Swamp Thing

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According to gossip-lord Rich Johnston, the hammer's finally fallen: After years of unsuccessful Vertigo reboots from guys like Brian K. Vaughan and Mark Millar to Joshua Dysart, Swamp Thing, alongside the myriad characters he brought with him to Vertigo's side of the DC Comics Intellectual Property Divide, will be returning to the DC Universe...

With this week's release of Marvel's "Black Knight" #1 -- not to be confused with DC's similarly named space zombie epic -- creators Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz are revisiting the age of Camelot to reveal the long-lost origin of the Black Knight and the the sword that's basically Excalibur in one of those Evil Mirror Universe Goatees from "Star Trek," Chaos the Doombringer... Rea

Quick comics news hits around the web: -- "Whiteout" producer Joel Silver wants to make "Swamp Thing: The Movie"... in 3D. -- The "Batman Beyond" cartoon series is coming back as a comic book miniseries. -- A rundown of the various Marvel deals for movies, toys, video games and themes park, and when they'll expire so Disney can scoop them up...

-Rick Veitch posts a commissioned drawing of Swamp Thing tenderly cradling a just-crucified Jesus. -The 'Star Trek' screenwriters talk about the cameo they scripted for William Shatner that ended up on the cutting toom floor. (io9) -Skeletons discovered in the shire known as Indonesia have proved that hobbits are REAL, and also a separate species of human from pygmies...

The first 22 episodes of 1990 Swamp Thing DVD series are up on Hulu, and it is camp-tastic. Enjoy the first episode below, where "Jim encounters Humphrey, a dwarf who has escaped from the evil Dr. Arcane." Related: DC Comics recently rereleased the first volume of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing...