INDIAN SWAMP THING

CREATED BY: SNAKEBITE CORTEZ & JOSHUA ORTEGA

MASTER MASK BY: DIGGER T. MESCH

MASK BY: BROCK POTTER

STORY BY: JOSHUA ORTEGA

PICS BY: RJ LAMENDOLA

Indian Swamp Thing

He grew up in the slums outside of the city, a red and white mangrove swamp serving as the tangled barrier between two worlds. There were legends about that swamp.

People said that the swamp was alive…not just alive like an ecosystem, but a living, sentient swamp. "It looks into you," is what one local was quoted as saying.

They also said that parts of the swamp could take the form of a man–but only when it was angry.

On December 9, 2010, the swamp became angry.

Toxic waste from the city was spilled into the swamp, poisining the ecosystem and countless residents in the slums. People grew sick. People died.

But not the swamp.

It grew stronger.

Reports of a swamp man, or "Swamp Thing," began circulating around the city. Pieces of the swamp began growing out of buildings, roads, sidewalks, walls, cars, everything…

Including people.

The city is gone now. Only the swamp remains.

Some say the Swamp Thing has moved to other cities, so look around sometime. You may find the Swamp Thing growing out of nearly anything…

(Note: There will be little pieces of the mask/Swamp Thing growing inside of the frame with the story…this will be the only piece that breaks the 4^th wall, fitting for SW)