‘Swamp Thing Is Killing The Children’ Coming From BOOM!/DC Black Label In 2026

James Tynion IV is getting back to his DC roots, literally. With next year’s release of Something is Killing the Children #50, his BOOM! Studios book, the festivities will spill over into a crossover with DC’s Black Label line, titled — what else — Swamp Thing is Killing the Children.

A co-publication between DC Black Label and BOOM! Studios this was announced at the BOOM! Studios panel at New York Comic Con. While there’s no release date, Tynion did explain that, “My love for DC Comics comes from DC horror.”

Later, at a Tiny Onion panel (Tynion’s imprint), the writer explained that, “DC does want me to confirm that the real Swamp Thing that you love doesn’t actually kill children. There were some people nervous about the title.”

Werther Dell’Edera will provide art for the book, as usual for SIKTC (Dell’Edera is also working on the DC Elseworlds book Green Lantern Dark).

“It’s such an incredible thing to see Erica Slaughter next to Swamp Thing” said Josh Hayes, Vice President of Consumer Sales and Marketing at BOOM! Studios, via a press release provided to Comic Book Club.  “Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson are synonymous with comics I grew up on, and absolute masters of their craft.  To have modern masters like James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera telling a tale like this is something – I mean Swamp Thing that I can’t wait to read!”

Added Chris Conroy, Executive Editor for the DC Black Label imprint, “I’ll admit the sheer brilliance of the title alone was reason enough to get excited about this, but James and Werther have gone deep and created a story that’s just as ambitious as any of the other classics in the Swamp Thing library. I think fans of both the SlaughterVerse and of the darker side of DC comics are going to be shocked and delighted when they see what we’ve been up to!”

It’s also a big year for Swamp Thing, as DC will finally publish Rick Veitch’s “lost” Swamp Thing ’89, aka the story where Swamp Thing meets Jesus.

So what will happen in the book? Will Erica Slaughter kill Swamp Thing? Will Erica also meet Jesus? We’ll find out more in 2026.

This article has been updated to include quotes from DC and BOOM!

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