List of swamp monsters

They are generally depicted as fierce and destructive.

From the 1940s to the present many swamp monsters have been used in comics, an early example being Hillman Publications' the Heap.

Afterwards, both DC Comics and Marvel created similar characters: The debuts of the two characters were so close that it is impossible to say which came first.

[11] Alan Moore, who worked on Swamp Thing for a period, later described the character's original incarnation as "a regurgitation of Hillman Comics' The Heap", adding that "When I took over that character at Len Wein's suggestion, I did my best to make it an original character that didn't owe a huge debt to previously existing swamp monsters.

"[12] Other swamp monsters in comics include:

The Heap in mortal combat with the "Man of the Moonlight" on the cover of Airboy Comics , vol. 9 #5 (June 1952). Artwork by Ernest Schroeder.