Chad Burdette
One of the most talked-about moments of New York Comic Con 2025 was DC’s confirmation that it would finally publish Veitch’s then-controversial storyline, originally pulled before publication.
When Alan Moore concluded his landmark run on Swamp Thing, he personally selected Rick Veitch to continue the series. Veitch’s work quickly earned its own acclaim.
After a renowned two year run on the series, Veitch’s grand finale to Swamp Thing was cut short, and never to see print!
In 1989, the original plans for Swamp Thing #88 were halted during production.
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Veitch left the title, and the unpublished issue marked the abrupt end of Veitch’s three-year saga.
Over three decades since the controversy and cancellation, Rick Veitch’s legendary lost issues are completed!
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Now presented with its original trade dress, period-accurate numbering on the cover, facsimile-style paper stock, and vintage ads, to Veitch’s final Swamp Thing saga, running as it would have been published in 1989
After a renowned two year run on the series, Veitch’s grand finale to Swamp Thing was cut short, and never to see print!
Whispers and leaks hinted at the epic untold saga for years. Now, for the first time, that final story is told!
Rick Veitch and Tamra Bonvillain Foil Virgin Variant Cover:
Swamp Thing 1989 #3
After three decades of controversy and cancellation, Rick Veitch’s finale to the Swamp Thing time-travel saga barrels toward its mind-bending conclusion!
Swamp Thing’s journey back through time has finally led all the way to the Big Bang and beyond.
There, in the presence of the Source of the Multiverse, Swamp Thing must make an impossible choice: join the Source of life itself or find his way home to Abby.
While 13 billion years in the future, John Constantine works his occult network while Hell itself is ablaze with villains of yesteryears forging evil into a new and terrifying form! The child of Swamp Thing, Abby Arcane, and John Constantine, heir to the role of Earth’s Elemental, is about to be born. And everything hangs in the balance.
Creative Team
- Writer: Rick Veitch
- Artist: Tom Mandrake
- Colorist: Tamra Bonvillan
- Letterer: Becca Carey
- Standard Cover Artist(s): Rick Veitch and Tamra Bonvillain
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Rick Veitch and Tamra Bonvillain
- Format: Limited Series
- Page Count/Cover Price: 32 pages/$3.99
Swamp Thing finds himself at the beginning of it all in Swamp Thing 1989 #3, on shelves and digital platforms June 24, 2026, from DC Comics Black Label Imprint
