| ABBY CABLE | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson |
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CHRONOLOGY
Abby Cable first appeared in Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #3 (February-March 1973): "The Patchwork Man".
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Abby Cable in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Abby Cable Chronology
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| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #3 (February-March 1973): "The Patchwork Man" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #4 (April-May 1973): "Monster on the Moors" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #6 (September-October 1973): "A Clockwork Horror" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #7 (November-December 1973): "Night of the Bat" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #9 (March-April 1974): "The Stalker from Beyond" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #11 (July-August 1974): "The Conqueror Worms" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #12 (September-October 1974): "The Eternity Man" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #13 (November-December 1974): "The Leviathan Conspiracy" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #15 (March-April 1975): "The Soul-Spell of Father Bliss" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #16 (May 1975): "Night of the Warring Dead" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #17 (July 1975): "The Destiny Machine" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #18 (September 1975): "Village of the Doomed" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #19 (October 1975): "A Second Time to Die" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #20 (December 1975-January 1976): "The Mirror Monster" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #17 (October 1983): "...And Things That Go Bump in the Night" [Flashback] |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #16 (August 1983): "Stopover in a Place of Secret Truths" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #17 (October 1983): "...And Things That Go Bump in the Night" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #18 (November 1983): [Framing Sequence] |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #19 (December 1983): "And the Meek Shall Inherit..." |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #20 (January 1984): "Loose Ends" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #22 (March 1984): "Swamped" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #23 (April 1984): "Another Green World" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #24 (May 1984): "Roots" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #25 (June 1984): "The Sleep of Reason" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #26 (July 1984): "...A Time of Running" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #27 (August 1984): "...By Demons Driven!" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #28 (September 1984): "The Burial" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #29 (October 1984): "Love and Death" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #30 (November 1984): "A Halo of Flies" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #31 (December 1984): "The Brimstone Ballet" |
| Swamp Thing Annual Vol. 2 #2 (1985): "Down Amongst the Dead Men" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #33 (February 1985): "Abandoned Houses" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #34 (March 1985): "Rite of Spring" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #35 (April 1985): "The Nukeface Papers Part 1" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #36 (May 1985): "The Nukeface Papers Part 2" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #37 (June 1985): "Growth Patterns" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #38 (July 1985): "Still Waters" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #40 (September 1985): "The Curse" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #41 (October 1985): "Southern Change" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #42 (November 1985): "Strange Fruit" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #44 (January 1986): "Bogeymen" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #47 (April 1986): "The Parliament of Trees" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #48 (May 1986): "A Murder of Crows" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #51 (August 1986): "Home Free" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #52 (September 1986): "Natural Consequences" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #53 (October 1986): "The Garden of Earthly Delights" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #54 (November 1986): "The Flowers of Romance" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #55 (December 1986): "Earth to Earth" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #59 (April 1987): "Reunion" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #61 (June 1987): "All Flesh is Grass" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #63 (August 1987): "Loose Ends (Reprise)" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #64 (September 1987): "Return of the Good Gumbo" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #65 (October 1987): "(We Could Be) Diving for Pearls" |
| Swamp Thing Annual Vol. 2 #3 (1987): "Distant Cousins" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #66 (November 1987): "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #67 (December 1987): "The Wisdom of Solomon" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #68 (January 1988): "Reflections in a Golden Eye" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #69 (February 1988): "Wild Thing" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #70 (March 1988): "The Secret Life of Plants" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #71 (April 1988): "Fear of Flying" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #72 (May 1988): "Gargles in the Rat Race Choir" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #73 (June 1988): "The Fire Next Door" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #74 (July 1988): "Center of the Cyclone" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #75 (August 1988): "The Thinker" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #76 (September 1988): "L'adoration De La Terre" |
| Hellblazer #10 (October 1988): "Sex and Death" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #77 (October 1988): "Infernal Triangles" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #78 (November 1988): "To Sow One's Seed in the Wind" |
| Swamp Thing Annual Vol. 2 #4 (1988): "Threads" |
| Black Orchid Vol. 1 #3 (1989): "Yes..." |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #80 (winter 1988): "The Longest Day" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #81 (Holiday 1988): "Widowsweed" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #82 (January 1989): "Brothers in Arms Part Two" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #83 (February 1989): "Brothers in Arms Part One" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #84 (March 1989): "Final Payment" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #86 (May 1989): "Heroes of the Revolution" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #87 (June 1989): "Fall of the House of Pendragon" |
