Sumikat si Mars Ravelo nung 1950’s-1970’s even after the 80’s.

si mRas Ravelo ay kilala bilang writer ni

Darna bilang pinaka sikat nyang character . pero sa totoo marami pa syang nagawa na characters na ang
nakakaala lang ay yung mga generation ng mga 60’s and 70’s. minahala sya ng karamihan dahil na relate
nya yung konteksto na ito na very amerikan, na relate nya ito sa kultura ng mga plipino. Yung tema ng
komiks nya ay para ma lift ang spirits ng Filipino, meron sya lagging lesson, hindi sya nag susulat ng
walang purpose kaya nagustuhan sya ng mga Pilipino dahil galling sa puso ang pag susulat nya. Matuto
ang Pilipino sa ayos. Ginawa nya ito para mag karoon ng education kahit papano ang Pilipino sa
mababang klase ng literature na ang tawag nga nila ay pang balot ng tinapa . pero ang tinatawg nilang
pag balot ng tinapa ay hinahangaan pa din natin hanggang ngayon. A sobrang workaholic ni Mars ravelo
pati takatak ng makinilya ay nagging musika na sakanilang tenga. As a worker very passionate and
dedicated si Mars Ravelo sa craft nya.

Mars Ravelo loved by Filipinos because he relates the context of American and adapt it and relate it to
our culture. The theme of Mars Ravelo komiks is to lift the spirits of Filipinos, his works always have
lessons and purpose. And also one of the reason why Mars Ravelo is loved by Filipinos, because he
produced story with all of his heart. He made this komiks to educate Filipinos with this low class of
literature that they called fish wrapper. Mars Ravelo is very workaholic that the sound of his type writer
is just a music in the ears of his children. As a wprker Mars Ravelos is very passionate and dedicated to
his craft.

Malaking naiambang ng komiks sa ating kultura ay ang pag laganap ng wikang tagalog, hindi lang sa
Luzon kung hindi sa buong bansa. Dahil sa komiks maraming taga ibang lugartulad ng mga nakatira sa
Mindanao ang natuto mag tagalog dahil sa komiks kaya sila patuoy nan a susurvive dito sa Luzon.

Komiks is not really dead, parang merong bagong generation ngayon ang komiks na lumalabas

Mars Ravelo is one of the successful Filipino Komiks Novelists, is arguably the greatest Filipino komiks
writer of all time. During his reign as the king of komiks from 1950’s to the 1970’s. Mars Ravelo was
undisputed as the most loved komiks writer in the Philippines. His real name was Marcial Ravelo, and h
was born in Tanza, Cavite (October 9, 1916). Ravelo created he characters of Darna (te super heroine),
Dyesebel (the love-lorn mermaid), and Captain Barbel (super hero), Facifica Falayfay, and the duo of Jack
& Jill. He created darna a young orphaned gorl names Roberta for Sampaguita Pictures. Mars Ravelo
wrote the movie adaptation of Alicia Vergel’s Basahang Ginto. Years after, Mars Ravelo formed his own
komiks publishing company (RAR Publications.).
He eventually retired from the komiks industry due to illness. In 1984, he received a Life Achievement
Award from the Komiks Operation Brotherhood KOMOPEB in recognition of his immense contribution to
the komiks industry. His co-workers wew Tony Velasquez, Francisco V. Coching, Jose Zabala-Santos,
Larry Alcala, and Francisco Reyes. In the mid- 1980’s, Mars returned to the kimiks scene with a remake
of his successful Goomboo Roomboo. In 1987 he suffered a stroke, and he died a year later. He was
buried in his native town of Tanza Cavite.

The Story of Mars Ravelo

Mars Ravelo was one of the most prolific Filipino graphic novelist who was well
known to be the creator of the characters Darna, Dyesebel, Captain
Barbell, Lastikman, Bondying, Varga, Wanted: Perfect Mother, Hiwaga, Maruja,
Mariposa, Roberta, Rita, Buhay Pilipino, Jack and Jill, Flash Bomba, Tiny Tony,
and Dragonna among others.

Mars Ravelo was born on October 9, 1916 in Tanza, Cavite when the Philippines
was still an American Territory.

He started out as a cartoonist, then as a writer, and later on as editor -in- chief for
two publications houses and for several film companies. He wrote and illustrated
the superheroine Varga which was published in Bulaklak Magazine Vol.4,
Number 17 (Cover dated July 23, 1947). He later established his own company,
RAR.

Ravelo created the characters of Darna the super heroine, Dyesebel the love-lorn
mermaid, and Captain Barbel the super hero, Facifica Falayfay, and the duo of
Jack & Jill. He also created the drama about a young orphaned girl named
Roberta for Sampaguita Pictures. Ravelo wrote the movie adaptation of Alicia
Vergel's Basahang Ginto. Ravelo is known to be the "Father of Philippine
Comics."
 
