Sad story of Bill Mantlo, Transformers comic writer
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:17 amOver 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.
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.
