Swamp Thing: Morning of the Magician by Rick Veitch, Michael Zulli and Tom Sutton
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Overview: Swamp Thing: Morning of the Magician is an unpublished comic by Rick Veitch, Michael Zulli and Tom Sutton that was supposed to be published in May of 1989.
Despite having planned the story out in advance and having had it approved by his editors, Rick Veitch’s epic story about Swamp Thing journeying backwards through time was a source of concern for DC Comics editorial, because one of its final issues ended with Swamp Thing meeting Jesus Christ himself.
Most of the issue’s artwork had already been drawn by Michael Zulli, in what was his first work for DC, and the story was to include both Etrigan and the more obscure Golden Gladiator, following the story arc’s trend of highlighting a relatively forgotten era-specific character with each issue’s time-period setting. The character of Jesus Christ was simply called Nazarene, referring to his birthplace of Nazareth. The story would have revealed how the three wise men were actually assassins and that the Nazarene was a hedge wizard.
Both editors Karen Berger and Dick Giordano read and tentatively approved the script, with the knowledge impressed upon Veitch that changes to the script might be necessary. However, upon her review of the script and artwork, DC President and Editor-in-Chief Jenette Kahn deemed the story too great a risk for publication. Given decreasing sales of comic books and major projects on the horizon for the company, a boycott or protest could hurt the company and Kahn ordered that the story go unpublished. Though Veitch reportedly made efforts to change the script and argue the opposing side, editorial was determined and he and Zulli resigned from the title.
While Rick Veitch attempted to get his story published with a rewritten script in when he finally returned to the company in 2004, DC declined to publish it and the script and artwork was finally published online in 2011.
Genre: Comics
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