Series from 1990
Based on the legendary DC Comics character and starring Dick Durock, reprising his title role from the popular Swamp Thing feature films, Swamp Thing:…
The main series characters are introduced. Tressa visits her mother’s home with her young son, Jim, who finds "the emerald heart" in the swamps.
Dr. Arcane transforms his partner in crime into the "living image" of Swamp Thing's lost spouse in hopes of tricking him into revealing the formula for the bio-restorative recipe, which is intended to modify the DNA and stop aging.
Arcane's protégé is experimenting with hatred pheromones and his latest batch is released into the swamp air and spreads to the townsfolk turning on Tressa.
Jim and Oboe are resolute to see the Swamp Maiden who appears only once every three years. Jim plans to take pictures of her although both have been warned not to touch her. An unknown man offers to buy the pictures that Jim might take.
Veteran actor Roscoe Lee Browne plays a "Ogun" which is a voodoo priest whom Arcane employs to overcome Swamp Thing.
Thugs working for Arcane kidnap Jim. Arcane takes one of his 'creations' into the swamp and is met by Swamp Thing who objects. The creature escapes and Arcane is killed, but must be "revitalized" in order for Swamp Thing to save Jim.
