Comic Title: Saga of Swamp Thing #3
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: July 1982
On Sale Date: April 15, 1982 Newsstand Date April 15, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #200

Newsstand Date April 15, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #71

Newsstand Date April 15, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #10

Copyright Date March 23, 1982
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1982
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 32
Editor: Len Wein

Title: "A Town Has Turned to Blood"
Pages: 17

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

Writer: Martin Pasko
Artist: Thomas Yeates
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Reprinted In:
Swamp Thing:The Bronze Age Omnibus HC (2017)
Swamp Thing:The Bronze Age Vol. 3 TPB (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Swamp Thing (last appearance in Saga of Swamp Thing #2; next appearance in Saga of Swamp Thing #4)

Supporting Character(s)

• Casey Clancy (last appearance in Saga of Swamp Thing #2; next appearance in Saga of Swamp Thing #4)
• Liz Tremayne (last appearance in Saga of Swamp Thing #2; next appearance in Saga of Swamp Thing #4)

Villain(s)

• A town of vampires (Stiv named; all die in this story; no further appearances)
• Stiv (dies in this story; last appearance in Saga of Swamp Thing #2; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Larry Childress and Steven (a ghost hunter and his son; both die in this story; no further appearances)
• Hillary Downs and Bobby (Larry's sister and her son; Hillary dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Liz's associate producer (no further appearances)
• Several trainyard workers (Sam named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Swamp Thing and Casey ride a train to Chicago. Along the way, they are attacked by a trio of vampires. Swamp Thing fights them and is thrown from the train near the town of Rosewood. He enters the town and discovers that it has been overrun by vampires. One family led by ghost hunter Larry Childress remains. Swamp Thing helps recover some dynamite which Larry uses to blow up the nearby dam. This kills the vampires, but Larry and his son Steven are killed in the blast. Only Larry's nephew Bobby survives. Swamp Thing leaves him behind and continues his search for Casey. Unknown to the muck monster, the girl has traveled to Pineboro, Arkansas, a town threatened by recent child slayings.