Over the past couple of days, I've been reading articles on Bill Mantlo. He wrote a lot of Marvel comics in the 1970's and 1980's. In 1992, he was hit by a car and has been in institutional care ever since.
Over the past few months, I've been reading older comics and noticed his name on books like Amazing Spider-Man: The Origin of Hobgoblin. I then realized he plotted the first two issues of Marvel's Transformers comics with Marvel editor Ralph Macchio. I always thought Bob Budiansky wrote the early ones.
It's a heartbreaking story.
Sad story of Bill Mantlo, Transformers comic writer
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Re: Sad story of Bill Mantlo, Transformers comic writer
by Darth Bombshell » Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:20 am
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Supreme Convoy wrote:I always thought Bob Budiansky wrote the early ones.
He did, but only from #5. Others were involved in the first four issues, which were originally intended to be a miniseries only.
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Re: Sad story of Bill Mantlo, Transformers comic writer
by Autobot032 » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:13 am
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Couldn't even finish reading it. How horrible. No one deserves that.
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Re: Sad story of Bill Mantlo, Transformers comic writer
by RK_Striker_JK_5 » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:26 pm
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Oh, god... 
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