled: "I didn't have a title for it, so I kept referring to it as 'that swamp thing I'm working on'. And that's how it got its name!" Bernie Wrightson designed the character's visual image, using a rough sketch by Wein as a guideline. Len Wein was the writer for
5005-573: The Unknown #81-87, DC Comics Presents #8, and The Brave and the Bold #172, with the character wandering around the swamps of Louisiana seen as an urban legend and feared by locals. Pasko's main arc depicted the Swamp Thing roaming the globe, trying to stop a young girl (and the possible Anti-Christ ) named Karen Clancy from destroying the world. When Pasko had to give up work on the title due to increasing television commitments, editor Len Wein assigned
5096-640: The Wanderer. The Swamp Thing, considered typically the Avatar of the Green, possess the power to control the aforementioned "Green", the cosmic energies in which animates all plant life in the known universe and is often the living embodiment of it. With it, the Swamp Thing possess various powers, in which includes being capable of inhabiting and animating vegetable matter at will, including those with alien origin, and move towards places wherever there's life. Swamp Thing also possess various esoteric abilities, including able to change size and shape with control over
5187-482: The abilities of all corps except black. As the sole White Lantern, Kyle Rayner briefly had the Life Equation within his ring and could use the power of the entire spectrum. Eventually, he had to split the Life Equation into seven parts and placed into Kyle's and six newly created permanent White Power rings and sent the rings out to choose their new bearers. These seven rings can be brought together to restore
5278-499: The affections of his wife. Returning as a swamp creature, he confronts his assistant and kills him in revenge but his wife runs off, unable to recognize him. He later becomes a local legend in Louisiana. His successor, Alec Holland , is the second and most well regarded version of the character. A chemist who dies following the creation of a scientific formula capable of stimulating plant life in hostile environment to criminal or malevolent elements. Stories vary in his being, sometimes
5369-602: The character of John Constantine the Hellblazer as a magician/con artist who would lead the Swamp Thing on the "American Gothic" storyline. Alan Moore also introduced the concept of the DC characters Cain and Abel being the mystical reincarnations of the Biblical Cain and Abel caught in an endless cycle of murder and resurrection. The Saga of the Swamp Thing was the first mainstream comic book series to completely abandon
5460-434: The corrupted and original Swamp Thing. The Swamp Thing then restored life to natural areas around the world and declared that those who hurt the Green would face his wrath. He also restored Aquaman, Firestorm, Hawkman, and the Martian Manhunter to normal. The book ended with the Swamp Thing killing several businessmen who engaged in deliberate, illegal polluting activities. This three–issue miniseries follows immediately after
5551-460: The country, and ultimately to Africa, in search of a mythical "Tree of Knowledge". During this series, it seems that the Swamp Thing and Abigail have reunited as lovers and are living in their old home in the Louisiana swamps outside Houma. The home in which they live more closely resembles the one that the Swamp Thing constructs for Abigail during the Moore run than the home in which they dwell during
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#17327798626955642-405: The dawn of humanity, and that all versions of the creature were designated defenders of the Parliament of Trees , an elemental community which rules a dimension known as "the Green" that connects all plant life on Earth. Moore's Swamp Thing broadened the scope of the series to include ecological and spiritual concerns while retaining its horror-fantasy roots. In issue #37, Moore formally introduced
5733-436: The death of Levi's father. Levi awakens his powers shortly after and attempts to understand his role as Swamp Thing, the name given to the those who are known as the Avatar of the Green. Assisted by his girlfriend and fellow scientist Jennifer Reece to understand his power, various other such as Amanda Waller and Prescot Industries sought to control him and the power he possess. Matters are also complicated when his rival in
5824-546: The designs for this storyline. Green Lanterns Ash and Saarek find the Black Central Battery at a reportedly classified location within Sector 666. After touching the battery, Saarek reports that their presence has awakened something. The two are killed when two monstrous hands emerge from below them as the battery calls "flesh". In Green Lantern Corps , a field of asteroids in an unknown region of space
5915-479: The emotional spectrum. This version of the ring is similar to a much more powerful version of the standard green ring, and ignores the Third Army's resistance to Lantern constructs, but displays no other special properties thus far. This white ring was unable to perform the resurrection of a planet's worth of beings that had died all at once, but it has not yet been tested on an individual basis to determine if this
6006-408: The events of Brightest Day , and follows the actions of John Constantine as he tries to work out what has changed with the Swamp Thing and track him down, with the assistance of Zatanna , the Batman , and Superman . DC Comics relaunched Swamp Thing with issue #1 in September 2011 as part of The New 52 , with writer Scott Snyder (#1-18 and Annual ). Snyder's run concluded with "Rotworld",
