Comic Title: Swamp Thing #60
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: May 1987
Approx. On Sale Date: February 26, 1987 Newsstand Date February 24, 1987
Source: House Ad, Comic Buyer's Guide #691, Page 41

Shipping Date February 3, 1987
Source: House Ad, Comic Buyer's Guide #691, Page 41

Newsstand Date February 19, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Newsstand Date February 19, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #110

Newsstand Date February 19, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690, #692

Shipping Date January 27, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Shipping Date January 27, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #110

Shipping Date January 27, 1987
Source: Comics Journal, #113

Shipping Date January 27, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690, #692

Copyright Date January 27, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

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

Title: "Loving the Alien"
Pages: 22

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

Writer: Alan Moore
Artist: John Totleben
Letterer: Richard Bruning
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Reprinted In:
Swamp Thing:Reunion TPB (2003)
Saga of the Swamp Thing Vol. 6 HC (2012)
Saga of the Swamp Thing Vol. 6 TPB (2014)
Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore Vol. 3 HC (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Swamp Thing (last appearance in Swamp Thing #58; next appearance in Swamp Thing #61)

Other Character(s)

• An alien planetoid (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
As Swamp Thing's consciousness crosses the void of space, he encounters a sentient planetoid. He creates a body for himself from the planet's material. The planet creature has been alone in space for a long time and seeks to trap Swamp Thing. He escapes, but the planet creates a chronofracture, which causes time to replay itself. It then succeeds in capturing Swamp Thing. The planet creature then uses the Swamp Thing to procreate before allowing him to proceed on his journey.