#matt cable

[writing-for-life]

Morpheus meets Matthew—The Rest Is History…

Swamp Thing: Final Payment (#84, March 1989)—Rick Veitch (writer), Tom Mandrake (penciller) & Alfredo Alcala (inker)

I’ve been itching to share these for our community re-read of “Into the Night” (#15).

Some of you might recognise these panels, but not everyone has read Swamp Thing (or watched the one season they gave us), and this is the first and only time Morpheus appears in it. So for those of you who don’t know and always wondered who Matthew was before he became a raven, here comes a bit of background info (spoilery, so skip if that’s not your thing):

Matthew Cable has been part of Swamp Thing since the very first issue in 1972. He was a government agent assigned to protect scientist Alec Holland and his wife (who were developing a biological formula to end world hunger) but failed to save them. He then mistakenly believed the Swamp Thing was the killer of Holland (the Swamp Thing initially also believed he was an altered form of Alec—all very convoluted, partly retconned at some point, too, but in short: When Alec was killed, his body was drenched with the formula, which affected the plants in the swamp. They basically formed a new organism that held his memory).

Lots of stuff happened in the years in between, and I won’t go into it all here, but suffice it to say that when Matthew the Raven admits he’s not always been a good person, that’s a bit of an understatement.

The Sandman #15, “Into the Night”

In short: He basically lost his mind, but that also gave him powers (to alter reality no less, ha! No wonder he piqued Dream’s interest 🤣). Unfortunately, Matt didn’t exactly use those powers for good (since he could only really access them when drunk or severely distressed, he had “wonderful” ideas like manipulating reality for creations he could have sex with, and those acts got more and more grotesque as time passed). That obviously wasn’t great for his marriage to Abigail Arcane (or rather: Holland at the time he meets Morpheus). Now you know why he got so excited about strip clubs in Brief Lives 🙈.

Matthew then had a car accident while driving under the influence in 1984.

Swamp Thing #84, cover art by John Totleben

Lots of goings on between this point and issue #84, but again long story short: Matthew eventually ended up in a coma, and since he was an organ donor, a corrupt hospital administrator uses him as an organ farm. Enter first Eve in dreams (ha! again) and then Morpheus, who basically advises him to end his life so his ex-wife Abby can exist in peace after all these years (she is pregnant with… something, which Morpheus also cryptically alludes to here. Plus the hospital administration tries to land her with a nearly 3 million dollar bill for all the years Matt has been on life support). Before Abby can unplug said life support herself, Matthew comes to, gathers all his strength for one final time and destroys the machines that keep him alive to spare Abby the guilt. In his final moments, he asks her to forgive him and move on. Also: He quite strictly did not die in his sleep, so how did that work? 🧐 Dream logic 🤣

Morpheus’ cameo had been agreed upon with NG at the time (he is mentioned in the credits). And since issue #84 has been published in March 1989, you can also tell that we’re pretty firmly in Sam Kieth territory, and that Mandrake & Alcala tried to replicate Dream’s look accordingly. Plus: The first issue in which Matthew the Raven appears in The Sandman (“Moving In” of The Doll’s House arc) was published in October 1989. So they had this cooking for a bit.

Oh, John Constantine also makes an appearance in that issue. They worked really hard at the time to tie it all together…

[thenightling]

The 2019 TV series of Swamp Thing is now available (for a limited time) to watch for free on Tubi.

What makes this significant for Sandman fans is the show had a version of Matthew Cable as a character.

Matthew Cable is the man who dies and becomes Matthew The Raven in The Sandman.

They even went back and added a scene of Matthew dying in the final episode because this was around the time there were early talks of adapting The Sandman into a Netflix series.

Obviously he's played by a different actor here than he is in The Sandman, mind you. Tubi is only available in the US so if you are outside of the US make sure you turn on your VPN and set it for a USA location.

[nerds-yearbook]

Swamp Thing (Alec Holland version) first appeared in Swamp Thing 1, cover date November, 1972. The origin issue also introduced Matt Cable, Linda Holland, Anton Arcane and his Un-Men, Mr. E, Louisiana Blue, Bruno and the dog Mutt. They were created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. ("Dark Genesis", Swamp Thing 1, DC Comic Event)

[lands-of-fantasy]

Swamp Thing

Character Posters

[windsweptinred]

This may have started off as crack 😅... But if Matthew ever gets a promotion like Lucienne and gets his thumbs back ... I'm voting a hella yeah out of this!

okay LISTEN—

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: Deadpool

Sample Size: 14,893 stories

Source: AO3

[transexualpirate]

shipping deadpool with everyone that looks at him or in his general direction or breathe the same air he does really

[gotham-at-nightfall]

The battle to be the heir of Apocalypse is on!