6097-429: The events of the Blackest Night. Elsewhere, on a distant road, a White Power Battery is found in a crater. Following the end of Blackest Night , DC launched Brightest Day , a 25-issue bi-weekly comic book written by Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi . Also, Action Comics features a story arc in which Lex Luthor starts a universal quest to locate the power sources of the Black Lantern Corps after being infused with
6188-430: The final issue of the fourth volume, which was cancelled due to low sales numbers. The conclusion of the crossover event Brightest Day revealed that the Swamp Thing had become corrupted by the personality of the villain Nekron in the wake of the Blackest Night crossover event. The Swamp Thing now believed himself to be Nekron, similar to how he had once believed himself to be Alec Holland. The Swamp Thing went on
6279-423: The first 13 issues, before David Michelinie and Gerry Conway finished up the series. Burgeoning horror artist Bernie Wrightson drew the first 10 issues of the series, while Nestor Redondo drew a further 13 issues, the last issue being drawn by Fred Carrillo . The original creative team worked closely together; Wrightson recalled that during story conferences, Wein would walk around the office acting out all of
6370-629: The future and disables their rings. Mera and the Atom arrive. John Stewart warns Hal that every Black Lantern in the universe is heading for Earth. Jordan says they need the entire seven Corps to unite to produce White Light. While they summon the seven Corps to Earth, Ganthet duplicates the seven colored rings present and deputizes non-Corps members Ganthet as Green, Barry Allen as Blue, Lex Luthor as Orange, Scarecrow as Yellow, Atom as Indigo, Mera as Red, and Wonder Woman as Violet after separating her from her Black Ring. The Corps Leaders and deputies fight Nekron but cannot stop him, partly because Luthor
6461-423: The growing Black Corps. The Atom is tricked into visiting Black Lantern Hawkman, and Deadman is the first to realize the dead superheroes are not their true selves when his physical body revives as a Black Lantern while he is still free. Aquaman and his Black Lantern family, including Tempest, attack Mera , who flees. A black ring strikes the Spectre , binding the spirit Aztar and reviving Crispus Allen as
6552-462: The latest scheme of the Floronic Man . Issue #32 was a strange twist of comedy and tragedy, as the Swamp Thing encounters an alien version of Pogo , Walt Kelly 's character. Moore would later reveal, in an attempt to connect the original one-off Swamp Thing story from House of Secrets #92 to the main Swamp Thing canon, that there had been dozens, perhaps hundreds, of Swamp Things since
6643-490: The new Swamp Thing at a young age. Descended from a tribunal connected to the Kaziranga wetlands, his powers awaken following a altercation between the community and employers, which also resulted in the death. Following his awakening, various factions seeking to control the new Swamp Thing for their own nefarious agenda. Kamei is guided by Alec and fellow scientist Jennifer Reece in his new role. Existing concurrently with
6734-405: The only one of the resurrected still wearing a White Ring, is stunned to realize he is alive and something is wrong. Larfleeze returns an unconscious Lex Luthor stripped of his ring, who briefly realizes that he has given something away, and demands that Sayd honors her debt to him. Ganthet protests but Sayd tells him all is well and believes she can somehow help Larfleeze. Sayd says the future of
6825-488: The only thing in the universe he considered "pure". As a last resort, Sinestro uses Lobo to channel the life energy into the universe, but this only results in the creation of a more twisted form of 'life' that follows Lobo's example by trying to destroy all remnants of the old existence and their own enemies, leaving Sinestro fighting to escape this world even as higher entities keep him contained so that he cannot contaminate other realities. Swamp Thing Swamp Thing
6916-623: The original 1970s Wein/Wrightson run and in the mid-late 1980s during a highly acclaimed run under Alan Moore , Stephen Bissette , and John Totleben . Swamp Thing would also go on to become one of the staples of the Justice League Dark , a team featuring magical superheroes. The character is often depicted as a swamp monster that resembles an anthropomorphic mound of vegetable matter seeking to protect nature and humanity from threats of both scientific and supernatural origin. These duties are often an expression of his designation as
7007-426: The parts. The Swamp Thing fought against evil as he sought the men who murdered his wife and caused his monstrous transformation, as well as searching for a means to transform back into his human form. The Swamp Thing has since fought many villains. Though they only met twice during the first series, the mad scientist Anton Arcane (with his obsession with gaining immortality) became the Swamp Thing's nemesis, even as
7098-417: The rest. Thousands of black rings assault the Corps' crypt, creating a Black Lantern Corps . Hal Jordan and the newly revived Flash investigate Bruce Wayne's grave and are attacked by Black Lantern Martian Manhunter . On Oa, the Green Lanterns are met by all of the resurrected Lanterns, now reborn as Black Lanterns. Hawkgirl and Hawkman are killed by Black Lanterns Elongated Man and Sue Dibny and join
