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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."