Comic Title: Swamp Thing #24
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1976
On Sale Date: May 6, 1976 Newsstand Date May 6, 1976
Source: Direct Currents, Amazing World of DC Comics #11

Newsstand Date May 6, 1976
Source: Comic Reader, #130

Copyright Date May 6, 1976
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1976

Newsstand Date May 3, 1976
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 76 #1
Listed as on sale right now (the week of May 3rd)

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.30
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: "The Earth Below"
Pages: 17

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

Plotter: Gerry Conway
Scripter: David Anthony Kraft
Penciller: Ernie Chan
Inker: Fred Carrillo
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Reprinted In:
Swamp Thing:The Bronze Age Omnibus HC (2017)
Swamp Thing:The Bronze Age Vol. 2 TPB (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Swamp Thing (last appearance in Swamp Thing #23; next appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #83)

Villain(s)

• Thrudvang (last appearance in Swamp Thing #23; no further appearances)
• John Zero (last appearance in Swamp Thing #23; no further appearances)
• Councilman Red (last appearance in Swamp Thing #23; no further appearances)
• Councilman Blue (no further appearances)
• Solomon Smith (an agent of Colossus; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Edward Holland (last appearance in Swamp Thing #23; no further appearances)
• Ruth Monroe (last appearance in Swamp Thing #23; next appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #83)
• Sheriff Kline (no further appearances)
• A logging crew (Bondo named; no further appearances)

Comments:
This storyline was meant to continue, but Swamp Thing's title was abruptly cancelled with this issue. The final page reveals that the next issue would have featured a meeting with Hawkman. The script and the surviving unfinished pages for this unpublished story were printed in Swamp Thing:The Bronze Age Vol. 2 TPB.

This story is continued from Swamp Thing #23.

Synopsis:
Alec Holland is no longer Swamp Thing. The combined efforts of his brother Edward and his assistant Ruth have cured him. However, agents of the Colossus organization are still in pursuit. They want the bio-restorative formula for their own use. Their agent Thrudvang attacks. Alec and Ruth are caught up in the battle. Alec is no match for his attacker physically, but he manages to lure the monster onto a rope bridge which he then collapses, sending the creature falling into the river far below.