Spectral #5
In "Le village des morts-vivants," Swamp Thing stumbles into a quiet French village where a reclusive German clockmaker has crafted eerily lifelike robots to inhabit his town. When the Conclave arrives to uncover the secret behind these mechanical inhabitants, Swamp Thing must navigate a world where the line between life and machine blurs. Written by Len Wein and illustrated by Bernie Wrightson, with inks by Wrightson, this 1975 issue offers a haunting blend of gothic mystery and eerie invention.
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Swamp Thing finds himself in a small town where a German clockmaker has made life-like robots to populate his town. Unfortunately, the Conclave shows up to learn the secret of the robots from Klochmann.
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