Comic Title: Swamp Thing #65
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: October 1987
On Sale Date: July 14, 1987 Newsstand Date July 14, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Shipping Date June 23, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Shipping Date June 23, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #121

Shipping Date June 23, 1987
Source: Focus, #1, Page BC

Shipping Date June 23, 1987
Source: Capital City Distributors, Orderpack June 1987

Copyright Date June 23, 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: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Karen Berger

Title: "(We Could Be) Diving for Pearls"
Pages: 24

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

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

Reprinted In:
Swamp Thing:Regenesis TPB (2004)

Feature Character(s)

• Swamp Thing (last appearance in Swamp Thing #64; next appearance in Swamp Thing Annual #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Abby Cable (last appearance in Swamp Thing #64; next appearance in Swamp Thing Annual #3)
• John Constantine (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Hellblazer Annual #1; next appearance in Swamp Thing #66)
• Parliament of Trees (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Swamp Thing #89; next appearance in Swamp Thing #67)
• Sprout (not named in this story; first appearance; next appearance in Swamp Thing #66)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Anton Arcane (in Abby's hallucination)
• Patchwork Man (in Abby's hallucination)
• Matt Cable (in Abby's hallucination)

Comments:
This story continues in part in Swamp Thing Annual #3.

Synopsis:
The Swamp Thing visits the Parliament of Trees to tell them of his adventure in space. The elders are surprised to learn that he is still alive. When Swamp Thing was presumed dead they began grooming a new plant elemental to replace him. With Swamp Thing's return they ask him to kill the young elemental before it can be born, but Swamp Thing refuses. He abdicates his place as the reigning elemental, opting to live in peace with Abby.

While Swamp Thing is away, Abby awakes hungry and alone. She decides to eat a tuber from one of Swamp Thing's discarded bodies. The hallucinogenic properties of the plant cause her to have twisted visions of Arcane and other fears from her past.

As the effects of the tuber wear off, Abby finds John Constantine has come to find Swamp Thing. When Alec returns, Constantine tells him about an upcoming event involving the Floronic Man. Swamp Thing wants no part of the human world and tells Constantine about the new elemental. He then disappears.