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Bill Mantlo is an American comic book writer, best known for creating Rocket Raccoon, Cloak and Dagger, and co-writing Micronauts and Rom. He was also a public defender who suffered a hit-and-run accident in 1992 and has been in institutional care ever since.
Bill Mantlo, who suffered a brain injury in a hit-and-run accident in 1992, will finally return home after 25 years thanks to Marvel's compensation for using his character Rocket in Guardians of the Galaxy. Learn more about his life, career and the support fund for his care.
- Rom, Spaceknight #32. I know I said just above that I wouldn’t focus on only Rom and Micronauts and yet, my first pick is a Rom cover (to be followed by a Micronauts cover).
- Micronauts #41. It’s not the greatest Gil Kane cover, and Gil was always a sorta-odd fit for this title, but the cover does feature some solid floating-head work, always an approach I like.
- Invincible Iron Man #103. Bill came aboard this series a few issues prior, and he did steer Issue #100, which features an amazing Jim Starlin cover. But this issue stood out to me more for two reasons: one, Bill brought in his creation, Jack of Hearts, as he often did every chance he got.
- The Human Fly #1. “The Wildest Super-Hero Ever—Because He’s Real!” proclaimed the cover. Well, maybe not quite, not as portrayed here, but The Human Fly is certainly an interesting comic for something licensed from a real human, the mysterious daredevil called the Human Fly.
Nov 9, 2022 · Bill Mantlo — who was born 71 years ago on Nov. 9, 1951 — was one of Marvel’s most prolific writers in the ’70s and ’80s, known for runs on Rom, The Micronauts and many others. Among his best-known work was his five-year stint on The Incredible Hulk — which ran from Issue #245 to #313, plus a handful of annuals — and that’s ...
Bill Mantlo was born on 9 November 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Bill is a writer, known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Bill has been married to Karen Pocock since 1974.
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Bill Mantlo is a former Marvel writer and colorist who created Micronauts, Rom, and Cloak and Dagger. He was hit by a car in 1992 and suffered brain damage, and now lives in a nursing home.
Nov 11, 2011 · The title of this post is one of the last journal entries writer Bill Mantlo made back in 1995, three years AFTER a hit-and-run driver barrled through him, severing his brain stem. Back in 2007, I read and reviewed Mantlo: A Life in Comics, a biography of the man with detailed and appreciative notes about his work in comics. As I noted at the ...
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