Story: "Garden of Earthly Delights" (38 Pages)

Credits: Alan Moore (plot, script); John Totleben (pencils, inks); John Costanza (letters); Tatjana Wood (colors); Karen Berger (edits)

Feature Character: Swamp Thing (next in issue #55)

Guest Star: Batman

Supporting Characters: Abby Cable; Chester Williams (last in issue #43)

Villains: Dwight Wicker (next in issue #63), Lex Luthor (next in flashback in Adventures of Superman #425), Gus Foley (a DDI agent), Paulie Skinner (a napalm specialist and DDI agent; first appearance of both; both next in issue #63)

Guest Appearances: James Gordon, Harvey Bullock; Mayor Skowcroft (last in Detective Comics #558)

Other Characters: Wallace Monroe (last in Saga of the Swamp Thing #36); Sare Finney (a teacher), Kirstin Hoberman, Denzil Peachy, Lori Dickens (first appearance of all four), Stan, Bickmeyer (first appearance of both; two police officers of the GCPD)