Swamp Thing

The Swamp Thing is a fictional character created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson for DC Comics, and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy comic book series of the same name. He is a humanoid mass of vegetable matter who fights to protect his swamp home, the environment in general, and humanity, from various supernatural threats. The series was continued by a number of writers, notably Alan Moore, whose reinvention of the character was particularly influential.

Swamp Thing on film and television

There have been two movies based on Swamp Thing (the first was directed by Wes Craven), and an animated cartoon and a live-action television series. Actor/stuntman Dick Durock played Swamp Thing in both films and the television series. None of these versions were critically or commercially successful.

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Movie - Wes Craven - Animated cartoon - Television - Dick Durock

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There were also merchandise items produced in line with the cartoon and the television series, including stickers, a board game, and a green chalk resembling Swamp Thing. (The label of the chalk is especially curious: a text bubble hovers above the little figurine with the words "I'm Chalk!".)

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Merchandise - Board game - Chalk

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