(We bet you’ve got the option to imagine who is following closely behind him.)

[Weins] major plan was pretty much a straight horror title.

His main thing was to stress that Alec was turned into Swamp Thing.

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He really wanted to stress that again.

He felt that there was a lot of story potential in that.

He loved to be involved in that kind of aspect of it.

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Len was just old world comics.

He loved to talk about the visuals.

He adds, Im completely grateful I got to do it.

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This is not a story about hope.

This is a story about anxiety, says King.

So, thats what I want them to get from it.

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Its something totally different than anything Ive ever done before.

Im drawing things Ive never really drawn before forests and mountain ranges.

How do you draw in the snow and make it look interesting so its not just all white?

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How do you draw Swamp Thing?

Both King and Fabok are honored to be able to pay tribute to Wein with their story.

We want them to be proud of the work that weve done on this story.

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But how long can they rely on each other?

In addition, this special features the final Swamp Thing story from the monsters co-creator, Len Wein.

Swamp Thing Winter Special #1hits stands Jan. 31.

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