Comic Title: Swamp Thing #40
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: September 1985
On Sale Date: June 20, 1985 Newsstand Date June 20, 1985
Source: DC Releases, #16

Newsstand Date June 20, 1985
Source: House Ad, Blue Devil #16, Page IBC

Newsstand Date June 20, 1985
Source: Amazing Heroes, #72

Shipping Date May 28, 1985
Source: DC Releases, #16

Shipping Date May 28, 1985
Source: Comics Journal, #99

Copyright Date May 22, 1985
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1985
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date May 28, 1985
Source: Amazing Heroes, #72

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Karen Berger

Title: "The Curse"
Pages: 23

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

Writer: Alan Moore
Penciller: Steve R. Bissette
Inker: John Totleben
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Reprinted In:
Essential Vertigo:Swamp Thing #21 (1998)
Swamp Thing:The Curse TPB (2001)
Saga of the Swamp Thing Vol. 3 HC (2010)
Saga of the Swamp Thing Vol. 3 TPB (2013)
Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore Vol. 2 HC (2020)
DC Through the '80s:The Experiments HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Swamp Thing (last appearance in DC Comics Presents #85; next appearance in Swamp Thing #41)

Supporting Character(s)

• Abby Cable (last appearance in Saga of Swamp Thing #38; next appearance in Swamp Thing #41)
• John Constantine (last appearance in Swamp Thing #39; next appearance in Crisis on Infinite Earths #4)