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.https://comicon.com/2018/01/24/marc-guggenheim-andrea-mutti-create-new-swords-of-the-swashbucklers-comics-from-dynamite/
Within the Marvel Comics multiverse, the Swords of the Swashbucklers reality is designated as Earth-21394.The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
Publication history Number Title Published Writers Artists Notes Officially numbered titles0 Marvel Graphic Novel #14October 1984Bill MantloJackson 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 MantloGeof Isherwood 6Run For Cover!March 1986Bill MantloGeof Isherwood 7RatsMarch 1986Bill MantloGeof Isherwood 8Bog-ThingMay 1986Bill MantloGeof Isherwood 9StarmapsSeptember 1986Bill MantloColleen 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 ().
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External links Full First Issue: Mantlo & Guice's SWORDS OF THE SWASHBUCKLER, Newsarama, March 6, 2018 Swords of the Swashbucklers, Marvel Database wikia