"The Conqueror Worms" is the story title to the eleventh issue of the first Swamp Thing ongoing comic book series by DC Comics. The story was written by Len Wein with artwork by Nestor Redondo, who also provided embellishment work for this issue. The cover art was penciled and inked by Luis Dominguez. The colorist and letterer for this story are uncredited. It was edited by Joe Orlando. This issue shipped with an August, 1974 cover date and carried a cover price of 20 cents per copy (US).
Swamp Thing must rescue Abby and Matt Cable from Zachary Nail, an old foe of Dr. Thirteen's, and from mutant worms under his command (or so he thinks). He also discovers four human captives: Jefferson Bolt, Ruth, Luke, and the brain-damaged former sheriff Kain. Ruth is killed, infuriating her lover Bolt. The worms turn against Nail, so he destroys his underwater compound along with himself and the worms. The humans escape, but Swamp Thing is suddenly transported to the distant past.