| Swamp Thing Annual Vol. 2 #5 (1989): "Brothers" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #88 (September 1989): "Survival of the Fittest" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #89 (November 1989): "Founding Fathers" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #90 (December 1989): "Journeys" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #91 (January 1990): "Augurs and Offerings" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #92 (February 1990): "La Terre qui Disparaît" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #93 (March 1990): "Capturing the Moments of Your Life" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #94 (April 1990): "The Mysterious Axman's Jazz" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #95 (May 1990): "Toxic Wonderland" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #96 (June 1990): "Hell to Pay" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #97 (July 1990): "Scattered Houses" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #98 (August 1990): "Family Reunion" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #99 (September 1990): "Leaves in a Tempest" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #100 (October 1990): "Tales of Eden" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #101 (November 1990): "Keepsakes" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #102 (December 1990): "And All the King's Horses..." |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #103 (January 1991): "Exodus" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #104 (February 1991): "Matango" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #105 (March 1991): "Living Sacrifices" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #106 (April 1991): "Dead Tribes and Forgotten Souls" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #107 (May 1991): "Stabs of Life Echoing in a Void" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #108 (June 1991): "Siege" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #109 (July 1991): "A Descent of Shadows" |
| Swamp Thing Annual Vol. 2 #6 (1991): "Les Perdu" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #110 (August 1991): "Any Deadly Thing" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #111 (September 1991): "Zydeco Ya-Ya" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #112 (October 1991): "All the Swamp Thing's Men" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #113 (November 1991): "Fear and Loathing on the Bayou Trail" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #114 (December 1991): "Pirate's Alley" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #115 (January 1992): "Rum, Necromancy, & The Lash" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #115/2 (January 1992): "Papa Noël" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #117 (March 1992): "The Lord of Misrule" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #118 (April 1992): "A Child's Garden" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #119 (May 1992): "The Bad Man" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #120 (June 1992): "Lady Jane" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #121 (July 1992): "Laissez Les Bon Temps Rulers" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #122 (August 1992): "The Eye of the Needleman" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #123 (September 1992): "Punctures" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #124 (October 1992): "Husks" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #125 (November 1992): "Family Reunion" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #127 (January 1993): "Project Proteus" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #128 (February 1993): "Toxic Shock" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #129 (March 1993): "Swamp Fever" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #130 (April 1993): "Home Sick" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #131 (May 1993): "Folk Remedy" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #132 (June 1993): "Home Body" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #133 (July 1993): "Daisy Chain" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #134 (August 1993): "She's Leaving Houma" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #135 (September 1993): "Marital Problems" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #136 (October 1993): "Cross-Pollination" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #137 (November 1993): "Dead Relatives" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #138 (December 1993): "And in the End..." |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #140 (March 1994): "Vegetable Man" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #141 (April 1994): "Bad Gumbo" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #142 (May 1994): "Soul Train" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #143 (June 1994): "Desert Hearts" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #160 (November 1995): "Ace of Swords" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #161 (December 1995): "Many Happy Returns" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #162 (January 1996): "Telephone Calls from the Dead" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #166 (May 1996): "Trial by Fire, Part 1: Golden Days Before The End" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #167 (June 1996): "Trial by Fire, Part 2: The Word of God" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #168 (July 1996): "Trial by Fire, Part 3: Last Temptation of Anton" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #169 (August 1996): "Trial by Fire, Part 4: Judas Tree" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #170 (September 1996): "Trial by Fire, Part 5: Apocalypse Now" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #171 (October 1996): "Trial by Fire: The End" |
| Dreaming #22 (March 1998): "The Unkindness of One, Part I" |
| Dreaming #23 (April 1998): "The Unkindness of One, Part II" |
| Dreaming #24 (May 1998): "The Unkindness of One, Part III" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 3 #1 (May 2000): "In Lieu of Flowers" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 3 #2 (June 2000): "A Tree Falls In the Forest" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 3 #6 (October 2000): "Killing Time, Part Three: Destiny Manifest" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #1 (May 2004): "Swamp Thing: Bad Seed" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #2 (June 2004): "Bad Seed, Part Two" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #3 (July 2004): "Bad Seed, Part Three" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #4 (August 2004): "Bad Seed, Part Four" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #5 (September 2004): "Bad Seed, Part Five" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #6 (October 2004): "Bad Seed, Conclusion" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #9 (January 2005): "Love in Vain, Chapter One" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #10 (February 2005): "Love in Vain, Chapter Two" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #11 (March 2005): "Love in Vain, Chapter Three" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #12 (April 2005): "Love in Vain, Chapter Four" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #13 (May 2005): "Measure of Faith, Chapter One" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #14 (June 2005): "Measure of Faith, Chapter Two" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #21 (January 2006): "The Bleeding Raconteur, Part 1-StoryTeller Down" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #22 (February 2006): "The Bleeding Raconteur, Part 2-A Hair-Trigger Heart" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #23 (March 2006): "The Bleeding Raconteur, Part 3-Letting Go" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #24 (April 2006): "The Bleeding Raconteur, Part 4-Emendation" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #25 (May 2006): "Meanwhile, In Houma..." |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #27 (July 2006): "The Prison Tree, Chapter I" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #28 (August 2006): "The Prison Tree, Chapter II" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 4 #29 (September 2006): "The Prison Tree, Conclusion" |