Comic Title: DC Special Series #17
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Summer 1979
On Sale Date: May 24, 1979 Newsstand Date May 24, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #30

Newsstand Date May 24, 1979
Source: Comics Journal, #46

Copyright Date May 24, 1979
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1979

Newsstand Date May 22, 1979
Source: Comic Reader, #168

Newsstand Date May 21, 1979
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 79 #19
Listed as on sale the week of May 21st

Shipping Date May 1, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #30

Frequency: Four times a year
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 64
Editor: Joe Orlando

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Notes:
Original Swamp Thing Saga

Title: "A Clockwork Horror"
Pages: 20

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

Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Bernie Wrightson
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino

Reprinted From:
Swamp Thing #6 (1973)

Feature Character(s)

• Swamp Thing (last appearance in Swamp Thing #5; next appearance in Swamp Thing #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Matt Cable (last appearance in Swamp Thing #4; next appearance in Swamp Thing #7)
• Abigail Arcane (last appearance in Swamp Thing #4; next appearance in Swamp Thing #7)

Villain(s)

• The Conclave (last appearance in Swamp Thing #3; next appearance in Swamp Thing #7)
• Mister E (last appearance in Swamp Thing #3; next appearance in Swamp Thing #7)
• Task Force Four (soldiers for the Conclave; Pete named; all die in this story; no further appearances)
• A robot (created by the Conclave; destroyed in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mutt (last appearance in Swamp Thing #4; next appearance in Swamp Thing #7)
• Robot doubles of Alec and Linda Holland (destroyed in this story; last appearance in Swamp Thing #5; no further appearances)
• Hans Klochmann (a watchmaker; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• The robots of Burgess (destroyed in this story; no further appearances)
• Jack (Matt Cable's co-worker; no further appearances)
• Guido Roselli (a farmer; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Swamp Thing encounters doubles of Alec and Linda Holland outside a small mining town in Vermont. The Hollands introduce Swamp Thing to Mayor Klochmann, the creator of the town. The Hollands and all the townspeople are robots built by Klochmann.

While Linda is showing Swamp Thing around, Matt Cable arrives in town on an assignment to investigate. Unknown to Matt, his dog has a hidden spy camera which transmits Matt's findings back to the Conclave. A team is dispatched to kidnap Klochmann.

Swamp Thing returns to the town square after the Conclave's soldiers have captured Matt and Abby. Swamp Thing battles the soldiers and their robot. Klochmann dies, and all of his creations are destroyed by the Conclave soldiers. With the town now devoid of life both real and artificial, Swamp Thing heads to Gotham City in search of Matt and Abby.