Cover Impressions:

Looks like Swampy is ready to toss Liz off the bridge.

Swamp Thing #12 (April, 1983)

Cover Price: $.60
Title: And Yet It Lives
Credits:
Writer-Martin Pasko
Art-Tom Yates (Cover: Yates)
Editor-Len Wein
Colorist-Tatjana Wood
Letterer-John Costanza

Issue Recap:

This is issue picks up right after the end of last issue with Swamp Thing and the Golem battling. Swampy turns the Golem "off" by erasing one of the Herbrew letters word for 'life' by turning it into the Herbrew word for "dead". Afterwards realizing the Golem attacked Swampy due to Kathy's amulet, Dr Kay puts it on the Golem and reanimates it to track Kathy. Shortly thereafter the Golem finds Kathy and the battle begins. The battle is fierce but in the end Swamp Thing kills Kathy. However also dead are Milton and Dr. Kay's other operatives.

Back at the hotel, Dennis and Liz are researching Swamp Thing's disease when Grasp shows up holding them at gun point. However it is a ruse and Grasp allows Dennis to strike him which he figures the two will then flee to Swamp Thing. And Grasp is correct, that is exactly what Liz and Dennis do. They catch up to Swamp Thing just after the battle (with Grasp following them). Dennis tells Swamp Thing that they have cure. However Dr. Kay tells them they must wait as they need to find the missing Golem before it cause any damage. The group then sets off in search of the Golem.

Of course Kathy is not really dead her spirit leaves her dead body and goes after Swamp Thing and co. Does nobody double check to make sure the villain is dead? Soon Kathy's spirit catches up to the group as they drive down the road and posses Liz. During the confusion the car crashes on the icy mountain road. Grasp is nearby ready to ambush the party but is unable to take a shot due to fact he wants to confirm his kill. The now possessed Liz threatens the party but Kathy finds Swamp Thing a much better target for possession. However Swamp Thing is able to resist the possession and casts Kathy out. The now enraged Kathy bathes everybody nearby (including Grasp) in a white light. Everybody then finds themselves in a medieval looking castle ending the issue.

Remarks:

I have really enjoyed the last couple of issues. The blurb at the end of this issue looks like it will be the finale for the Kathy story-line...hope it is good.

Grade: B