Bill Mantlo
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Oct 27, 2026
AlexHOST
That's definitely like a comic book thing.
Ben WanHOST
Yeah, I'll I'll break down the differences because I was able to hunt down the original comics that had that that was introduced by Bill Mantlo, who was also known for Rocket Raccoon.
Ben WanHOST
And that was such a big man part.
Ben WanHOST
The what? I said the duality of man.
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Ben WanHOST
Yeah, that's exactly what it was.
Ben WanHOST
That's exactly what happened.
Ben WanHOST
But yeah, the movie's mainly drawing from the first Hulk comic, and then the Bill Mantlo story that I was talking about earlier with the backstory, and then this one with the Dogs of War.
Ben WanHOST
And then obviously stuff with the Absorbing Man, which we'll get to later, because the dad hasn't transformed yet.
EddieHOST
And it treats the character extremely well, very purely.
EddieHOST
George Perez is one of his forays into writing, but he had worked with a lot of great writers over time, people like Marv Wolfman, And, oh my goodness, Bill Mantlo, you know, all those guys that influenced him to be a great writer.
EddieHOST
And it's a fantastic run.
EddieHOST
And it's, you know, he did both the artwork and the writing of it.
Nick SmithHOST
This is called There's a Mountain on Sunset Boulevard.
Nick SmithHOST
This is written by Bill Mantlo, art by Frank Robbins, inks by Steve Gann.
Nick SmithHOST
So a mysterious mountain springs up out of nowhere in L.A., and so Johnny Blaze, the ghostwriter, decides to investigate.
Nick SmithHOST
Except that the mountain also mysteriously pops up in Florida, and it also shows up wherever the heck we last left Morbius, too.
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Nick SmithHOST
Sojourner, I don't think you and I have done an issue with The Living Eraser, but I distinctly remember reading The Living Eraser, and I think it was Giant Man, Giant Man, Ant Man.
Nick SmithHOST
Anyway, The Return of the Living Eraser.
Nick SmithHOST
This is written by Bill Mantlo, art by Arv Jones and Dick Giordano.
Nick SmithHOST
To give a little bit of background on two of our peers we haven't seen before, Arvell Jones was from Detroit, and he managed to get a position at Marvel working as an assistant for artist Rich Buckler.
Roger AshGUEST
I read Byrne's FF.
Roger AshGUEST
I mentioned Micronauts before, which was a fun series, especially that initial 12 issues by Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden is just fantastic.
Roger AshGUEST
And later on, the series has some of Kelly Jones' first work in comics.
Roger AshGUEST
So I The Marvel and DC stuff is great, but I love indie stuff too.
Chad AndersonHOST
Once again, the most powerful if she's utilized well.
Chad AndersonHOST
So yeah, the U-Foes first appear Incredible Hulk 254, written by Bill Mantlo, art by Sal Buscema, and, uh, it's December, 1980.
Chad AndersonHOST
And, uh, this, the title is Waiting for the U-Foes, and it's U-F-O-E-S.
Chad AndersonHOST
But it's very much giving UFO if you look at the title.
Nick SmithHOST
Adventure Into Fear Number 29, Through a Hell Eyes Darkly.
Nick SmithHOST
Story by Bill Mantlo, art by Don Heck, inks by Bob McLeod.
Nick SmithHOST
Note entire- ... creator change, right?
StojerHOST
Mm-hmm.
Nick SmithHOST
Um, all right.
Nick SmithHOST
Well, anyway, let me, uh, give some background on our new creators now.
Nick SmithHOST
So Bill Mantlo, uh, he began his career at Marvel in 1974 as a colorist, but soon wrote a fill-in script for a Sons of the Tiger story in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu magazine, and this led to a full-time gig writing the book where he and artist George Perez would actually create the first Hispanic superhero.
Nick SmithHOST
That's the White Tiger.
James BHOST
And this is when they had writers writing the Marvel fill-ins.
James BHOST
They had Bill Mantlo and-
EddieHOST
Yeah
James BHOST
...
EddieHOST
[laughs]
James BHOST
And all they would do is they had said to him, "These are the titles most likely to fall behind.
James BHOST
You just keep writing stories, and when we need you, we'll pull one of those in for an emergency." We didn't, uh, we didn't know that when we were reading, uh, the early Spider-Mans, but I'm sure every time we hit a Bill Mantlo story-
EddieHOST
Yeah
JohnHOST
It introduces Cloak and Dagger right there on the cover and gives readers their origin in the same issue.
JohnHOST
Created by Bill Mantlo and Ed Hannigan, they were teenage vigilantes whose powers and entire mission were tied to the drug trade and people exploiting vulnerable kids.
JohnHOST
Just say no, kids.
JohnHOST
The origin is surprisingly dark for a Spider-Man comic period.
AC WilsonHOST
Very.
AC WilsonHOST
And right out of the gate, he co-creates a character with writer Bill Mantlo in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu.
AC WilsonHOST
The character is Hector Ayala, the White Tiger.
AshleyHOST
Which is huge.
AC WilsonHOST
Right.
AC WilsonHOST
Now, the regular artist on that book, George Tuska, was taking a vacation.
AC WilsonHOST
So Bill Mantlo knows how hungry this new kid Perez is, so he calls him up and says, you know, "Do you wanna do a single fill-in issue of Avengers?"
AshleyHOST
And Perez, of course, says yes before Mantlo even finishes the sentence.
speaker_2HOST
Right, just the bare bones.
speaker_1HOST
Yeah, and a couple of other writers, Bill Mantlo and Ralph Macchio, they penned the initial four-issue miniseries.
speaker_1HOST
But Bob Budiansky was the one who actually had to give these lumps of plastic a soul.
speaker_2HOST
He was the architect of their psychology, literally.
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