Swamp Thing #40 (1985) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Stephen R. Bissette; inks: John Totleben; colors: Tatjana Wood	Swamp Thing
1	The Curse	comic story	23	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Stephen R. Bissette; inks: John Totleben; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: John Costanza	Swamp Thing; Abigail Cable; John Constantine
2	-	letters page	2	script: Karen
3	-	in-house column	1	script: Dick Giordano

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893171509
Canadian	price 0.95 CAD; barcode 0709893171509

Collection	Year
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #21	1998	On eBay ›
The Curse ISBN 1-56389-697-4	2001	On eBay ›
Saga of the Swamp Thing #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-2766-1	2010	On eBay ›
Saga of the Swamp Thing #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-2767-8	2013	On eBay ›
Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore #2 ISBN 978-1-77950-282-7	2020	On eBay ›
DC Through the '80s: The Experiments #[nn] ISBN 9781779507099	2021	On eBay ›

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