Comic Title: Swamp Thing #16
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1975
On Sale Date: February 4, 1975 Newsstand Date February 4, 1975
Source: Comic Reader, #115

Copyright Date February 6, 1975
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1975

Frequency: Monthly (with the exception of June, Aug., Nov. and Feb.)
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: "Night of the Warring Dead"
Pages: 18

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

Writer: David Michelinie
Artist: Nestor P. Redondo
Letterer: Marcos Pelayo
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

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 #15; next appearance in Swamp Thing #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• Abigail Arcane (last appearance in Swamp Thing #15; next appearance in Swamp Thing #17)
• Matt Cable (last appearance in Swamp Thing #15; next appearance in Swamp Thing #17)
• Bolt (last appearance in Swamp Thing #15; next appearance in Swamp Thing #17)

Villain(s)

• A skyjacker (no further appearances)
• Soldiers from Kala Pogo (no further appearances)
• Nathan Ellery (last appearance in Swamp Thing #7; next appearance in Swamp Thing #17)
• Dr. Pretorius (first appearance; next appearance in Swamp Thing #17)

Other Character(s)

• Laganna (a high priestess; presumed dead in this story; no further appearances)
• Adam Rook (a mercenary; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A flight attendant (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Matt Cable and Abby take a flight to the Caribbean in search of Bolt. The plane is hijacked. Swamp Thing, who was hidden in the cargo hold, attempts to stop the hijacker and is accidentally thrown out of the plane. He washes up on the island of Kala Pago. The island was recently taken over by soldiers. Laganna, the only remaining native, tries to recruit Swamp Thing to take back the island.

Despite Swamp Thing's reluctance to help, he is drawn into the conflict. Laganna has no army of her own. She only has the help of Adam Rook, a mercenary. What she does have is a mystic talisman which raises an army of the dead. Swamp Thing is disturbed by the zombie army, so he destroys the talisman. Rook and Laganna both refuse to give up the fight, and it leads to their deaths. With the conflict over, Swamp Thing retreats to the jungle.