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José Cruz Mexican Comic "El Valiente" Archive, 1961-65

José Cruz Mexican Comic "El Valiente" Archive, 1961-65 by El Valiente

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Seller: Max Rambod Inc.
Title
José Cruz Mexican Comic "El Valiente" Archive, 1961-65
Author
El Valiente
Seller
Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1961. [Latino, Mexico, Chicano][Comics] Cruz, José G. El Valiente. Bogotá: Editorial América S.A., 1961-1965. Six issues, Nos. 13, 141, 194, 206, 207, and 208. Photographic fumetti-style comic books printed in sepia with color wrappers. Text in Spanish. Six issues of El Valiente, The title "El Valiente" translates to "The Brave One" or "The Valiant One." The character was reportedly based on the Mexican actor Mauro de Anda. the photo-comic ("historieta fotonovela") series was created by celebrated Mexican artist and publisher José G. Cruz. Cruz was a major innovator in Latin American comics, pioneering the fumetti hybrid of photography and illustration. The comic was part of a tradition of Mexican historietas that often featured melodramatic narratives and archetypes like the charro (a Mexican horseman). "El Valiente" is a Mexican hero figure of honor and bravery, fighting against injustice across Mexico. These issues, distributed across Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela, represent the transnational reach of Mexico's popular culture during the 1960s. Each story follows the rugged protagonist "El Valiente," a deeply Mexican hero through his roots in the country's popular culture, and his visual representation with his thin mustache. Included in this archive are: 6 issues titled: "La Carrera de la Muerte," "La Silla Eléctrica," "La Pandilla," "A Cambio de una Sonrisa," and "Viaje Macabro." The plots combine crime, romance, social justice, and horror, dramatizing moral struggles against corruption and fate. Each issue retains Cruz's signature noir realism, with recurring actors like Carlos Gálvez and Laura Ponce embodying archetypal figures of Mexican masculinity and virtue. El Valiente was one of the earliest comics to be photo-reproduced rather than hand-drawn, marking a key evolution in the Latin American pulp tradition. Mild toning and edgewear to covers, small chips to spines, minor ink notations on front wraps; interiors well-preserved with supple pages and legible print. Overall very good condition. A compelling and uncommon surviving group of Cruz's El Valiente, documenting the golden age of Mexican fumetti and its international diffusion across Latin America.
A Memoir of the Life and Labors of Francis Wayland, D.D., LL.D., Late President of Brown University, Including Selections from his Personal Reminiscences and Correspondence (Volume I Only)

A Memoir of the Life and Labors of Francis Wayland, D.D., LL.D., Late President of Brown University, Including Selections from his Personal Reminiscences and Correspondence (Volume I Only) by Francis Wayland; H.L. Wayland

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Title
A Memoir of the Life and Labors of Francis Wayland, D.D., LL.D., Late President of Brown University, Including Selections from his Personal Reminiscences and Correspondence (Volume I Only)
Author
Francis Wayland; H.L. Wayland
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Sheldon and Company, 1867. Very Good. New York: Sheldon and Company, 1867. Octavo; 429 pages +2 adverts. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Engraved portrait frontis. Boards are rubbed and bumped at corners and spine ends, with some runs to the cloth and a few stains and smudges. Pages toned with some fingerprinting and moderate underlining and annotation in pencil by previous owner, though text is legible. Binding is A sturdy copy of the apparently more uncommon first volume.

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