SUPERSWAMP

   People may think that the concept of Superman was born on the planet Krypton. But they’re wrong. His birth was directly inspired by a story written by Philip Wylie in 1930 called "The Gladiator."Theodore Sturgeon’s short story, "It," written in 1940, provided the inspiration for another well-known character -The Swamp Thing, a monster entirely made of vegetable matter. The Swamp Thing, created by Len Wein for DC COMICS, became the star of several movies, including Swamp Thing, directed by Wes Craven in 1982 and Swamp Thing II in 1989.