Paling

Emerging from the Bronze Age world of Dutch comics publishing, Paling made their debut in 1978's UFO Strip-Paperback #1, brought to life by creator Frank Bolle for Oberon — a publisher that gave European readers their own vibrant corner of sequential art adventure. Appearing across titles like Eppo and Superhelden Strip-Paperback, Paling shares their pages with the character Ko, carving out a modest but genuine place in the continental comics landscape of the late seventies and early eighties. A rare find for collectors with a taste for European genre comics beyond the usual Anglo-American fare, Paling is a rewarding discovery for anyone drawn to the distinctive flavor of that era's Dutch publishing scene.