Warning: contains preview images for The Swamp Thing #11!
Tefe Holland, the daughter of the new Swamp Thing and followed him on a dark odyssey through the Green and in a preview for The Swamp Thing #11, his ex-girlfriend seeks out Tefe for answers, and more importantly, help—but Tefe seems reluctant. The issue, the first of the title’s second season, is on sale in print and digital March 29.
When Alan Moore revitalized Swamp Thing in the mid-1980s, he revealed that Swamp Thing served a higher power called the Green, the embodiment of plant life on Earth. After Swamp Thing learned he had no chance of becoming human again, he embarked on a quest of self-discovery, ultimately learning there had been other Swamp Things through history. Alec relinquished the role, and last year the Green chose Levi Kamen as their new champion. A whirlwind ten issues saw Levi not only confront what he had become, but also his family’s legacy, which was bound to the Green. Levi’s ex-lover found herself caught up in Levi’s new life, and she has resolved to help cure him, and she turns to Tefe Holland for help in a preview for The Swamp Thing #11. The issue is written by Ram V, illustrated by Mike Perkins, colored by Mike Spicer and lettered by Aditya Bidikar.
The preview opens with Levi’s ex Jennifer describing the events thus far, and readers learn she is telling all of this to Tefe Holland, the daughter of Alec Holland, the original Swamp Thing. She asks Tefe for help in saving Levi, but Tefe refuses. She tells Jennifer that while she may think she knows what is going on, she actually does not; Tefe tells Jennifer she has not even “scratched the surface.” Tefe recounts to Jennifer her own history, how she was made by the Green to be an avatar, one that would destroy humanity. Tefe describes to Jennifer the nature of the Green, and how it is currently in a state of flux.
The preview ends there, but the prospect of Tefe helping Jennifer seems quite small. Tefe worked to distance herself from her famous father and the Green, trying to etch out a life of her own. Tefe has found herself pulled back into the madness on several occasions, and even headlined her own Swamp Thing title in the early 2000s. However, with Alec Holland now no longer in the role, Tefe perhaps felt it was the perfect time to move on, explaining her resentment towards Jennifer. The question then is: will Tefe change her mind, and help Jennifer save Levi? And where exactly is Levi now? Tefe also said the Green was currently “in turmoil”—how will this impact not only Levi but Tefe as well?
Whether or not Tefe helps Jennifer remains to be seen. However, she was right to move on, and put Swamp Thing behind her, but now she is about to find herself drawn back in.
