Magic, Mayhem and The Green...this is your 90 second character deep dive, into The Swamp Thing. Alexander Olsen, the original Swamp Thing, was a scientist who was murdered by his assistant in a jealous rage. His body was dumped into the Louisiana swamps and transforms into the Swamp Thing, he later becomes a local legend in Louisiana. The second Swamp Thing is chemist Alec Holland, looking to perfect a form of plant life that can thrive in harsh environments, Alec is murdered in his lab and his compound seemingly transforms him into the Swamp Thing. A 3rd Swamp Thing, the daughter of Alec and Abby Holland, was created in 1986 and Levi Kamei became the 4th Swamp Thing in 2021 when he is killed under mysterious circumstances.

Swamp Thing is the living embodiment of all things plant life, also known as the Avatar of The Green, his role is to protect plant life from all manner of hostile forces. Swamp Thing is extraordinarily powerful, possessing superhuman strength, durability, and the ability to regenerate. Since his debut in 1971 he's been depicted manipulating plant matter; changing his shape and size, travelling through time, and can appear in places where there's plant life. Swamp Thing has been a member of Titans, Justice League, Justice League Dark and more. Created by Len Wein, who needed to fill a last-minute eight-page backup story for House of Mystery. Wein came up with the idea for the character while riding a subway in Queens. Speaking to Wizard Magazine in 2004 he said "I didn't have a title for it, so I kept referring to it as 'that swamp thing I'm working on'. And that's how it got its name!"