Swamp Thing Vol 2 37

Featured characters

 * Swamp Thing, Alec Holland

Supporting characters

 * Abigail Holland
 * John Constantine

Antagonists

 * The Invunche

Minor characters

 * Anne-Marie
 * Benjamin Cox
 * Emma
 * Judith
 * Tim

Organizations

 * Newcastle Crew

Races

 * Humans
 * Swamp monsters

Locations

 * England
 * London


 * Louisiana
 * Terrebonne Parish
 * Houma


 * New York
 * New York City
 * Greenwich Village


 * Washington
 * Wisconsin

Items

 * None

Vehicles

 * None

Notes & Trivia

 * First appearance of occult specialist, John Constantine. John will soon go on to star in his own ongoing title, Hellblazer.


 * Although Emma dies in this issue, her spirit appears next in Hellblazer #1.


 * The creature that attacks Emma won't be identified as an Invunche until Hellblazer #1.
 * The interior title card for this issue appears on the top side of an empty beer can and reads, "Swamp Thing - originally bottled by Wein & Wrightson".


 * The evil entity that everyone speaks of is the beginning of a subplot that culminates in the double-sized Swamp Thing, Volume 2 #50.


 * Cthulhu is a God-like character from a mythos created by Gothic horror writer, H. P. Lovecraft, and featured in a short story called "The Call of Cthulhu", which first appeared in the February, 1928 issue of Weird Tales. Numerous writers have expanded upon the Cthulhu mythos and it has become a popular material reference in comics, songs and role playing games.