DC Silver Age Classics: House of Secrets Vol 1 92



 Snipe Hunt 


 * "With a speed I have never known before, I move the fetid bulk that is my body across the span of feet -- and the claw that is my hand closes upon Damian's wrist -- crushing it..."
 * --Swamp Thing

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: 92 Month: July Year: 1992

Credits
Head Writer: Len Wein Cover Artists: Bernie Wrightson Pencilers: Bernie Wrightson Inkers: Bernie Wrightson Editors: (original editor) Joe Orlando; (reprint editor) Bob Kahan

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Abel

Locations:
 * House of Secrets

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Abel tells three more chilling tales of the macabre.

Credits
Head Writer: Len Wein Pencilers: Bernie Wrightson Inkers: Bernie Wrightson Editors: Joe Orlando

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Damian Ridge
 * Linda Olsen Ridge
 * Swamp Thing (Alex Olsen)

First Appearances: Damian Ridge (Alex's assistant); Linda Olsen Ridge (Alex's widow); Swamp Thing (Alex Olsen) Final Appearances: Damian Ridge; Linda Olsen Ridge

Synopsis: Sometime in the last century, Alex Olsen and Damian Ridge had been best friends. However, they both vied for the affections of a woman named Linda. Linda eventually married Alex and Damien had to endure his heartache in the form of the supportive friend. But his desire for Linda overrode the bonds of friendship and he conspired to eliminate Alex. He sabotaged the equipment in Alex's lab, causing an explosion that killed Alex. Keeping the knowledge from Linda, Damian buried Alex's body in the swamp.

Damian eventually married the widow Olsen and they lived together in an old Victorian plantation house, but Linda never got over Alex's death. As months passed, Damien began to suspect that Linda might soon learn the truth, so he prepared to kill her. However, neither of them suspected the truth concerning Alex's final fate. The mix of swamp vegetation and chemicals turned Alex into a swamp thing and he broke into the plantation house and killed Damien. Linda fled from the creature in horror, never realizing that the beast who saved her was her beloved Alex.

Credits
Head Writer: Jack Kirby Writers: Mark Evanier and Joe Orlando Pencilers: Bill Draut Inkers: Bill Draut Editors: Joe Orlando

Synopsis
Cast of Characters: Cast of Characters unknown. First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

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Credits
Head Writer: Virgil North Pencilers: Alan Weiss Inkers: Tony DeZuniga Editors: Joe Orlando

Synopsis
Cast of Characters: Cast of Characters unknown. First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

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Credits
Pencilers: Dick Dillin Inkers: Dick Dillin Editors: Joe Orlando

Synopsis
Cast of Characters: Cast of Characters unknown. First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Synopsis unknown

Trivia

 * This issue is often credited as the first appearance of Alex Olsen's swampy successor, Alec Holland. In truth, Alec won't make his first actual appearance for another year in Swamp Thing (Volume 1) #1. Both versions of the Swamp Thing were created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson.


 * The character of the Swamp Thing is inspired by an old Hillman Comics character known as the Heap. The Heap became a recurring supporting character when Eclipse Comics optioned the rights to continue the Airboy series of comics originally published by Hillman in 1945.


 * Marvel Comics created their own muck-monster cut from the same cloth as the Swamp Thing. Their character was a scientist named Ted Sallis whose attempts to create a super-soldier serum accidentally transformed him into the Man-Thing.

Recommended Readings

 * DC Silver Age Classics
 * House of Secrets (Volume 1)
 * House of Mystery (Volume 1)
 * Swamp Thing (Volume 1)

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