1. Swamp Thing
Guardian of the Green

2. Powers
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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

3. 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)

4. Origin
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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 BioRestorative
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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Recommended Stories
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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