Green, The

The Green is a fictional concept featured in comic books published by DC Comics, some of which are printed under DC's Vertigo line. It relates to the Swamp Thing family of comic titles. The Green is the name attributed to the elemental force that governs all plant life on the planet. All plant life, even that of a sentient nature, is somehow mystically tied to the Green. The Green is partially sentient, and communicates its will through a government of collective entities that is known as the Parliament of Trees. The Green chooses a protector to serve as Guardian to the Green, which may also embody the station of being the plant elemental of Earth. There have been several such guardian protectors, but the most notable of which is a former scientist named Alec Holland, whose own scientific experiments paved the way towards becoming an aspect of the Green. Those familiar with Holland's transformation refer to him as the Swamp Thing.