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Bill Mantlo

Born November 9, 1951
Nationality America
Notable works Micronauts, Rom

Bill Mantlo (born November 9,[1] 1951) is an American comic-book writer, primarily at Marvel Comics, and an attorney, best-known for his work on two licensed toy properties whose adventures occurred in the Marvel Universe: the Eagle Award-winning Micronauts and the long-running Rom. The Micronauts are a group of Fictional group of characters based on a line of toys that appear in Comic books published by Marvel Rom Spaceknight was a Comic book series published by Marvel Comics and was set in Marvel's Shared universe (known as the Marvel Universe Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute This article is about playthings For other uses of the term see Toy (disambiguation. The Marvel Universe is the fictional Shared universe where most of the comic stories published by Marvel Comics take place The Micronauts are a group of Fictional group of characters based on a line of toys that appear in Comic books published by Marvel Rom Spaceknight was a Comic book series published by Marvel Comics and was set in Marvel's Shared universe (known as the Marvel Universe

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Biography

Career

Mantlo's early work at Marvel included a short stint as a colorist. In Comics, a colorist is responsible for adding color to black and white line art He soon transitioned to writer, and by the mid- to late-1970s had written issues of nearly every Marvel title. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Aside from the licensed properties Micronauts and Rom a. The Micronauts are a group of Fictional group of characters based on a line of toys that appear in Comic books published by Marvel Rom Spaceknight was a Comic book series published by Marvel Comics and was set in Marvel's Shared universe (known as the Marvel Universe k. a. Rom: Spaceknight, his notable work included runs as regular writer on The Incredible Hulk, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Cloak and Dagger (starring two characters he created), and Alpha Flight. This article is about the comic book character and series For all other media appearances see Hulk in other media. The Spectacular Spider-Man is the name of several Comic books and one Magazine series starring Marvel Comics ' Spider-Man. Cloak and Dagger ( Tyrone "Ty" Johnson & Tandy Bowen) are a fictional Comic book Superhero duo in the Marvel Comics Alpha Flight is a Fictional group a Marvel Comics Superhero team noteworthy for being one of the few Canadian superhero teams

By the mid-1980s, Mantlo was enrolled in law school. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. A law school (also known as a school of law or college of law) is an institution specializing in Legal education. While continuing to write for Marvel, his workload began to decrease. He wrote briefly for DC Comics in 1988, scripting the Invasion! miniseries. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Invasion! was a three issue Comic book Limited series and crossover event published in late 1988 -early 1989 by A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes By this time he had passed the bar exam and was engaged in full-time work as a public defender in New York City. A bar examination is an examination to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice Law in a given Jurisdiction. In the United States, a public defender is an Attorney whose duty is to provide legal representation to people who are charged with a crime or other offense The City of New York [2]

In 1992, Mantlo was struck by a car while rollerblading. Rollerblade is a type of Inline skate. The name is a Registered trademark owned by Nordica, part of the Tecnica Group of Trevignano, He suffered severe head trauma and spent over a year in a coma. In Medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep is a profound state of Unconsciousness. He has since been institutionalized and is not expected to fully recover. In 2007, David Yurkovich released a benefit book called Mantlo: A Life in Comics, with proceeds going to pay for Mantlo's care. David Yurkovich is an independent writer and illustrator of Comic books and Graphic novels.

Selected bibliography

Footnotes

  1. ^ Comics Buyers Guide #1636 (December 2007); Page 135
  2. ^ Marvel’s Toy Story: Rom's Sal Buscema and Micronauts' Jackson Guice: A "Pro2Pro" Interview by Dan Johnson, for "BACK ISSUE #16", December 13, 2005 mirrored at: Comicon.com. Werewolf by Night (birth name Jacob Russoff, legal name Jack Russell) is a Fictional character, an Anti-heroic Werewolf in the The X-Men is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Comics Buyer's Guide ( (CBG is the second longest-running Periodical reporting on the Comic book industry Accessed March 21, 2008

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Gerry Conway		 Thor writer
1975		 Succeeded by
Len Wein
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Roger Slifer & Len Wein		 Iron Man writer
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Archie Goodwin
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Gerry Conway		 Iron Man writer
1977–1978
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Bob Layton & David Michelinie
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Steven Grant		 Incredible Hulk writer
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John Byrne
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John Byrne		 Alpha Flight writer
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James D. Hudnall
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Steve Gerber		 Howard the Duck writer
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Steven Grant
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