The comic book by Bill Mantlo and Steve Ditko featured the portable superhero identity of Captain Universe and was titled "The Mystery of Mister E!"The Uni-Power attempts to possess former Captain Universe host Ray Coffin again, but causes a heart attack due to his age Instead, the power goes to his son, Steve Coffin who[...]
We could be sued by the owner of the phone number....
Here's the comic in question, by Bill Mantlo and Gerry Conway.Classically, US TV shows use numbers with 555 in them - as no US number has that configuration, Weirdly, my own home phone number has those three digits together in a row, living as I[...]
Last year Dynamite Entertainment put together a Kickstarter campaign to collect the Swords of the Swashbucklers series that was created by Bill Mantlo and Butch Guice The story followed spirited teenager Domino Blackthorne Drake, a normal girl.. until she stumbled upon an alien artifact, acquired uncanny power, and became a beacon for intergalactic trouble With[...]
This comes after a highly successful Kickstarter campaign to collect the original stories by Bill Mantlo and Jackson 'Butch' Guice.Michael Mantlo, brother of Bill and spokesperson for the Mantlo family stated:"Earlier this year, a Kickstarter campaign was set up to fund the re-release of Bill Mantlo's & Butch Guice's The Swords of the Swashbucklers[...]
The Swords of the Swashbucklers kickstarter campaign was hugely successful for Dynamite and with over 800 backers, the campaign not only funded the collection of the original series by Bill Mantlo and Jackson Guice, but paid for a new Swords of the Swashbucklers project But with the campaigns conclusion, fans who did not get involved[...]
We are in the final five hours of the kickstarter to collect the fan-favorite series Swords of the Swashbucklers from Bill Mantlo and Jackson Guice And by fan-favorite, those fans include Marc Guggenheim, Greg Pak, Chris Ryall and Cullen Bunn who have all talked about the influence of Bill Mantlo with us over the last[...]
This time we talk to Planet Hulk writer Greg Pak about the influences Bill Mantlo had on him as a comic fan and then as a writer The writer explains exactly how Mantlo's time on the Hulk shaped what we saw years later from Pak.If you haven't checked out the Swords of the Swashbuckler project,[...]
Continuing our look at the influences of Bill Mantlo on today's comic creators, I got to talk with Cullen Bunn about how Mantlo may have influenced him I'll give you a hint, it might be World Building.. Bunn has been building up quite a catalog of work himself, having been published by Marvel, DC, Dark[...]
We've been talking a lot about Bill Mantlo lately with Rocket Raccoon appearing in his second film and Cloak & Dagger getting a trailer There's also been the talk about Swords of the Swashbucklers as Dynamite runs a kickstarter project to collect the series Mantlo did with Jackson Guice The project soared past the initial[...]
Bill Mantlo has a thriving legacy in comics and a lot of things are going on right now from it A new Cloak & Dagger TV series is in the works, Rocket Raccoon is making his second film appearance starting Friday in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, Rom: Spaceknight is doing well over with[...]
Last week we ran the story about a new kickstarter to published a remastered edition of the Swords of the Swashbucklers by Bill Mantlo and Jackson Guice I followed it up with an article about the tragic life that Mantlo has lived since creating characters like Cloak & Dagger, Rocket Raccoon and so many more[...]
Last week we ran an article talking about a remastered collected edition of Swords of the Swashbucklers from Bill Mantlo and Jackson Guice The kickstarter took off like a flash and reached it's initial goal in 24 hours, before we even had a chance to post our article A stretch goal was added, reached and[...]
Dynamite Entertainment, Butch Guice, and the family of Bill Mantlo launched a Kickstarter campaign to created a remastered collection of the Swords of the Swashbucklers comic series, a creator-owned pirate adventure published by Marvel from 1984 to 1987 Mantlo was the co-creator of Rocket Raccoon, one of the breakout stars of the Guardians of the Galaxy movies[...]
Bill Mantlo was a longtime comic book writer who, at his time at the publisher, co-created the character Rocket Raccoon In 1992 he was the victim of a hit and run driver, and suffered brain injury as a result He needs constant hospital care, and there have been a number of fundraising runs to help his circumstances.Well[...]
Comic book creators Simon Furman, Geoff Senior, Bob Budiansky, Jose Delbo, Lee Sullivan, Stephen Baskerville, Andrew Wildman, Guido Guidi, Nick Roche, Jason Cardy, John Paul Bove, Casey Collier, all known for their work on Transformers comic books, have all signed thirty copies of the hundred's edition of the comic book, published by IDW and they[...]
There is one hour left to bid on the Rocket Raccoon and related original artwork from a variety of cool artists to raise money toward the Bill Mantlo Support Fund See them all by clicking here, but first, a few to wet your appetite....Mike Henderson...Tradd Moore... Rafael Alberquerque Declan Shalvey Christian Ward Jenny FrissonDive in folks, some of the[...]
A few months ago, we ran a number of pieces detailing the relationship between Bill Mantlo, co-creator of Rocket Raccoon and severely debilitated by a traffic accident decades ago, and Marvel Comics, then in the process of creating The Guardians Of The Galaxy.His brother and carer Michael Mantlo told us then,
Bill was treated in an exceptionally fair[...]
I steered clear of New Gods issues due to their possible blasphemous content and parental censure, but was drawn to Detective Comics from the early ‘80s, often featuring Green Arrow backup stories, Bill Mantlo’s Hulk, and the aforementioned Marvel Saga, Secret Wars, and assorted other odds-and-ends titles, like Sgt Rock, or any squarebound, glossy title,[...]
It was as true when I saw it at San Diego and at New York last year, as it was when it went live to everyone during the Superbowl that, despite the heavy prominence given to Starlord in the Guardians Of The Galaxy trailer, the star was Rocket Raccoon.It was exactly the dissonance between form[...]
Bill Mantlo, the co-creator of Rocket Raccoon, was the victim of a hit and run a number of years ago and was left with severe brain damage and in need of constant care.In recent days, Greg Pak has announced a number of fundraising projects to help pay towards the healthcare costs of Bill Mantlo, and many creators[...]
