Bill Mantlo

Bill Mantlo
Gender:	Male
Medium(s):	Comic books
Roles:	Writer; Colorist
Born:	November 9th, 1951
Birthplace:	Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Notable works:	Incredible Hulk Vol 2 Micronauts Vol 1 Rocket Raccoon Vol 1 ROM Vol 1

Bill Mantlo is a comic book writer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 9th, 1951. In 1978, Bill worked on the Man from Atlantis comic book series, which adapted the 1977-1978 Man from Atlantis television series. In 1979, Bill Mantlo co-created the character of ROM the Spaceknight, which was based on an action figure developed by Parker Bros. and adapted into the ROM comic book series. He also created the character of Rocket Raccoon, who first appeared in Incredible Hulk #271, then branched off into his own Rocket Raccoon limited series and eventually became part of the ensemble cast of the Guardians of the Galaxy family of books.

Body of work[]

As a writer[]

• Adventure Into Fear 29
• Captain America 291
• Champions 15
• Cloak and Dagger 1
• Cloak and Dagger 2
• Cloak and Dagger 3
• Cloak and Dagger 4
• Cloak and Dagger Vol 2 5
• Cloak and Dagger Vol 2 1
• Cloak and Dagger Vol 2 2
• Cloak and Dagger Vol 2 3
• Cloak and Dagger Vol 2 4
• Cloak and Dagger Vol 2 5
• Deadly Hands of Kung Fu 22 ("Who Is the White Tiger?")
• Deadly Hands of Kung Fu 24 ("Tiger, Tiger... Burning Bright--")
• Deadly Hands of Kung Fu 31
• Frankenstein Monster 18
• Incredible Hulk Vol 2 269
• Incredible Hulk Vol 2 270
• Incredible Hulk Vol 2 271
• Iron Man 102
• Iron Man 109
• Man from Atlantis 1
• Man from Atlantis 2
• Man from Atlantis 3
• Man from Atlantis 4
• Man from Atlantis 5
• Man from Atlantis 6
• Man from Atlantis 7
• Marvel Chillers 1
• Marvel Premiere 28
• Marvel Preview 4 ("The Sword in the Star!")
• Marvel Preview 7 ("The Sword in the Star!")
• Marvel Team-Up 55
• Micronauts 31
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man 10
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man 64
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man 80
• ROM 37
• Transformers 1
• Uncanny X-Men 96 (Plot assists)
• Vision and the Scarlet Witch 1
• Vision and the Scarlet Witch 2
• Vision and the Scarlet Witch 3
• Vision and the Scarlet Witch 4

As a plotter[]

• What If? 31 ("What If There Was No Fantastic Four?")

As a colorist[]

• Doctor Strange Vol 2 5

Notes & Trivia[]

• Was born on the same day and in the same city as Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno. Coincidentally, Mantlo would go on to write issues of The Incredible Hulk, Volume 2.

• When creating the character of Rocket Raccoon, Mantlo was greatly inspired by the 1968 pop song, "Rocky Raccoon", by The Beatles. The song appeared on their self-titled double-sized album, colloquially referred to as The White Album.

• When craeting

External Links[]

• Bill Mantlo at MDP
• Bill Mantlo at Wikipedia
• Bill Mantlo at Comic Vine
• Bill Mantlo at Comicbookdb.com
• Bill Mantlo at the Marvel Horror Wiki

References[]

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