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34March 1985
$0.75; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP

The Saga of Swamp Thing #34

DC · March 1985 · on sale 1984-11-27

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Identification plate

Series
The Saga of Swamp Thing (DC, 1982 series)
Issue
#34
Publication date
March 1985
Key date
1985-03-00
On-sale date
1984-11-27
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.75; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

On the record: Kirby Award - Best Cover (1985).

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: John Totleben; inks: John Totleben; colors: John TotlebenSwamp Thing; Abigail Cable
1Rite of Springcomic story23script: Alan Moore; pencils: Stephen R. Bissette; inks: John Totleben; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: John CostanzaAbigail Cable; Swamp Thing
2-in-house column1script: Dick Giordano
3-letters page2script: Karen

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893171503
Canadianprice 0.95 CAD; barcode 0709893171503

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Best of DC #711986On eBay ›
Love and Death
ISBN 0-940289-54-4		1990On eBay ›
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #151998On eBay ›
Saga of the Swamp Thing #2
ISBN 978-1-4012-2532-2		2010On eBay ›
Saga of the Swamp Thing #[nn]
ISBN 0-446-38690-1; 0-446-38691-X		1987On eBay ›
Saga of the Swamp Thing #2
ISBN 978-1-4012-2544-5		2012On eBay ›
DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes #[nn]
ISBN 0-8212-2076-4		1995On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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