7189-642: The resurrected that they must complete certain tasks to be fully restored, and instructs Deadman to find a new guardian for it. The heroes battle Swamp Thing , who has become a Black Lantern, and Deadman sacrifices himself to restore him to normal. Meanwhile, Firestorm discovers that the Anti-Monitor seeks to harvest the White Lanterns' energy to empower himself. Deathstorm kills Martin Stein , prompting Ronnie and Jason to work together to defeat him. In The New 52 continuity reboot, Kyle Rayner becomes
7280-557: The script in which the Swamp Thing is a cupbearer who offers Jesus water when he calls for it from the cross. The series was handed to Doug Wheeler , who made the cup that the Shining Knight believed to be the Holy Grail to be a cup used in a religious ceremony by a Neanderthal tribe that was about to be wiped out by Cro-Magnons , in the published version of issue #88. Beginning in issue #90, Wheeler reintroduced Matango,
7371-428: The sequel film The Return of Swamp Thing (1989). Durock reprised the role again in the television series Swamp Thing (1990). The Swamp Thing was played by Derek Mears with Andy Bean playing Alec Holland in the television series Swamp Thing (2019). Another live-action film adaptation, titled Swamp Thing , is in development as an installment of the DC Universe (DCU) media franchise. IGN ranked him 28th in
7462-432: The status quo of the series, Morrison sought to shake the book up with a four-part storyline which had the Swamp Thing plunged into a nightmarish dreamworld scenario where he was split into two separate beings: Alec Holland and the Swamp Thing, which was now a mindless being of pure destruction. Millar then took over from Morrison with issue #144, and launched what was initially conceived as an ambitious 25-part storyline where
7553-419: The title to British writer Alan Moore . When Karen Berger took over as editor, she gave Moore free rein to revamp the title and the character as he saw fit. Moore reconfigured the Swamp Thing's origin to make him a true monster, as opposed to a human transformed into a monster. In his first issue, he swept aside most of the supporting cast that Pasko had introduced in his year-and-a-half run as writer and brought
7644-591: The vegetable matter within their given body and can even travel through time. Swamp Thing also possess superhuman strength and other attributes capable of contending with powerful adversaries of great strength including the likes of Captain Atom , Etrigan the Demon , and Superman and also possess regenerative powers. Swamp Thing is susceptible to chemical compounds in which typically prove disastrous to plant-life, making him capable of being poisoned. His powers can be impaired or completely disrupted if his connection to
7735-661: The villains whose remains have been in storage in the Hall of Justice . Mera and Flash flee the Black Lanterns and use Atom's powers to escape through a telephone line. Flash leaves and gives all the superheroes in the US the key to defeat the Black Lanterns—merging lights with a Green Ring—and the Atom, Mera and the Justice Society of America battle many Lanterns together. Jean Loring kills and causes Damage to revive as
7826-440: Was Alec Holland, a plant that was trying its level best to be Alec Holland". This is explained as a result of the plant matter of the swamp absorbing Holland's bio-restorative formula, with the Swamp Thing's appearance being the plants' attempt to duplicate Holland's human form. This revelation resulted in the Swamp Thing suffering a temporary mental breakdown and identity crisis, but he eventually re-asserted himself in time to stop
7917-485: Was cancelled with issue #24 and a blurb for a 25th issue containing an upcoming encounter with Hawkman led nowhere. Alec Holland's transformation back into the Swamp Thing was covered in Challengers of the Unknown #81-87, within which the Swamp Thing is enlisted by the titular team to fight the Lovecraftian cosmic threat M'nagalah, whom the Swamp Thing had encountered during Wein's run. In 1982, DC Comics revived
8008-465: Was chronologically 11–12, the series had Tefé aged into the body of an 18-year-old with a mindwipe orchestrated by the Swamp Thing. Constantine and Abby try to control her darker impulses, brought about by her exposure to the Parliament of Trees. Due to the circumstances under which she was conceived, the Swamp Thing, possessing John Constantine , was not aware that he was given a blood transfusion by
8099-480: Was confronted by Alex Olsen, now a risen humanoid pile of vegetable matter. Olsen killed Ridge but Linda did not recognize him and ran away, leaving Olsen to wander the swamps alone as a monster. The latest version of the character and protagonist of The Swamp Thing 2021 limited comic book series. Created by Ram V and Mike Perkins, the character first debuted in Infinite Frontier #0 (May 2021) as part of
8190-707: Was first mentioned at the conclusion of the " Sinestro Corps War " in Green Lantern (vol. 4) #25. As the war between the Green Lantern and Sinestro Corps reaches its climax, the four Green Lanterns of Earth— Hal Jordan , Guy Gardner , John Stewart , and Kyle Rayner —are told by the Guardians Ganthet and Sayd of the Blackest Night prophecy. According to the prophecy, the two existing Corps would be joined by five new ones, each driven by
8281-400: Was released on May 2, 2009 — Free Comic Book Day — and portrays a series of events directly leading into Blackest Night #1. The standalone, self-titled miniseries consists of Blackest Night #0 and eight monthly issues. Tie-ins include issues of Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps starting with issues #43 and #38, respectively, and nine 3-issue limited series: Blackest Night: Tales of
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