Swamp Thing Vol 1 10

"The Man Who Would Not Die": Swamp Thing wanders through the swamp until he finds an old black woman outside of a shack named Auntie Bellum. Auntie tells Swamp Thing a tale of the slavery days when there was a thriving plantation owned by a man named Samson Parminter. Parminter was a ruthles

"The Man Who Would Not Die"
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Swamp Thing Vol 1 #10
June, 1974
Executive Editor	Joe Orlando
Cover Artists	Bernie Wrightson
The Man Who Would Not Die
Writers	Len Wein
Pencilers	Bernie Wrightson
Inkers	Bernie Wrightson
Editors	Joe Orlando
Previous Issue	Swamp Thing # 9
Next Issue	Swamp Thing # 11

Swamp Thing #10 is an issue of the series Swamp Thing (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1974.

Synopsis for "The Man Who Would Not Die"

Swamp Thing wanders through the swamp until he finds an old black woman outside of a shack named Auntie Bellum. Auntie tells Swamp Thing a tale of the slavery days when there was a thriving plantation owned by a man named Samson Parminter. Parminter was a ruthless overseer and frequently abused his slaves including a woman named Elsbeth. But Elsbeth's lover, Black Jubal, fought against Parminter to save Elsbeth. As punishment, Parminter had Black Jubal killed.

Shortly after hearing Auntie Bellum's tale, Swamp Thing heads towards an old, lost cemetery where he finds the Un-Men. Anton Arcane is leading the Un-Men and has come from the Balkans to capture the Swamp Thing. Arcane's body had been destroyed in their last fight, but he used his telepathy to command his Un-Men to fashion a new synthetic body for him. But Arcane's current form is a grotesque mockery of humanity. He wants to transfer his mind into the Swamp Thing's body in order to master its strength and power.

The two enemies begin fighting and it looks as if Swamp Thing is going to lose, until the tombstones from the graveyard topple over and the ghosts of Black Jubal and other slaves rise up. Black Jubal waves his hand towards Swamp Thing and he passes out. Then, Jubal and the others descend upon Anton Arcane and the Un-Men.

When Swamp Thing wakes up, he finds there is a new tombstone with Arcane's name written on it in blood. There is no sign of Auntie Bellum or the shack she had lived in. He finds another gravestone with the name Elsbeth Bellum etched onto it. Apparently Auntie Bellum was the ghostly lover of Black Jubal.

Appearing in "The Man Who Would Not Die"

Featured Characters:

• Swamp Thing

Supporting Characters:

• Auntie Elsbeth Bellum (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story)

Villains:

• Anton Arcane
• Un-Men
• Samson Parminter (Single appearance) (Flashback only)

Other Characters:

• Black Jubal (as a ghost; also in flashback)

Locations:

• Louisiana
  • New Orleans

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Vehicles:

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Notes

• This issue is reprinted in Roots of the Swamp Thing #5, DC Special Series #20, Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis and the Secret of the Swamp Thing collection.

• This is the last Bernie Wrightson illustrated issue for this series.

• The New Orleans Un-Men make a chronologically earlier appearance in American Freak: A Tale of the Un-Men #1.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Swamp Thing series

Recommended Reading

• Swamp Thing Recommended Reading
  • Swamp Thing (Volume 1)
  • Swamp Thing (Volume 2)
  • Swamp Thing (Volume 3)
  • Swamp Thing (Volume 4)
  • Swamp Thing (Volume 5)
  • Swamp Thing (Volume 6)
  • The Swamp Thing (Volume 1)

• Abigail Holland image gallery
• Abigail Holland appearances list
• Abigail Holland quotes page

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