Swamp Thing

Guardian of the Green

Powers• Superhuman strength• Control of plants at the cellular level, allowing him to control and grow any plant

matter as he pleases, can use it to make any species of plant at any size, large enough to cover the entire planet, including any species he’s encountered and some that don’t even exist

• Teleportation and faster than light travel• Near immortality (can regrow from anything while plant life exists in the

multiverse) • Intangibility• Soul possession• Can control fire, water, earth, and air• Can grow his own body as he pleases, from cell size to skyscraper and can grow

wings and other body parts• Can create deadly spores inside people’s lungs• Can travel between dimensions, even to hell• At certain times can even time travel• Has great resistance to magic

Associates/enemies

• John Constantine, paranormal investigator (ally and guide through the world of magic)

• Abby Arcane (girlfriend and eventual wife)• Anton Arcane (uncle of Abby, insane sadistic scientist and Swamp Thing’s

archenemy• The Parliament of Trees (former Swamp Things and surveyors of the

Green, who choose new swamp things and empower and guide Swamp Thing)

• Chester Williams (close friend of Swamp Thing and Abby, aging hippie)• General Sutherland (army general devoted to hunting down and capturing

Swamp Thing) • Jason Woodrue/ Floronic Man/ Seeder (Enemy of Swamp Thing, wants to

surpass him as Green avatar) • Capucine (immortal warrior woman, seeks Swamp Thing’s protection)• Justice League Dark (Team of supernatural heroes including Constantine

who are allies to Swamp Thing)

Origin

• Born Alec Holland, a young genius Louisiana botanist studying in his neighboring Bayou to create the Bio-Restorative Formula, a terraforming agent that could turn a desert into a jungle

• A scientist who wanted his formula had his lab destroyed, with Alec in it, and in his dying moments as he burned alive he ran into the swamp filled with the Bio-Restorative

• Woke up as a monster with a body made out of plants• Initially thought that the Bio-Restorative had kept his mind alive in a plant body,

but then discovered with Constantine’s help that in fact he had been chosen by an ancient group to protect the plant world

• This group was called the Parliament of Trees, a grove of talking trees who were once swamp things or plant elementals themselves

• The Parliament watches over the Green, a mystical force that connects all plant life• To protect it, they choose a human to die and become an avatar, or elemental,

who uses the power of the Green to defend it from those who’d do it harm, especially the Rot, the force of death and decay, opposite of the Green

• Swamp Thing upon discovering this under their guidance set out with Constantine to fight threats to the Green, the earth, and the universe itself

Personality

• Refuses to kill innocents or the defenseless• Generally kind but if angered will strike without

mercy • Cares deeply about the Earth and its life of all

kinds• Struggles with his freakish appearance and status

as an outcast• Worries about controlling his power• Dislikes arrogant people• Has self deprecating sense of humor

Weaknesses

• Can be weakened if an outside force like the Rot weakens the Green enough

• Certain specialized and hard to acquire types of magic or chemicals can weaken, block or control him

Recommended Stories

• Rotworld: Kingdom of the Green• Swamp Thing: American Gothic• Swamp Thing: The Anatomy Lesson• Swamp Thing: T he Sprout• Swamp Thing: Reunion • Swamp Thing: The Seeder • Forever Evil: Blight • Infinite Crisis• Brightest Day