First Series (1972-1976) Swamp Thing first appeared in House of Secrets (first series) #92. More to come. When looking at this information, you may wonder why Brother Power the Geek is included here. Brother Power the Geek, a quirky character, had his most significant appearance not in his quickly-cancelled two-issue series but in 1989's Swamp Thing Annual #5, scripted by Neil Gaiman. By 1989, almost no one remembered -- or cared to remember -- this late-'60s character, though the Gaiman-scripted story that returned him to attention (if not promenance) was published around the time Gaiman began The Sandman and was one of the very few tales that hinted at what Gaiman would have done with Swamp Thing if he had not decided, for ethical reasons, not to write the series. (That story was later reprinted in Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days. See below for more details on the era involved.) After the launch of Vertigo, when Vertigo was looking for subjects for its Vertigo Visions series of specials, Brother Power was blessed with a special entitled Vertigo Visions: The Geek #1. So, rest assured that Brother Power the Geek, though his inclusion before even the origin of Swamp Thing seems a non-sequiteur, was in time pulled into the greater Swamp Thing mythos.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
	Brother Power the Geek #1	cover-dated September(-October) 1968	Needed
	Brother Power the Geek #2	cover-dated November(-December) 1968	Needed
Swamp Thing (first series) #1-13: Len Wein script
Swamp Thing (first series) #1-10: Bernie Wrightson art
	Swamp Thing (first series) #1	"Dark Genesis!"; Alec Holland becomes Swamp Thing; cover-dated October-November 1972	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #2	"The Man Who Wanted Forever"; Swamp Thing battles Anton Arcane and his artificial Un-Men; Arcane turns Swamp Thing temporarily back to Alec Holland (like a horror version of a Thing story)	Needed
	Roots of the Swamp Thing #1	reprints Swamp Thing #1-2; cover-dated July 1986	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #3	"The Patchwork Man"; Matt Cable searches for Alec and Linda Holland, meeting Abigail Arcane in the process; Swamp Thing battles the Patchwork Man	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #4	"Monster on the Moors!"	Needed
	Roots of the Swamp Thing #2	reprints Swamp Thing #3-4; cover-dated August 1986	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #5	"The Last of the Ravenwind Witches!"	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #6	"A Clockwork Horror"; Swamp Thing finds an artificial town with robotic life	Needed
	Roots of the Swamp Thing #3	reprints Swamp Thing #5-6; cover-dated September 1986	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #7	"Night of the Bat"; Swamp Thing visits Gotham City and encounters Batman; cover-dated November-December 1973	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #8	"The Lurker in Tunnel 13!"	Needed
	Roots of the Swamp Thing #4	reprints Swamp Thing #7-8; cover-dated October 1986	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #9	"The Stalker from Beyond!"; Swamp Thing encounters a strange but peaceful alien	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #10	"The Man Who Would Not Die!"; cover-dated May-June 1974	Needed
	Roots of the Swamp Thing #5	reprints Swamp Thing #9-10; cover-dated November 1986	Needed
	Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis	collects Swamp Thing (first series) #1-10 and the original Swamp Thing short story from House of Secrets (first series) #92; Len Wein introduction; uses the cover to #1 as its cover; published in 1991	B
Swamp Thing (first series) #11-23: Nestor Redondo art
	Swamp Thing (first series) #11	"The Conqueror Worms"; Swamp Thing battles giant worms; cover-dated July-August 1974	1
	Swamp Thing (first series) #12	"The Eternity Man"; Swamp Thing in the dinosaur-laden past	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #13	"The Leviathan Conspiracy"; cover-dated November-December 1974	Needed
Swamp Thing (first series) #14-18, 21-22: David Michelinie script
	Swamp Thing (first series) #14	"The Tomorrow Children"; cover-dated January - February 1975	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #15	"The Soul-Spell of Father Bliss"; cover-dated March - April 1975	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #16	"Night of the Warring Dead"; cover-dated May 1975	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #17	"The Destiny Machine"; cover-dated July 1975	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #18	"Village of the Doomed"; cover-dated September 1975	Needed
Swamp Thing (first series) #19-20, 23: Gerry Conway script
	Swamp Thing (first series) #19	"A Second Time to Die"; the letter column announces a spin-off series, The Patchwork Man, following Abigail's father (though I'm pretty sure this ever materialized); cover-dated October 1975	1
	Swamp Thing (first series) #20	"The Mirror Monster"; cover-dated December 1975 - January 1976	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #21	"Requiem"; February-March 1976	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #22	"The Solomon Plague"; April-May 1976	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #23	"Rebirth and Nightmare"; June-July 1976	Needed
	Swamp Thing (first series) #24	final issue; "The Earth Below"; David Anthony Kraft script; art by Ernie Chua and Fred Carrillo; cover-dated August-September 1976	Needed
Black Orchid
	Adventure Comics (first series) #39	features the first appearance of Black Orchid in a 16-page story; also features an 8-page story of Dr. 13, the Ghost Breaker (entitled "The Ghosts on the Glasses"); cover-dated August 1973	1

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