Colección Héroes Modernos - Série C
| Colección Héroes Modernos Série C | |
 First issue | |
| Country/language: |  Spain / Spanish
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| Publishing company: | Editorial Dolar |
| Publishing years: | 1964-1965 |
| Issues: | 75 |
| Format: | 29x19 cm, b/w |
Issue overview
Under the generic title Colección Héroes Modernos three different series were published:
- Série A: 75 issues devoted to "El Hombre Enmascarado (The Phantom)",
- Série B: 75 issues devoted to "Flash Gordon" and
- Série C: 75 issues dedicated to various King Features Syndicate comic characters.
Série C
In the 75 issues of this weekly series one find:
- "Agente segreto X-9 del F.B.I. ("Secret Agent X-9") by Bob Lewis - issues 4, 14, 27, 40, 57,
- "Ben Bolt" ("Big "Ben Bolt") by John Cullen Murphy - issues 3, 8, 9, 19, 20, 30, 36, 43, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 63, 64, 69, 73,
- "Jorge y Fernando ("Tim Tyler's Luck") by Lyman Young - issues 18, 26, 31,
- "Juan el Intrépido ("Johnny Hazard") by Frank Robbins - issues 12, 29, 39, 58, 59,
- "Mandrake" "Mandrake the Magician" by Lee Falk and Phil Davis - issues 2, 7, 11, 21, 22, 28, 33, 37, 41, 44, 45, 49, 56, 65, 66, 68, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75,
- "El Principe Valiente" ("Prince Valiant") by Harold Foster - issues 13, 25, 32, 38, 60,
- "Rip Kirby" by John Prentice - issues 1, 5, 6, 10, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 34, 35, 42, 46, 47, 61, 62, 67
Issue with Mandrake
It should be noted that with issue Colección Héroes Modernos - Serie A #37 the three series started to print various characters on the inner covers and the back cover. The back covers were printed in color and have a continued story following the A, B and C issues. The Mandrake Sunday story The Castaway (1964 story) was published on the back covers beginning in Serie B #57 and ending in Serie C #66. This process was a commercial way to get readers in buying each issues from the three different series if they wanted read the full Sunday pages story.
Extra
In each of the A, B and C series one hard cover album was published: "Presenta El Hombre Enmascarado", "Presenta Flash Gordon" and "Presenta Rip Kirby y Mandrake" (see below).
In Série C
Issue with Mandrake
Note
- In nineties, the publisher "Beitia & Illera" released a collection of cards featuring several covers of this series in a 9 x 13 cm size format, with on the back of each card, a short description of the initial issues. (front: in color / back: written text).
Album
When the series ended all 75 issues from each regular series were collected into one album.
Série C
Issue with Mandrake
The 75 issues from the Serie C collected into one album.
Biblioteca Eterna
Biblioteca Eterna was a reprint series published in 1970. The series following the A, B and C series, and collected the 75 issues from the original series into 15 (x3) albums.
Série C
Issue with Mandrake
