Swamp Thing (Volume 2) #153 is an issue of the series Swamp Thing (Volume 2) with a cover date of April, 1995.
Synopsis for "Twilight of the Gods"
Swamp Thing arrives in a reality where Nazi Germany has taken over the world. However the Hitler in this reality is Alois Hitler who is married to Norma Jean Baker (who, is our world, was Marilyn Monroe). Summoned by Jewish occult magic, Swamp Thing, under the form of the Jewish Golem, convinces the American President that his plans to wipe out the world in a mass genocide will not make up for the Nazi's actions. Convinced the President destroys Swamp Thing's body but fails to properly dispose of it and the resulting creature kills everyone on the planet.
Appearing in "Twilight of the Gods"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- 41st President of United States of America
- Alois Hitler, Chancellor
- Nazi Party
Other Characters:
- Anna, The First Lady
- Adolf Hitler (Statue only); (In a photograph only)
- Norma Jean Baker
- Patrick
- Karl, the dog-handler
- Jason Woodrue (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth-X
- United States of America
- Germany
- Auschwitz (Flashback only)
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in the Swamp Thing: Darker Genesis collection.
Trivia
- This story is inspired by Earth-X (Two)
- Alois Hitler is the name of Adolf Hitler's brother as well that of his father. Alois Hitler Jr died 20 May 1956 in Hamburg under the name "Hiller". Adolf Hitler's last surviving sibling Paula died on 1 June 1960.
- On page 6, a man is wearing a t-shirt depicting Donald Duck with a military cap, obviously a reference to Der Fuehrer's Face.
- In this world, monkeys strangely walk freely along with humans.
- In the Forbidden Library inside the White House, there are the books:
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