Patchwork Man

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Patchwork Man
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Swamp Thing #2 (Dec. 1972-Jan. 1973)
Created by Len Wein
Bernie Wrightson
In-story information
Notable aliases Gregori Arcane
Abilities Super strength and invulnerability.

Gregori Arcane, the Patchwork Man, is a fictional DC Comics horror character based upon Frankenstein's monster. He is the brother of Anton Arcane[1] and the father of Abby Holland.

Publication history

The Patchwork Man first appeared in Swamp Thing #2 (Dec. 1972-Jan. 1973).[2] He was believed to have been killed in the next issue.[3] Three years later, the character was revived and was to have become an ongoing feature in the House of Secrets series but only appeared in one issue.[4][5]

Plot

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Patchwork Man was the second foe to fight the Swamp Thing.[2] He had been Gregori Arcane, the brother of Anton Arcane, another of the Swamp Thing's foes, until he was killed after stepping on a land mine. His brother Anton repaired his mutilated body and reanimated it. The result was a monster, the Patchwork Man.

Gregori went insane and Anton locked him in with his second series of Un-Men. In Swamp Thing #3, the Swamp Thing engages the Patchwork Man in battle while endeavouring to rescue Abby. Due to his injuries and transformation into a monster, the Patchwork Man could only remember that Abby was his daughter and that he was to rescue her. He falls to his apparent death, and the Swamp Thing and Abby go on to other adventures.[3]

He is believed to have died in a severe storm, where his body fell apart, to be found by Abby.[6]

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Wein, Len (w), Wrightson, Bernie (p), Wrightson, Bernie (i). "The Man Who Wanted Forever" Swamp Thing 2 (December 1972-January 1973)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Wein, Len (w), Wrightson, Bernie (p), Wrightson, Bernie (i). "The Patchwork Man" Swamp Thing 3 (February-March 1973)
  4. Conway, Gerry (w), Redondo, Nestor (p), Redondo, Nestor (i). "Reprise: The Patchwork Man" House of Secrets 140 (February-March 1976)
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  6. Bissette, Stephen R. (w), Veitch, Rick (p), Alcala, Alfredo (i). "Reunion" Swamp Thing v2, 59 (April 1987)