Swamp Thing
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Swamp Thing is the personification of plant life on planet Earth. | Swamp Thing is the personification of plant life on planet Earth. | ||
- | [[Image:swamp02.jpg|frame|It is a thing from the swamp.]] | + | [[Image:swamp02.jpg|200px|frame|It is a thing from the swamp.]] |
=Origin and Powers= | =Origin and Powers= | ||
- | Swamp Thing has had various incarnations, but at it's essence it is the soul of a man... in the body of a plant... empowered by all the vegetation on the planet. He is an <i>elemental</i>. As an environmental advocate and protector, it has often been his duty to consider Man to be his enemy. | + | Swamp Thing has had various incarnations, but at it's essence it is the soul of a man... in the body of a plant... empowered by all the vegetation on the planet. He is an <i>elemental</i>. As an environmental advocate and protector, it has often been his duty to consider Man to be his villainous enemy. |
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Revision as of 23:28, 3 January 2012
Swamp Thing is the personification of plant life on planet Earth.
Origin and Powers
Swamp Thing has had various incarnations, but at it's essence it is the soul of a man... in the body of a plant... empowered by all the vegetation on the planet. He is an elemental. As an environmental advocate and protector, it has often been his duty to consider Man to be his villainous enemy.
Swamp Thing possesses supernatural strength, regeneration, the ability to control plants, and can effectively teleport to any place on Earth by transfering his consciousness to another botanical organism.
Known Associates
- Abigail Arcane
- John Constantine
- The Parliament of Trees
References
The DC comics.
There's a full biography at Wikipedia.