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Bill Mantlo

Writer · Born November 9, 1951 (74) · Brooklyn, New York, USA

William Timothy Mantlo (born November 9, 1951) is an American comic book writer, primarily at Marvel Comics. He is best known for his work on two licensed toy properties whose adventures occurred in the Marvel Universe: Micronauts and Rom, as well as co-creating the characters Rocket Raccoon and Cloak and Dagger. An attorney who worked as a public defender, Mantlo was the victim of a hit-and-run accident in 1992 and has been in institutional care ever since. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Mantlo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 9, 1951 (74)
From
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Works as
Writer
Titles
18 on MovieCove

What are Bill Mantlo's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 5

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 3

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 4

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 3

Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
7
Thrilling
5
Melancholic
3
Tense
2
Absurd
2
Other
4

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bill Mantlo's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (17).

Subscription and free streaming for Bill Mantlo's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

18 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

A full career of 16 titles from 2014 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing9 of 16: 9 only writing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score94thOther crew7 of 16: 7 only other crew, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score89th

By decade

2010s5 · crew2020s11 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Bill Mantlo's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 93rd percentile, the median of all 12; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 94th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

96thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th3

Reviewers score the dialogue 62/100 and the plot and story 50/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Bill Mantlo's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles30–62 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles9–34 · median 15 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles23–51 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles6–32 · median 28 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles13–64 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Bill Mantlo work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bill Mantlo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Keith Giffen shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

  • Keith Giffen9 titles
    See all 9 shared titles with Keith Giffen
  • Stan Lee9 titles · 8 as writer
    See all 9 shared titles with Stan Lee
  • Jack Kirby8 titles
    See all 8 shared titles with Jack Kirby
  • Larry Lieber7 titles
    See all 7 shared titles with Larry Lieber

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers