Tefé Holland

Tefé Holland

:"This article is about the DC Comics fictional character.
For the Brazilian location, see Tefé."

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character_name=Tefé Holland
debut=Swamp Thing #65 (1987) (Sprout),
Swamp Thing #90 (1989) (Tefé)
aliases=The Sprout
Mary Conway
creators=Rick Veitch
publisher=Vertigo imprint of DC Comics

Tefé Holland is a fictional character, a DC Comics universe leading and supporting character. The character is the daughter of Swamp Thing and Abby Arcane Holland. She became the Swamp Thing in "Swamp Thing" vol. 3, having all of her father's powers, but retaining a human appearance. She no longer has these powers.Fact|date=December 2007

Fictional character biography

She first appears as the Sprout in "Swamp Thing" #65 (1987). She is later born in "Swamp Thing" #90 (1989) as Tefé, named after the location of the Brazilian river source and home of the Parliament of Trees.cite web |url=http://www.swampthingroots.com |title=swampthingroots.com |accessdate=2007-08-07 |format= |work= ]

Tefé is notable for being the featured character in the third "Swamp Thing" series,Fact|date=December 2007 almost to the exclusion of the title character from 2000 to 2001, launching the comics career of series writer Brian Vaughan. The series lasted 20 issues, with two tie-in specials featuring Tefé by Vaughan.

Tefé is a bisexual character, currently with a lesbian lover named Zaina. This relationship is revealed in "Swamp Thing" (fourth series) #9 (2005), the first issue in the series to be written by Joshua Dysart until 2006.

Reception

Brandon Thomas of Silver Bullet Comics felt that Brian K. Vaughan's run had "incredibly strong characterization." [cite web |url=http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/ambi/105816910317455.htm |title=Full Circle |accessdate=2007-08-07 |format= |work= ]

ee also

*John Constantine
*Parliament of Trees
*Anton Arcane
*Abin Sur
*Floronic Man
*The Word
*Sargon the Sorcerer

References

External links

* [http://www.swampthingroots.com Roots of the Swamp Thing] - An extremely detailed timeline chronicling all the events of Swamp Thing, Hellblazer and related titles in chronological order, covering the entire life of Tefé Holland


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