Harvey Atkin as Tomahawk: A Native American ally to the Swamp Thing that battles the Un-Men.Don Francks as Anton Arcane: The evil scientist is obsessed with gaining immortality (and the cause of Swamp Thing becoming what he is) that uses the Geno-fluid of his transducer chamber to turn himself and his Un-Men into monstrous creatures - He becomes an arachnid monster.Len Carlson as the Swamp Thing: Once a scientist named Alec Holland whose secret lab was destroyed by Arcane and his cronies, turning him into the Swamp Thing - He now protects the swamp from evil with his supernatural powers over nature.

The animated series aired concurrently with a more successful live-action adaptation of the comic book. The United Kingdom's Children's Channel also re-aired Swamp Thing in the 1990s. Despite the series limited number of episodes, NBC featured it during Chip and Pepper's Cartoon Madness in fall 1991, and the Sci Fi Channel would syndicate it years later. Swamp Thing was apparently turned down by CBS, leading to its mid-season debut on FOX. Spoofing Chip Taylor's ' Wild Thing', the opening theme plays 'Swamp Thing!. Similar to Troma's Toxic Crusaders, the animation style of Swamp Thing follows the trend of goofy, horror anti-heroes made for children. Tomahawk is Native American and should not be confused with the DC/Vertigo character, Thomas Hawk, who was a soldier in the American Revolution rescued by Native Americans.

The Swamp Thing also has two friends named Tomahawk and Bayou Jack. Arcane is backed by his gang of Un-Men: Dr. Animation.Īnton Arcane takes the role of the main villain responsible for Alec Holland's transformation into the Swamp Thing. This is the final animated series from DC Comics to not be produced by Warner Bros. Despite the animated series' brief run, various merchandise was also produced in 1991 resulting in the only significant marketing platform ever created for the character. Produced by DIC Animation City, the series corresponded with Kenner's Swamp Thing action figure collection released in 1990. It aired on YTV from 1991 to 1993 in Canada. The series is short-lived, with the pilot episode airing on Octofollowed by four additional episodes airing weekly from April 20 to May 11, 1991.

Swamp Thing is an animated television series based on the Vertigo/ DC Comics superhero character Swamp Thing.

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