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William Timothy Mantlo[ 1] (born November 9, 1951 [ 2]) is an American comic book writer, primarily at Marvel Comics. He is best known for his work on two licensed toy properties whose adventures occurred in the Marvel Universe: Micronauts and Rom, as well as co-creating the characters Rocket Raccoon and Cloak and Dagger.
While growing up during the '50s and '60s, Brooklyn-native Bill Mantlo was an avid comic book reader. So when his college friend got him a job at Marvel in 1974, working as a colorist,...
May 4, 2017 · Mike Mantlo is the brother of legendary Marvel Comics writer Bill Mantlo. Years after co-creating Rocket Raccoon, Bill was injured in a hit-and-run accident that caused permanent brain damage.
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- 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 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 ...
Bill Mantlo was born on 9 November 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Bill is a writer, known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). Bill has been married to Karen Pocock since 1974.
William Timothy Mantlo was born on November 9, 1951. He graduated from the High School of Art and Design and the Cooper Union School of Art, both in New York City. In 1974 he went to work for Marvel as a colorist and worked on several issues that appeared between October 1974 and April 1975. He then switched to writing, and he never looked back.
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