Aventurero
| Aventurero | |
 First issue | |
| Country/language: |  Spain / Spanish
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|---|---|
| Publishing company: | Hispano Americana/ Ediciones Cliper |
| Publishing years: | 1935-1953 |
| Issues: | 165 +1 +3 31 38 |
| Format: | 27x19 29x20 cm, color and b/w |
Issue overview
Regular series
In 1935 the publisher Hispano Americana launched the magazine Aventurero, after the same model as the Italian magazine L'Avventuroso.
US Comic characters published in Aventurero were: "Flash Gordon", "Terry and the Pirates", "Jungle Jim", "Secret Agent X-9", "The Phantom", "Merlín el Mago Moderno", "Brick Bradford", "The Lone Ranger" and "Radio Patrol", among others.
The series run for 166 issues, with the last one as an exstraordinary issue.
Mandrake stories in Aventurero
| 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 | censored version |
| 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 | censored version |
| "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 |
Aventurero Almanaque
There are three special issues in this series: Almanaque 1936, Almanaque 1938 and Almanaque 1940 (size 27x19 cm except the last issue 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 the Almanaque 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.
Issues with Mandrake
Ediciones Aventurero
Hispano Americana relaunched "Aventurero" in 1945 under the title Ediciones Aventurero. The new series ran for 31 issues. The new series had more focus on Spanish produced and did not print any Mandrake stories.
Almanaque Aventurero
In the series an Almanaque Aventurero was released in 1946, containing one Mandrake story.
Issues with Mandrake
Third series
In 1953 Ediciones Futuro (previously believed to be Ediciones Cliper) bought the rights from Hispano Americana. 38 issues were released in this new series, none with Mandrake stories.
