Swamp thing (Earth-7)

Biography 

Life

Alec Holland was a scientist working alongside his wife, Linda, in a secluded, confidential laboratory owned by a prestigious university. Their research focused on the Bio-Restorative Formula, a groundbreaking compound designed to reverse global warming and mass deforestation by enabling rapid plant growth and restoration.

Death

Their work attracted dangerous attention. Government agents, tasked with halting the project, attacked the laboratory. In the assault, Linda was executed, and the lab was set ablaze. Alec, gravely injured, fled into the nearby Louisiana swamp while carrying the Bio-Restorative Formula. When his body fell into the swamp, the formula mixed with his remains and the surrounding vegetation.

As Swamp Thing

The result was not Alec Holland resurrected, but a wholly new lifeform—a plant-based creature carrying the muscle memory and consciousness patterns of Alec’s mind. This being, later known as Swamp Thing, was entirely vegetal in biology—without blood, organs, or any human tissue—but believed itself to be Alec Holland.

Swamp Thing was first seen after a violent encounter near an abandoned house that left multiple government agents dead. He was shot, captured by Sunderland Corp, and subjected to an autopsy conducted by Dr. Jason Woodrue. Officially, he was classified as a plant organism, not human—until he unexpectedly opened his eyes on the operating table, proving that something more was at work.

Dark League

Over time, Swamp Thing came to understand his role as an elemental connected to the Green, the metaphysical force binding all plant life. His nature granted him a unique understanding of existence beyond human concepts of possession or control. When the threat of the Great Darkness emerged, it became clear that only the Dark and the Green shared the same kind of primal, ancient awareness—making Swamp Thing a key figure in forming a final agreement to oppose the Darkness.