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4April-May 1973
$0.20

Swamp Thing #4

DC · April-May 1973 · on sale February 6, 1973

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Identification plate

Series: Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: April-May 1973
Key date: April 1973
On-sale date: February 6, 1973
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.20
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Bernie Wrightson; inks: Bernie Wrightson; colors: Bernie Wrightson	Alec Holland, Swamp Thing
1	Monster on the Moors!	comic story	22.5	script: Len Wein; pencils: Berni Wrightson; inks: Berni Wrightson; colors: Bernie Wrightson; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Abigail Arcane, Matthew Cable, Alec Holland, Swamp Thing
2	-	letters page	1	script: Joe Orlando

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Original Swamp Thing Saga	1978	On eBay ›
Roots of the Swamp Thing #2	1986	On eBay ›
Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-044-5	1991	On eBay ›
Secret of the Swamp Thing #[nn] ISBN 1401207987	2005	On eBay ›
DC Comics Classics Library: Roots of the Swamp Thing #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-2236-9	2009	On eBay ›
Roots of the Swamp Thing #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-3287-0	2012	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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