Comic Title: Swamp Thing #56
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: January 1987
On Sale Date: October 16, 1986 Newsstand Date October 16, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #32

Newsstand Date October 16, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #102

Shipping Date September 23, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #32

Copyright Date September 23, 1986
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1986
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date September 16, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #102

Shipping Date September 16, 1986
Source: Comics Journal, #110

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

Title: "My Blue Heaven"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Swamp Thing (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Alan Moore
Penciller: Rick Veitch
Inker: Alfredo P. Alcala
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Reprinted In:
Swamp Thing:Earth to Earth TPB (2002)
Saga of the Swamp Thing Vol. 5 HC (2011)
Saga of the Swamp Thing Vol. 5 TPB (2014)
Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore Vol. 3 HC (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Swamp Thing (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Swamp Thing #57)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Abby Cable (a plant construct)
• John Constantine (a plant construct)
• Matt Cable (a plant construct)

Comments:
This issue is the first appearance of the post-Crisis Swamp Thing. Though his adventures appear to be a direct continuation from previous issues, the post-Crisis Swamp Thing is considered to be entirely independent from his Earth-1 counterpart.

Synopsis:
Having fled the Earth, Swamp Thing finds himself on a blue planet devoid of intelligent life. After spending weeks exploring the blue world and manipulating its plant life, Swamp Thing grows lonely. He constructs lifelike representations of Abby and the town of Houma from plants. Though the illusion comforts him, he still knows that it is not the same. When he is confronted by a plant version of John Constantine, Swamp Thing can no longer deny the truth. He then destroys his plant people and allows the town to decay. He then decides to risk jumping into the void again in an attempt to get home.