X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse #1

[femmehysteria]

I'm doing a series of "Best Character Named X" polls where all the characters have the same first name but are from completely different media, feel free to send in name/charcacter suggestions, I'm posting one poll a day, check my pinned post for active polls

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Media observers have long recognized that Fox News effectively serves as an arm of President Donald Trump’s political apparatus. But with Wednesday’s announcement that the network has tapped his daughter-in-law, Lara, to host a weekly show, it’s clear Fox has abandoned any pretense that it functions as something other than a state TV channel. Lara Trump — who served as a Fox contributor following Trump’s first term, zealously denied the 2020 election results and then co-chaired the Republican National Committee during the 2024 presidential campaign — will take over the 9 p.m. hour of Fox’s Saturday night lineup beginning later this month, The New York Times first reported. “[T]here is no precedent for the close relative of a sitting president to host a high-profile show on a major television news channel,” the paper noted. Indeed, this deal is almost comically corrupt. No one should have any illusions that Fox has hired Lara Trump to produce anything other than crude propaganda for her father-in-law and his administration. And the arrangement for Fox to put money into the president’s family member’s bank account became public two days after Donald Trump met with network owner Rupert Murdoch in the Oval Office and publicly criticized his Wall Street Journal’s editorial board. No credible news outlet would employ the president’s relative as a host. But Fox doesn’t function like a normal news outlet, and its executives apparently no longer care to pretend otherwise. [...] Lara Trump’s hiring eliminates any subtext. No outlet that prioritizes providing the news for its audience would put the sitting president’s daughter-in-law on its payroll. Fox operates under different rules and has different goals — and the network no longer cares who knows it.

MMFA's Matt Gertz for MSNBC.com on Fox "News" Channel's ethics-breaching hire of Lara Trump to host a Saturday night show on the channel (02.06.2025)

See Also:

MMFA: Fox News hiring the president's daughter-in-law is beyond parody

[hellaa-roleplay]

Poly Marvel roleplay??

I’m looking for 21+ rpers who would be interested in doing a poly rp with any of the characters below! (Canon characters only!)

Im looking for at least 2 people but i’m down for more or even doubles.

Characters im looking for you to play:

Wade Wilson/Deadpool

Logan/Wolverine

Matt Murdock/Daredevil

Nathan Summers/Cable

Frank Castle/Punisher

(But if you have someone else in mind lmk)

I only rp on discord! I’m looking for active people. I haven’t fully decided who I want to play but I’m thinking Johnny Storm or Peter Parker. Idk i just saw Deadpool like 2 hours ago and this was all so sudden to my brain LOL.

Please like this or dm me! (ONLY if you are interested)

[xycuro-illuminati]

We will never go back to the days where Matt wasn't considered catholic this is all the m/cu netflix show's fault

[bugzyyybabes]

THIS IS OOC IM SORRY LAHDHDBDBDH

[actaecon]

Singapore cable car

[witchofthemidlands]

AHHHHHHHHH!!!! AHHHHHHHH! ✨inhuman wild banshee screeching ✨

AND IT GETS BETTER THE PRAYING WORKED!!

IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THE GARVEY SISTERS + NORA & MATT CLAFFIN! (i got genuinely scared that he wouldn't be back 😭😩😭 am upset about thomas & theresa but i am just glad & grateful for MATT)

THE PRICK ISN'T COMING BACK EVEN FOR FLASHBACKS 🤩 I DON'T HAVE TO SEE THAT THING IN NEW CONTENT (& look at this beautiful new cast)

unfollow me now honestly save yourselves, jump ship whilst you can because i am going to be INSUFFERABLE about this, this is my favourite normal drama of all time, i got so hyperfixated on season one i converted a tumblr mutual into a fan of this series & i love these ladies with everything that i am, especially bibi, eva & grace so honestly, leg it now & for those of you that stay i apologise in advance for what will be occurring on this blog in november (if i can get access to watching it 😭)