Roots of the Swamp Thing #2

Part 2 of 5 in this 1986 DC reprint series, Roots of the Swamp Thing #2 brings together the original creative partnership of Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson for "The Patchwork Man." Wrightson's cover is a haunting composition: the hulking, moss-covered Swamp Thing clutches a limp woman in his arms while eerie, reaching hands — ghostly and desperate — stretch toward them from the foreground, all set against a smoky, apocalyptic landscape filled with distant figures. It's a beautifully unsettling image that captures the gothic heart of this celebrated run.