Marcial Ravelo

Mars Ravelo

  • Name: Mars Ravelo
  • Native name: Mars Ravelo
  • Also Known as: Uncle Mars, King of Philippine Komiks
  • Nationality: Filipino
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: October 9, 1916
  • Died: September 12, 1988
Marcial Ravelo, better known as Mars Ravelo, is one of the most successful Filipino komiks novelists in the Philippines. He started out drifting from one part time job to another, having been unable to finish schooling due to financial reasons and for he once worked as a janitor. Ravelo had an inborn talent for writing and drawing even at his young age. At the age of 23, he had a job as a cartoonist for the Mabuhay Extra, a Tagalog weekly news magazine. The job did not last though as war burst out in 1941.

During the war, Ravelo struggled to survive by doing part time jobs in Manila. He returned to being a janitor. After the war, he tried his luck in writing and drawing cartoons, coming out with “Ipe” comic strip in 1947, which was published in Pilipino Komiks. At the peak of his career as “the King of Philippine Komiks” from the 1950s to the 1970s, Mars produced over a hundred works, which makes him as the one of the most loved Filipino komiks writers of all time.

In 1987 he suffered a stroke, and he died a year later. He was buried in his native town of Tanza, Cavite. His legacy was more than 500 works of popular komiks novels, a true monument of his immense achievement.

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Screenwriter
Year Title Type Rating
1998 I'm Sorry, My Love
Movie
6.5
Original Creator
Year Title Type Rating
2022 Darna
Drama
7.6
2014 Mars Ravelo's Dyesebel
Drama
7.2
2011 Captain Barbell
Drama
7.2
2010 Sine Novela: Little Trudis
Special
10.0
2010 Sine Novela: Golden Heart
Special
10.0
2009 Darna
Drama
7.6
2009 Nasaan Ka Maruja?
Drama
6.7
2009 Flash Bomba
Drama
10.0
2008 Dragonna
Drama
6.2
2008 Tiny Tony
Drama
6.7
2008 Varga
Drama
6.5
2008 Dyesebel
Drama
7.6
2008 Kapitan Boom
Drama
6.8
2007 Lastikman
Drama
7.1
2006 Captain Barbell
Drama
7.6
2005 Darna
Drama
7.3
2003 Captain Barbell
Movie
7.3
2003 Lastikman
Movie
6.3
1996 Wanted: Perfect Mother
Movie
7.6
1996 Dyesebel
Movie
7.2
1994 Darna! Ang Pagbabalik
Movie
0.0
1988 Jack & Jill sa Amerika
Movie
7.6
1987 Mga Anak ni Facifica Falayfay
Movie
10.0
1987 Jack and Jill
Movie
7.6
1986 Captain Barbell
Movie
6.2
1977 Darna!
Drama
0.0
1976 Bong Bong
Movie
10.0
1975 Darna vs. the Planet Women
Movie
7.2
1973 Captain Barbell
Movie
7.7
1973 Darna and the Giants
Movie
10.0
1973 Ophella and Paris
Movie
10.0
1973 Ato ti Bondying
Movie
10.0
1973 Dyesebel
Movie
10.0
1973 Lipad, Darna, Lipad!
Movie
10.0
1972 The Sisters
Movie
10.0
1972 And God Smiled at Me
Movie
10.0
1972 Trahe de Trahedya
Movie
0.0
1971 Cadena de Amor
Movie
10.0
1971 Even the Angels Cried
Movie
10.0
1971 Divine Grace
Movie
10.0
1970 Dipped in Gold
Movie
8.4
1970 Renee Rose
Movie
10.0
1970 Wanted: Perfect Mother
Movie
10.0
1970 Haydee
Movie
0.0
1970 Magic Typewriter
Movie
10.0
1970 Ako'y Tao, May Dugo at Laman!
Movie
10.0
1969 Rowena
Movie
0.0
1969 Jinkee
Movie
0.0
1969 Facifica Falayfay
Movie
0.0
1969 Ang Pait at ang Tamis
Movie
0.0
1969 Si Darna at ang Planetman
Movie
0.0
1968 Slave of Slave
Movie
0.0
1968 Sound of 7 Whistle Bombs
Movie
0.0
1968 Magic Guitar
Movie
0.0
1968 Galo Gimbal
Movie
0.0
1968 Pomposa: Ang Kabayong Tsismosa
Movie
0.0
1967 Maruja
Movie
0.0
1967 Kwatang: A Star Is Born
Movie
0.0
1966 Ang Iniluluha Ko'y Dugo
Movie
0.0
1965 Captain Barbell Kontra Captain Bakal
Movie
0.0
1965 Darna at ang Babaing Tuod
Movie
0.0
1965 Lastik Man
Movie
0.0
1964 Captain Barbell
Movie
0.0
1964 Anak ni Dyesebel
Movie
0.0
1964 Ging
Movie
0.0
1963 Isputnik vs. Darna
Movie
0.0
1963 Darna and the Evil Twins
Movie
0.0
1963 Fil-American Girl
Movie
0.0
1963 Trudis Liit
Movie
0.0
1962 Suicide Susy
Movie
0.0
1961 Ito ba ang Aking Ina?
Movie
0.0
1961 Little Lucy
Movie
0.0
1961 I Believe
Movie
0.0
1959 Vicky
Movie
0.0
1959 Rosa Rossini
Movie
0.0
1959 Handsome
Movie
0.0
1958 Bobby
Movie
0.0
1958 Tiny Baby
Movie
0.0
1958 Silveria
Movie
0.0
1957 Rubi-Rosa
Movie
0.0
1957 Eternally
Movie
0.0
1957 Prinsesa Gusgusin
Movie
0.0
1957 Goddess
Movie
0.0
1957 Small but Terrible
Movie
0.0
1956 Boksingera
Movie
0.0
1956 Miss Tilapia
Movie
0.0
1956 Rodora
Movie
0.0
1956 Tumbando Cana
Movie
0.0
1956 Kontra Partido
Movie
0.0
1956 Via Dolorosa
Movie
0.0
1955 Mambo Dyambo
Movie
0.0
1955 Hootsy Kootsy
Movie
0.0
1955 Torpe
Movie
0.0
1955 Mariposa
Movie
0.0
1955 Tatay na si Bondying
Movie
0.0
1954 Golpe de Gulat
Movie
0.0
1954 Bondying
Movie
0.0
1954 Ang Biyenang Hindi Tumatawa
Movie
0.0
1954 Three Sisters
Movie
0.0
1954 Jack and Jill
Movie
0.0
1953 Kiko
Movie
0.0
1953 Inspiration
Movie
0.0
1953 Dyesebel
Movie
0.0
1953 Gorio and Tekla
Movie
0.0
1952 Texas, the Talking Rooster
Movie
0.0
1952 Raul Roldan
Movie
0.0
1952 Darna and the Hawk Woman
Movie
0.0
1952 Basahang Ginto
Movie
1.0
1952 Rebecca
Movie
0.0
1952 Cumbanchera
Movie
0.0
1951 Berdugo ng mga Anghel
Movie
0.0
1951 Darna
Movie
0.0
1951 Roberta
Movie
0.0
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  • First Name: Marcial
  • Family Name: Ravelo
  • Native name: Mars Ravelo
  • Also Known as: Uncle Mars, King of Philippine Komiks
  • Nationality: Filipino
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: October 9, 1916
  • Died: September 12, 1988

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