Swords of the Swashbucklers

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Swords of the Swashbucklers
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
FormatGraphic novel (Marvel Graphic Novel)
Limited series (Epic Comics)
Genre
No. of issues1 (Marvel Graphic Novel)
12 (Epic Comics)
Creative team
Created by Bill Mantlo
Jackson Guice
Written byBill Mantlo
Artist(s)Jackson Guice (GN, #1-4)
Geof Isherwood (#5-8, 10, 12)
Colleen Doran (#9, 11)
Collected editions
Sword of the Swashbucklers hardcover ISBN   1524106216

Swords of the Swashbucklers is an American comic book series created by Bill Mantlo and Jackson Guice, that first appeared in the Marvel Graphic Novel range. Epic Comics, a division of Marvel Comics, began publishing it as a twelve-issue limited series between March 1985 and March 1987. In 2018, Dynamite Entertainment published a sequel limited series Swashbucklers: The Saga Continues. [1]

Contents

Within the Marvel Comics multiverse, the Swords of the Swashbucklers reality is designated as Earth-21394. [2]

Publication history

NumberTitlePublishedWritersArtistsNotes
Officially numbered titles
0 Marvel Graphic Novel #14October 1984 Bill Mantlo Jackson Guice
1Shock WavesMarch 1985Bill MantloJackson Guice
2…And a Child Will Lead ThemJuly 1985Bill MantloJackson Guice
3AdriftSeptember 1985Bill MantloJackson Guice
4The Weirdling!November 1985Bill MantloJackson Guice
5A House DividedJanuary 1986Bill Mantlo Geof Isherwood
6Run For Cover!March 1986Bill MantloGeof Isherwood
7RatsMarch 1986Bill MantloGeof Isherwood
8Bog-ThingMay 1986Bill MantloGeof Isherwood
9StarmapsSeptember 1986Bill Mantlo Colleen Doran
10The PrinceNovember 1986Bill MantloGeof Isherwood
11Whatever Happened to Black Bess?December 1986Bill MantloColleen Doran
12The MemoryMarch 1987Bill MantloGeof Isherwood

Plot synopsis

Swords of the Swashbucklers is set in an alternate dimension to Earth in which the inhabitants resemble Earth's pirates of old. A powerful, evil race of aliens known as the Colonizers controls the dimension while rebel "Swashbucklers" rob and pillage their oppressors so that they might survive. In one battle, The Admiral of the Colonizers' armada, J'Rel discovers Earth and kidnaps two humans. The couple's daughter, Domino Blackthorne Drake, finds the "Swashbucklers" and agrees to use her unique powers to fight the Colonizers if the Pirate Queen, Captain Raader, and her crew should help her to rescue her parents. The series chronicles the ensuing battles and the adventures of the "Swashbucklers" and their two charismatic female leaders.

Collected editions

In 2018, Dynamite Entertainment published a complete collection of the original graphic novel and twelve-issue series ( ISBN   1524106216). [3]

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