The Return of Swamp Thing
DC1989
The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
Swamp Thing protects Abby Arcane from her stepfather’s monstrous experiments. Its comic connection is a synthesis: familiar characters and ideas are combined into a new cinematic story.
- Director
- Jim Wynorski
- Produced by
- Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan
- Starring
- Louis Jourdan, Heather Locklear, Sarah Douglas, Dick Durock
From screen to page
Shop related comicsComics behind the movie
The Return of Swamp Thing combines ideas from more than one period of the comics, so its source material is better read as a group than as one direct adaptation. Start with Swamp Thing #3–10 (1972), then compare it with Saga of the Swamp Thing #21–27. Reading the references alongside the movie makes it easier to see what the filmmakers retained, combined or reinvented for the screen.
Swamp Thing #3–10 (1972)
Saga of the Swamp Thing #21–27
Connection: Character synthesis with lighter tone
