Story: "River Run Ch. 1: City of the Dead" (24 Pages)

Credits:

Mark Miller (plot, script)
Phillip Hester (pencils)
Kim DeMulder (inks)
Richard Starkins/Comicraft (letters)
Tatjana Wood (colors)
Stuart Moore (edits)

Feature Character:

Swamp Thing

Supporting Character:

Anna (a counterpart of the DC Universe character in an alternate universe taken from her's book "River Run; see Comment)

Villains:

The Devolving Man (Martin; first appearance; Anna's husband; a character from Anna's book "River Run")

Other Characters:

Harry Moon (a paranormal investigator)
Felipe (a tatooist)
the Sherif of New Orleans
Bobby
Pimlott
Carter (dies)
Cooter (deceased; first appearance of all; latter four New Orleans police officers; all seven characters from Anna's book "River Run")

Comment: Beginning this issue and throughout the River Run storyline, Swamp Thing journeys through various alternate universes as described in the different chapters of Anna's unfinished book "River Run". Anna herself also appears in all chapters as a character in her book; in these appearances however she is to be considered an alternate universe counterpart of the the character from the previous issue.