We're on a satellite. It belonged to a bloke called the Monitor. He's dead now. Can't see this place lasting long without him, somehow. 
Swamp Thing (Volume 2) #46 is an issue of the series Swamp Thing (Volume 2) with a cover date of March, 1986.
Synopsis for "Revelations"
The Swamp Thing, John Constantine, Benjamin Cox and Frank North stand in amazement as the world about them is afire with chaos. Beings and creatures from various time periods fill the city. 18th century cavalry soldiers engage in combat with space men, while dinosaurs terrorize back alleys and a futuristic car nearly runs down a tribe of Neanderthals and a flock of Dodo birds. Constantine knows the situation is serious, but he is more concerned about what will happen following the Crisis.
John and the Swamp Thing are mysteriously teleported through space to the satellite of the Monitor. The Monitor is dead, but his satellite is filled with various members of the superhero community, some from parallel dimensions. John gives Swamp Thing a truncated explanation of the Multiverse, and then introduces him to the Monitor's successor, Alexander Luthor. He is the one responsible for bringing them here. Luthor understands that the Crisis will have an effect on the spiritual world as well as the material one, and he is relying on the Swamp Thing to attend to these specific matters. Swamp Thing is confused and does not really understand how he could possibly help.
John and he return to Earth, and John tells him about an existing threat beyond that of the Crisis – the Brujería. The Brujería are a cult of South American warlocks whose goals are nothing short of the destruction of Heaven. Recalling their brutality strikes a chord within Constantine, and he emphasizes how dangerous the Brujería's actions really are. He tells Swamp Thing that the Brujería have been slowly achieving their goals by using a macabre killer called an Invunche.
The Swamp Thing merges with the The Green in order to get a sense of what John and Luthor have been telling him. Picking up random perceptions throughout the ether, he does in fact realize that the psychic plane is in just as much danger as the material world.
In London, England, Sister Anne-Marie isn't able to locate Judith. On her way back to her hotel, she exits a train onto the wrong platform. She grows nervous and knows that a threat is looming over her. The Invunche appears and kills her, tearing the cross from her neck.
Appearing in "Revelations"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Alexander Luthor Jr. (Earth-Three)
- Sister Anne-Marie (Dies)
- Benjamin Cox
- Frank North
- Phantom Stranger
Antagonists:
- The Anti-Monitor (Behind the scenes)
- Brujería (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Invunche (Origin)
- The Darkness (Behind the scenes)
- Dinosaurs (Cameo)
- Giant Squid (Cameo)
- John "Liver-Eating" Johnson (Cameo)
- Mountain Men (Cameo)
- Pirates (Cameo)
- Rosewood Vampires (Deceased) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Fish-like uber vampire (Unnamed)
- Wolves (Earth-AD) (Cameo)
- Zombies (Flashback only) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Adam Strange (Cameo)
- Alan Moore (See Notes) (Cameo)
- Ambush Bug (Cameo)
- Aquaman (Cameo)
- Batman (Cameo)
- Captain Compass (Cameo)
- Clyde Barrow (Cameo)
- Creeper (Cameo)
- Cyborg (Cameo)
- Demons (Cameo)
- Dodos (Cameo)
- Doctor Fate (Earth-Two) (Cameo)
- Eclipso (Earth-Two) (Cameo)
- Elongated Man (Cameo)
- Enemy Ace (Cameo)
- Hawkman (Katar Hol) (Cameo)
- Hourman (Rick Tyler) (Cameo)
- Kamandi (Earth-AD) (Cameo)
- Little Sure Shot (Cameo)
- Mist (Cameo)
- Neanderthals (Cameo)
- Negative Man (Cameo)
- Rag Doll (Cameo)
- Ragman (Cameo)
- Sargon (Earth-Two) (Cameo)
- Superman (Cameo)
- Cheryl (Frank North's lover) (Mentioned only)
- Emma (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Judith (Mentioned only)
- The Monitor (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Parliament of Trees (Mentioned only)
- Satan (Mentioned only)
- Cthulhu (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Multiverse
- Earth-One/"Physical World"/"Material World"
- Europe
- North America
- United States of America
- Louisiana
- California
- Los Angeles (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- South America
- Patagonia
- Chiloé (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Amazon Rainforest (Mentioned only)
- Tefé River (Mentioned only)
- Patagonia
- Monitor's Satellite
- The Spirit World/"Spiritual Plane"/"Psychic Plane"
- Heaven (Mentioned only)
- Hell (Mentioned only)
- Earth-One/"Physical World"/"Material World"
- Hypertime (Unnamed)
- Timestream (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Batsuit (Cameo)
- Helmet of Fate (Cameo)
- Silk Cut (Unnamed)
Vehicles:
- '97 Model Ford Basilisk (Cameo)
- London Undergorund Train
Events:
- Big Bang (Mentioned only)
- The Crisis
Concepts:
- Antimatter Wave (Mentioned only)
- The Green (Unnamed)
- Magic (Mentioned only)
- Exorcism (Mentioned only)
- Red Skies
Notes
- This issue is a "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover. Most of the heroes seen in this issue make cameo appearances only. The events from this issue are concurrent with those from Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 in which five parallel Earths began to merge together.
