The Bog Swamp Demon is a swamp monster that first appeared in the pages of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series. Swamp monsters have been a staple of comics for years From the 1940s to the present many murk-dwellers have made their muddy mark in comics His adventures are chronicled in issues #4 through #12 of Volume 2 of the Mirage Studios title. Mirage Studios is an independent American Comic book company founded in 1983 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, based in Northampton

Bog fought a horde of demons summoned by a coven of harpy-witch sisters living in the swamp. The demons took human form to do their dirty deeds but, being a demon himself, Bog saw them for what they really were and promptly dispatched them. Bog killed one of the witch sister's thus prompting the remaining two to conjure help from hell. The demon Bathym answered their call only to be killed by Bog who lured him to hallowed ground, a swamp-side cemetery, where he impaled the demon beast on a tombstone.

For some reason the story segments are out of sequence in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books. A paragraph on the inside front cover of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles volume 2 number ten addresses this but offers no explanation. Part one of Bog begins in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles volume 2 number six then skips an issue and resumes with issue eight but omits Bog part 2, printing instead Bog installment number 3. Bog part two then appears in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles volume 2 number ten instead of issue nine. Things get back in order with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles volume 2 number eleven which prints Bog part four and finally the Bog Swamp Demon story concludes in issue number twelve of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles volume 2 title.

Solo title

Cover to Bog Swamp Demon number one.

Bog would go on to get his own horror series from Hall of Heroes with award-winning Swamp Thing artist Steve Bissette illustrating the covers for the 4-issue run. Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience Hall of Heroes was a short-lived independent comic book company that existed from 1993 to 1999 as well as the name of their flagship title The Swamp Thing is a Fictional character created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson for DC Comics and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy Stephen R Bissette (also known as Steve Bissette) is an American Comics artist and publisher best known for working with writer Alan Moore Ethan Van Sciver contributes to the series by illustrating a special alternative cover for issue one. Ethan Van Sciver (b 1974 is an American Comic book Artist, best known for illustrating a number of DC Comics titles including Green Bo Robertson was the penciller for the first 3 issues and Marvel Comics artist Cory Hamscher provided the art for issue #4. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc

In his own title series Bog formed an uneasy alliance with a wayward priest and troubled teenage girl while he fought off various Hell-spawned super- villains. He was attacked from the nether-regions by Mogog, Baphomet, Helliphant-hideous beast from beyond and a family of malformed Hell-billies. Heaven also got in on the act by dispatching its own avenging angel, Etherial, to try to vanquish Bog but to no avail. Bog reigned supreme over his swampy home even finding friendship with a mudpuppy-man named Hellbender.

Image Comics

Cover to Big Bang number fifteen.

Bog battled Doctor Weird in the December 1997 issue of Big Bang from Image Comics. The Big Bang is the cosmological model of the Universe that is best supported by all lines of scientific evidence and Observation. Image Comics is an American Comic book publisher It was founded in 1992 by seven high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their This issue is number 15 in the series. Bog returned in issue 16 also and can be found in the Big Bang Universe RPG book. The Big Bang is the cosmological model of the Universe that is best supported by all lines of scientific evidence and Observation.

Gutwallow

A continuing Bog Swamp Demon adventure appeared in the pages of Dan Berger's Gutwallow comic book series published by Numbskull Press. Dan Berger (born March 2, 1965) is an American Comic book artist best known for his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series Gutwallow is a Comic book series about a Gingerbread man. It is written and drawn by Dan Berger and published by Mirage Studios The back-up stories were written by veteran Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles writer Doug Brammer and illustrated by David Vance. Doug Brammer (born May 13, 1963) is an American Comic book writer best known for his work on the Teenage It ran for two story arcs and included guest appearances of Gutwallow himself and Brammer's Golem character from the title "Power of the Golem". In Jewish folklore, a golem (גולם sometimes as in Yiddish, pronounced goilem) is an animated being created entirely from inanimate matter

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