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  • Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing Vol 1 1
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Trivia
  • * The splash page for this issue contains a bi-sected outline of a human body with the words "The Anatomy Lesson" placed between the sections. This is stylistically similar to the opening title card of the 1956 movie, Anatomy of a Murder. * At the time of its original printing, Saga of the Swamp Thing #21 was not part of DC's Vertigo line of comics. * The tagline to this issue is "Discover the Roots of Modern Horror".
Letterer1
  • John Costanza
Inker1
  • John Totleben
Inker1
  • John Totleben
CustomSection
  • Related Articles
Writer1
  • Alan Moore
Penciler1
  • Steve Bissette
Colourist1
  • N/A
Writer1
  • Alan Moore
StoryTitle
  • The Anatomy Lesson
Editor1
  • Len Wein
Penciler1
  • Steve Bissette
Appearing
  • Featured Characters: * [[W:C:DC:Swamp Thing
Letterer1
  • John Costanza
Colourist1
  • N/A
Editor1
  • Len Wein
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CoverArtist
  • Tom Yeates
Country
  • USA
Executive Editor
  • Jenette Kahn
Issue
  • 1
Speaker
  • [[W:C:dc:Jason Woodrue
Volume
  • 1
Title
  • Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing
Month
  • 11
Synopsis
  • General Sunderland arranges to have Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man, released from prison and brought to the Sunderland facility in Washington. There he is instructed to examine the remains of the [[W:C:DC:Swamp Thing
Notes
  • * This issue reprints Saga of the Swamp Thing #21 in black and white. * This issue is also reprinted in , Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One trade paperback, and the Vertigo: First Taste trade paperback. * Although General Sunderland dies in this issue, he does in fact make a return appearance as a denizen of Hell in . * Reference is made to Linda Holland in this issue. Sunderland reveals that his company exhumed Linda's corpse, and examined it for traces of Alec's Bio-Restorative formula. * A reference to Liz Tremayne is made in this issue.
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  • I am thinking about the old man. I am thinking about the cracking of his joints as he runs. I am thinking of the terror in his ancient, atrophied heart.
Publisher
  • DC Comics
Year
  • 1996