| Issue | #17 |
| Published | Summer 1979 |
| Frequency | four times a year |
| Cover Price | 1.00 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Joe Orlando |
| Characters | Rebecca Ravenwind; Swamp Thing [Alec Holland] |
| Genre | horror |
| Pencils | Bernie Wrightson (signed) |
| Inks | Bernie Wrightson (signed) |
| Reprinted | from Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #5 (July-August 1973) |
| Script | Mike W. Barr |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Swamp Thing [Alec Holland] (Origin recap); Linda Holland (Flashback; Cameo); Rebecca Ravenwood; Timothy Ravenwood; Jocko; Gideon; Smith |
| Synopsis | Swamp Thing is rescued from the ocean by Rebecca Ravenwood, who is fleeing her small town after being accused of being a witch. |
| Genre | horror |
| Script | Len Wein |
| Pencils | Bernie Wrightson |
| Inks | Bernie Wrightson |
| Reprinted | from Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #5 (July-August 1973) |
| Characters | Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]; Matt Cable; Abigail Arcane; Jack; The Conclave; Mayor Hans Klochmann |
| Synopsis | Swamp Thing finds himself in a small town where a German clockmaker has made life-like robots to populate his town. Unfortunately, the Conclave shows up to learn the secret of the robots from Klochmann. |
| Genre | horror |
| Script | Len Wein |
| Pencils | Bernie Wrightson |
| Inks | Bernie Wrightson |
| Reprinted | from Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #6 (September-October 1973) |
| Characters | Abigail Arcane; Alfred Pennyworth; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Hammerschmidt; Driscoll (limousine driver); Matt Cable; Nathan Ellery [Mr. E] (Wayne Foundation member); Swamp Thing [Alec Holland] (Origin recap); Ferrett (Flashback; Cameo); Linda Holland (Flashback Cameo) |
| Synopsis | The Swamp Thing travels to Gotham to rescue Matt and Abigail and stumbles into the location of the Conclave, the organization that is responsible for the accident that changed him into the Swamp Thing. While in Gotham the Swamp Thing crosses paths with Batman. |
| Genre | horror; Superhero |
| Script | Len Wein |
| Pencils | Bernie Wrightson |
| Inks | Bernie Wrightson |
| Reprinted | from Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #7 (November-December 1973) |
| Script | Mike W. Barr |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Letters from the previous two DC Special Series issues that reprinted the first 4 issues of Swamp Thing. |
| Characters | Swamp Thing [Alec Holland] |
| Genre | horror |
| Pencils | Bernie Wrightson |
| Inks | Bernie Wrightson |
| Notes | Back cover |
| Reprinted | from Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #6 (September-October 1973) |