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BUSINESS, Page 47Business NotesCOMIC BOOKSSwamp Thing's Quagmire
Swamp Thing, the plantlike hero of a DC Comics series for
adults, is taking an involuntary vacation. Swamp Thing had been
traveling through time in recent issues, meeting personalities
ranging from Adolf Hitler to King Arthur. But an encounter with
Jesus of Nazareth has proved too provocative. DC's editor in
chief, Jenette Kahn, canceled the June issue (No. 88), in which
Swamp Thing appears at the Garden of Gethsemane bearing the Holy
Grail. Said Kahn: "We believed that the story concept would be
offensive to many of our readers."
Kahn's decision prompted series writer Rick Veitch to
resign in protest from DC, a subsidiary of Warner
Communications. He says, "I expected the same creative freedom
that goes with writing a novel." The series' 50,000 fans are in
an uproar. Says Stephen Kelleher, manager of Big Apple Comics
in New York City: "Swamp Thing was only meeting Jesus. It's not
like they were going to sing show tunes or perform high jinks."