Comic Title: Swamp Thing:The Bronze Age Vol. 2 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2020
On Sale Date: January 8, 2020 Direct Market Date January 8, 2020
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Direct Market Date December 11, 2019
Source: Previews, #372

Direct Market Date December 11, 2019
Source: DC Previews, #17

Cover Price: $39.99
Page Count: 440
Editor: Alex Galer

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "A Second Time to Die"
Pages: 18

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

Writer: Gerry Conway
Artist: Nestor P. Redondo
Letterer: Marcos Pelayo
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Reprinted From:
Swamp Thing #19 (1975)

Feature Character(s)

• Swamp Thing (last appearance in Swamp Thing #18; next appearance in Swamp Thing #20)

Supporting Character(s)

• Matt Cable (last appearance in Swamp Thing #18; next appearance in Swamp Thing #20)
• Abigail Arcane (last appearance in Swamp Thing #18; next appearance in Swamp Thing #20)
• Bolt (last appearance in Swamp Thing #18; next appearance in Swamp Thing #20)

Villain(s)

• A second mindless Swamp Thing (next appearance in Swamp Thing #20)
• Ho'Tah Makanaw (an indian; next appearance in Swamp Thing #20)
• Earl Hobart and his followers (a biker gang; next appearance in Swamp Thing #20)

Other Character(s)

• Burton Sloan and Junior Sloan (a diner owner and his son; next appearance in Swamp Thing #20)
• Frank Halston and a team of excavators (Smith named; next appearance in Swamp Thing #20)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Rebecca Ravenwind (in flashback to Swamp Thing #5)
• Timothy Ravenwind (in flashback to Swamp Thing #5)
• The townspeople of Divinity (including Jocko; in flashback to Swamp Thing #5)

Comments:
The arm Swamp Thing lost in Swamp Thing #5 is revealed to have grown into a mindless Swamp Thing.

This story was originally intended to run 25 pages and appear as a giant. A last minute decision to make this a standard length issue resulted in the story being split across two issues.

This story continues in Swamp Thing #20.

Synopsis:
The arm Swamp Thing lost two years earlier in Divinity, Maine has regenerated into another Swamp Thing. This one is mindless and crosses the country on a quest to find the original muck monster. It eventually arrives in the swamp near Gatorberg, Florida where it meets Ho'Tah Makanaw, an indian man dwelling in the swamp.

Drawn by tales of a swamp monster, Abby, Matt, and Bolt arrive in Gatorberg. A young boy leads them into the swamp, but Makanaw convinces them that the monster sightings were a hoax. After the trio leave, the indian shows the boy the monster and leads him to the legendary Grotto of Eternal Youth.

Meanwhile, the original Swamp Thing contemplates killing himself with quicklime. Before he can act upon his thoughts, he feels compelled to move toward Gatorberg. Upon his way, he encounters an excavation crew. A misunderstanding leads to an explosion. Swamp Thing recovers, then pursues the feeling which is meddling with his mind.