Swords of the Swashbucklers

    (Epic, 1985-1987)
™ and ©1985 Bill Mantlo and Jackson Guice

Swords of the Swashbucklers first appeared in Marvel Graphic Novel #14. Epic Comics, a division of Marvel Comics, began publishing it as an ongoing title in 1985. Created by Bill Mantlo and Jackson Guice, it could perhaps best be described as Treasure Island meets Star Wars.

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 of the Swashbuckler’s leader’s descendants. The couple’s daughter, Domino, finds the Swashbucklers and agrees to use her unique powers to fight the Colonizers if the Swashbucklers help her rescue her parents. The series chronicles the war between the two races.
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#1

May, 1985
Cover Price: $1.50
19 copies available from $1.50 		Bill MantloJackson “Butch” Guice
#2

July, 1985
Cover Price: $1.50
12 copies available from $1.00 		Bill MantloJackson “Butch” Guice
#3

September, 1985
Cover Price: $1.50
12 copies available from $1.00 		Bill MantloJackson “Butch” Guice
#4

November, 1985
Cover Price: $1.50
9 copies available from $1.00 		Bill MantloJackson “Butch” Guice
#5

January, 1986
Cover Price: $1.50
5 copies available from $1.75 		Bill MantloGeof Isherwood
#6

March, 1986
Cover Price: $1.50
8 copies available from $1.75 		Bill MantloGeof Isherwood
#7

May, 1986
Cover Price: $1.50
6 copies available from $0.56 		Bill MantloGeof Isherwood
#8

July, 1986
Cover Price: $1.50
6 copies available from $1.20 		Bill MantloGeof Isherwood
#9

September, 1986
Cover Price: $1.50
4 copies available from $0.50 		Bill MantloColleen Doran
#10

November, 1986
Cover Price: $1.50
4 copies available from $1.34 		Bill MantloGeof Isherwood
#11

January, 1987
Cover Price: $1.50
4 copies available from $0.56 		Bill MantloColleen Doran
#12

March, 1987
Cover Price: $1.75
4 copies available from $1.46 		Bill MantloGeof Isherwood