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Swamp Thing Halloween Horror Giant #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of December, 2018.
Synopsis for "Hollow"
Appearing in "Hollow"
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Synopsis for "Swamp Thing"
This story is reprinted from House of Secrets #92.
Sometime in the last century, Alex Olsen and Damien 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 him. Keeping the knowledge hidden from Linda, Damien buried Alex's body in the swamp.
Damien eventually married the widow Olsen, and they lived together in an old Victorian plantation house. But Linda never recovered from Alex's death. As months passed, Damien began to suspect that Linda might soon learn the truth, so he prepared to kill her. But Alex had been resurrected as a swamp thing and broke into the house and killed Damien. Linda fled from the creature in horror, never realizing that the beast who saved her was her beloved Alex.
Appearing in "Swamp Thing"
Featured Characters:
- Swamp Thing (Alex Olsen) (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Linda Olsen Ridge (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Damian Ridge (Single appearance; dies)
Locations:
Synopsis for "Night of the Reaper!"
This story is reprinted from Batman #237.
Reaper attacks Robin
On Halloween, the annual Rutland, Vermont Halloween parade is taking place and Dick Grayson has decided to attend with some of his college friends. While in the parade, Dick and his friends notice some crooks attacking a man dressed as Robin and they try to help the young man without success. When the crooks have dispersed, Dick decides to follow them as Robin and he follows their trail to a barren space where he finds a the corpse of a man in a Batman costume. At that moment, Robin is attacked by the dark figure of the Reaper and he is forced to flee until he falls down to a nearby river and and is knocked unconscious.
Batman, who has tracked fugitive Nazi war criminal Kurt Schloss to the Rutland Halloween parade, finds Robin and takes him to the house of parade organizer Tom Fagan. In Fagan's place, Robin is checked by Batman's friend, Doctor Benjamin Gruener, a Jewish German survivor of the Nazi holocaust.
Meanwhile, Dick's friends are looking for him when they come across the Reaper again and when Batman learns of this second attack, he starts investigating the case more closely. His clues lead him to find that other ex-Nazis have been searching for Kurt Schloss because he had claimed some hidden Nazi treasure that they believed belonged to all of them. Those Nazis had killed the man in the Batman costume and tried to kill the Robin, thinking they may be the real things. Batman stops them for good, but not before they are able to kill Schloss.
Afterwards, Robin believes that the case is solved, but Batman reminds him that the Reaper is still on the loose and Batman starts looking for the killer by himself. When they finally meet, Batman has deduced the Reaper's identity as Dr. Gruener, who sought revenge on Schloss. Unfortunately, Gruener has lost himself in his Reaper's personality and he attacks Batman before fleeing the scene. The Reaper tries to make his escape through a nearby dam, but he is stopped by the presence of Dick Grayson's friend Alan. When Reaper gets ready to strike and kill the youngster, he sees Alan's Star of David amulet and Gruener becomes horrified with his actions. Unaware that he was walking on the edge of the dam, Gruener stumbles with his robe and falls downwards to his ultimate death and Batman is unable to save the man.
Appearing in "Night of the Reaper!"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Nazis
- Hans (Single appearance)
- The Reaper (First appearance) (Apparent Death)
Other Characters:
- Tom Fagan (First appearance)
- Col. Kurt Schloss (Dies)
- Alan and two other friends of Dick Grayson (based on Alan Weiss, Gerry Conway and Bernie Wrightson)
- Dennis O'Neil [1]
Locations:
- Gotham City
- Vermont
- Rutland (First appearance)
Notes
Trivia
- Wal-Mart exclusive
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
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- ↑ For confirmation, see BATMAN #237: The Greatest Halloween Comic Book Ever
Look at how sad this is making Batman. You did this.
