Swords of the Swashbucklers

Swords of the Swashbucklers first appeared in the Marvel Graphic Novel range. Epic Comics, a division of Marvel Comics, began publishing it as a twelve-issue mini-series between March 1985 and March 1987. The series was created by Bill Mantlo and Jackson Guice.

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.

Publication History

Number	Title	Published	Writers	Artists
Officially-numbered titles
0	Marvel Graphic Novel #14	October 1984	Bill Mantlo	Jackson Guice
1	Shock Waves	March 1985	Bill Mantlo	Jackson Guice
2	…And A Child Will Lead Them	July 1985	Bill Mantlo	Jackson Guice
3	Adrift	September 1985	Bill Mantlo	Jackson Guice
4	The Weirdling!	November 1985	Bill Mantlo	Jackson Guice
5	A House Devided	January 1986	Bill Mantlo	Geof Isherwood
6	Run For Cover!	March 1986	Bill Mantlo	Geof Isherwood
7	Rats	March 1986	Bill Mantlo	Geof Isherwood
8	Bog-Thing	May 1986	Bill Mantlo	Geof Isherwood
9	Starmaps	September 1986	Bill Mantlo	Colleen Doran
10	The Prince	November 1986	Bill Mantlo	Geof Isherwood
11	Whatever Happened to Black Bess?	December 1986	Bill Mantlo	Colleen Doran
12	The Memory	March 1987	Bill Mantlo	Geof Isherwood