Swamp Thing
Scientist Alec Holland invents a growth substance that could end world hunger, but a plantation owner obsessed with immortality tries to steal it and causes an accident that turns Alec into a human-plant mutant, protector of the bayou.
A separate animated adaptation, not the live-action series. Its pilot aired on 31 October 1990; the remaining four episodes aired in 1991.
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A separate adaptation of Swamp Thing; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Swamp Thing’s story continuity.
A separate adaptation of Swamp Thing; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Swamp Thing’s story continuity.
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Swamp Thing is title 65 of 78 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. Standalone animated films and separate continuities. Titles here do not form one timeline. This is a collection of separate adaptations, rather than a single continuous story.
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Season 1 · 5 episodes
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Don Francks
Len Carlson
Jonathan Potts
Philip Akin
Harvey Atkin
Tabitha St. Germain
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