- Swamp Thing and Constantine's story continues hours from the epilogue of the previous issue.
- According to Constantine, a few months have passed since the events of issue #37.
- The Phantom Stranger makes reference to the Newcastle exorcism from "last winter". John comments that he was in a "loony bin for a few weeks". The details behind the Newcastle exorcism are chronicled in Hellblazer #11, albeit with some retconning. The exorcism actually took place in 1978, not the previous winter, and John spent two years at the Ravenscar Secure Hospital as a result of it, as opposed to the few weeks referenced in this issue.
- The location, where much of the cross-time chaos is taking place, is unidentified, but it is likely Manhattan.
- The Wolf-Men that are seen attacking the woman in the alley on page 11 are likely the Wolves of Earth-AD continuity, though this is never confirmed.
- When the Swamp Thing and Constantine first enters the Monitor's satellite they observe how 5 Earths are about to merge, but at this point in the Crisis of Infinite Earths (issue #5) only 2 Earths are about to merge. The 3 others are not added until the end of Crisis issue #6. This inconsistency has no impact on the story, though.
- The spirit of Sister Anne-Marie appears next in Hellblazer #2.
- Reference is first made to the Parliament of Trees in this issue. The Parliament is introduced in the following issue.
- Benjamin Cox is murdered by John Constantine's friend, Judith, shortly after the events of this issue.[1]
- This issue is reprinted in Swamp Thing: A Murder of Crows, Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Four and Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion: Deluxe Edition Vol. 3.
Trivia
- This issue is named after the Book of Revelations, the final book in the Christian Bible. The story opens with a passage from the Book of Revelations, 8:10; "The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star shot from the sky, flaming like a torch... the name of the star was Wormwood."
- There is a background individual seen twice in this issue who bears a strong resemblance to writer Alan Moore. He is first seen in the bottom left corner of panel 3, page 2, running in terror from a giant squid. He is next seen on panel 1, page 20 walking behind Sister Anne-Marie on the streets of London. The character is wearing a t-shirt with an encircled letter "V", the logo design associated with Alan Moore's V for Vendetta series. This is not the only time that the Swamp Thing series pays homage to V for Vendetta. In issue #88 on page 5, a Guy Fawkes mask can be seen on the bottom panel. The mask is the same one that is worn by V throughout the series.
- The Invunche first appeared in Swamp Thing (Volume 2) #37, the same issue that introduced John Constantine.
- The plot of the Brujería and the pending "War on Heaven" culminates in Swamp Thing (Volume 2) #50.
- Constantine tells the Swamp Thing that the Parliament of Trees can be found in Brazil at the mouth of the Tefé River. The Swamp Thing and Abby will one day name their daughter Tefé.[2]
- There is a store sign on one of the London shops that reads "Veitch at Putney". This is a reference to writer/artist Rick Veitch.
