Dates
- Cover date
- October 1986
- On sale
- June 24, 1986
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #53 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$1.25 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$1.25 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893171510 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.75 CAD.
Barcode 0709893171510 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Stephen R. Bissette, John Totlebeninks: Stephen R. Bissette, John Totlebencolors: Tatjana Woodscript: Alan Moore, Dick Giordanoletters: John Costanza
Stories
- The Garden of Earthly Delights · 38 pages
The city of Gotham surrenders Abby into Swamp Thing's care, ending his siege. Swamp Thing is then attacked by Wicker and his men and apparently dead.
Characters
Bruce WayneBatmanCommissioner James GordonLex LuthorHarvey BullockAlec HollandSwamp ThingAbigail ArcaneChester WilliamsDwight Wicker
Reprinted in
Swamp Thing (1987), Swamp Thing (1987), Saga of the Swamp Thing (2009), Saga of the Swamp Thing (2012)