During his stay at Ace Publications, Ravelo proved that he was among the best
komiks writers in the Philippines. All his serials were loved by komiks readers,
such as "Buhay Pilipino" in Liwayway, and serial novels like Darna, Bondying,
Roberta, Jack and Jill, and later, Captain Barbell, Maruja, Lastikman, Goomboo
Roomboo, and hundreds of others.
Between 1950s to 1970s, he earned the unofficial title "the King of Komiks," a
feat oftentimes only contested by fans of his contemporaries, Francisco V.
Coching and Clodualdo del Mundo. In later years, Mars formed his own komiks
publishing company, RAR publications. He eventually retired from the komiks
industry due to illness.

In 1984, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Komiks Operation

Brotherhood KOMOPEB in recognition of his immense contribution to the
komiks industry. His co-awardees were Tony Velasquez, Francisco V. Coching,
Jose Zabala-Santos, Larry Alcala, Francisco Reyes, and J.M. Perez.

A scrawny mambobote, a shy young girl in crutches, children orphaned by chance

or some crude laboratory accident, all suddenly discovering feats they can only
accomplish in another form, in an ideal form – this is what Ravelo’s Universe is
made of and the comics that came before him and, to some extent, influenced his
stories and drawings. It thrives, one might suggest, in the simplest of dualities
(good and evil, the underdog and the privileged).
But what of transformation? One doesn’t merely wear a costume and become
extraordinary in Ravelo’s hyper-naturalistic panels, one has to change fully, to be
something or somebody else instead.

This creates tension rather than continuity, a projection of what one might
become when one perseveres against all strenuous everyday odds, thus going
beyond the enlarged “superhuman” self.  For Mars Ravelo’s stories and
characters to be told and retold in print, television, film, and now in this
exhibition reinterpreted by artists from different fields, it is not the storyteller’s
skill, importance, and influence that make his graphic novels a work of literature
and art, but his commitment to his readers and followers; and that, even if told a
hundred times before, never gets old.

In the mid-1980s, Mars returned to the komiks scene with a remake of his
successful Goomboo Roomboo. In 1987 he suffered a stroke, he died on
September 12, 1988. 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.
His life story was featured in Magpakailanman on May 26, 2005 and Dennis
Trillo portrayed the role of Ravelo
 
Published Works : Ako’y Nauuhaw, Ako’y Tao…May Dugo at Laman, Alicia
Alonzo Alipin ng Busabos, Alyas James Bond-ying, Dyesebel, Ang Biyenan Kong,
Amerikana, Ang Pinasulabi, Angelito, Baby Bubut, Balahibong, Nangangalisag,
Bartola, Basahang Ginto, Bata Batuta, Berdugo ng mga Anghel, Bitter Sweet,
Biyenang Hindi Tumawa, Bobby, Boksingera, Bondying ,Booma, Boyoyoi, Buhay
Pilipino, Bwana Hai, Captain Barbell, Cumbanchera, Dalaginding na si
Tessie, Darna, Devil Pig, Diyosa, Queen of the Dancing Waters, Dobol Trobol,
Dragonna, Dugo sa Mukha ng Buwan, Dyangga, Dyesebel, Elepanta, Eternally,
Facifica Falayfay, Flash Bomba, Galo Gimbal, Ganid, The Last Man on Earth,
Ging, Gog, Goomba, Goro, Goyo, Gringgo, Gumuhong Daigdig, Haydee,
Higantina, Da Big Byuti, Hootsy-Kootsy, Hudas sa Hudas, I Believe, Iniluha Ko’y
Dugo, Inspirasyon, Isang Lakas, Ito Ba Ang Aking Ina?, Jack and Jill, Jesus
Iscariote, Jinkee, Jungle Boy, Kamay ni Bruldo, Kapitan Boom, Kiko, Kitikiti,
Kontra Partido, Kwatang, Lastikman, Little Lucy, Magic Guitar, Magic Makinilya,
Mambo-Dyambo, Mariposa, Maruja, Miss Tilapia, Mowmoo, Nakangiting,
Halimaw, Ngitnit ng Pitong Whistle Bomb, Pomposa, Prinsesa Gusgusin, Raul
Roldan, Rita, Rebecca, Roberta, Rodora, Rosa Rossini, Rowena, Rubi-Rosa,
Selosang-Selosa, Si Gorio at si Tekla, Silveria, Ang Kabayong Daldalera, Sindak!,
Suicide Susy, Taong Tuod, Teksas, Ang Manok na Nagsasalita, Three Sisters,
Thunderstar, Tiny Tony, Torpe, Trudis Liit, Tubog sa Ginto, Tumbando
Cana, Varga, Via Dolorosa, Vicky, Zorina.