Aventurero
Aventurero was a Spanish publication by Hispano Americana dedicated to various comic characters.
History
Comic characters published in Aventurero were: "Flash Gordon", "Terry and the Pirates", "Jungle Jim", "Secret Agent X-9", "The Phantom", "Mandrake the Magician", "Brick Bradford", "The Lone Ranger" and "Radio Patrol", among others.
The series had 165 issues plus one extraordinary ordinary issue. There are three special issues in this series: Almanaque 1936, Almanaque 1938 and Almanaque 1940 (all of 27x19 cm. except the last of 22x16 cm.) The existence of an Almanaque 1937 is traditionally mentioned but no evidence of real publication has been found.
Although the regular collection ended in December 1938, an Almanaque for 1940 was released in late 1939, perhaps with the intention of reviving the collection. However this would not happen until 1945 with a relaunched series entitled Ediciones Aventurero.
Regular series
Published stories (1935-1938)
| Title | Original story title | Issues | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| no title | "The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers" | 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 | first strip is from April 21, 1935 |
| "La tierra de los fakires" | "Land of the Fakirs" | 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 | censored version |
| "La tierra de los pigmeos" | "Land of the Little People" | 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 | |
| no title | "The Circus People" | 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 | |
| "El secreto de profesor Theobold" | "Chamber into the X Dimension" | 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123 | |
| no title | "Prince Paulo the Tyrant" | 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148 | |
| no title | "The Treasure Hunt" | 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166 | last strip is from February 1, 1938 |
Ediciones Aventurero
Hispano Americana relaunched "Aventurero" in 1945 under the title Ediciones Aventurero. The new series ran for 31 issues, plus one Almanaque in 1946, with an inside similar to the previous "Aventurero". Mandrake appears only in the Almanaque 1946.
Issue overview Almanaque Aventurero
