Comic Title: Swamp Thing #5
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jul/Aug 1973
On Sale Date: April 5, 1973 Newsstand Date April 5, 1973
Source: House Ad, Swamp Thing #4, Page 29

Newsstand Date April 5, 1973
Source: Comic Reader, #95

Copyright Date April 5, 1973
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1973

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.20
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: "The Last of the Ravenwind Witches"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Swamp Thing (of Earth-1)

Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Bernie Wrightson
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino

Reprinted In:
DC Special Series #17 (1979)
Roots of the Swamp Thing #3 (1986)
Swamp Thing:Dark Genesis TPB (1992)
Secret of the Swamp Thing TPB (2005)
Roots of the Swamp Thing HC (2009)
Roots of the Swamp Thing TPB (2012)
Swamp Thing:The Bronze Age Omnibus HC (2017)
Swamp Thing:The Bronze Age Vol. 1 TPB (2018)
Absolute Swamp Thing by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson HC (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Swamp Thing (last appearance in Swamp Thing #4; next appearance in Swamp Thing #6)

Villain(s)

• Gideon (leader of an angry mob; no further appearances)
• The townspeople of Divinity (Jocko and Smith named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Rebecca Ravenwind (a suspected witch; no further appearances)
• Timothy Ravenwind (Rebecca's brother; no further appearances)
• Patrick Larabee (a crew member on a cargo ship; first name revealed in Swamp Thing #6; no further appearances)
• Robot doubles of Alec and Linda Holland (first appearance; next appearance in Swamp Thing #6)
• The crew of a cargo ship (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Alec Holland (in flashback)
• Linda Holland (in flashback)

Comments:
Swamp Thing loses an arm in this story which later regrows into a second mindless Swamp Thing in Swamp Thing #19.

Synopsis:
Swamp Thing stows away on a ship in order to return to America. However, he is discovered by the crew and forced to jump into the ocean. Swamp Thing washes ashore near Divinity, Maine. He is found by Rebecca Ravenwind and her brother. They are hiding from the townspeople, who believe Rebecca is a witch.

Swamp Thing tries to protect Rebecca, but the angry mob cuts off his arm and captures the siblings. Rebecca is forced to stand trial and is convicted of being a witch. She is then taken outside of town to be burned at the stake. Swamp Thing recovers, grows a new arm, and rescues Rebecca. She is not the true witch in the family, her brother Timothy is. His magic transforms the evil villagers into flowers. Swamp Thing and the Ravenwinds then part company.