A Spanish-language pulp adventure magazine featuring two armed cowboys in the classic Western confrontation pose. The cover presents a blue-shirted protagonist in the foreground, hand on revolver, with a companion in red behind him against a yellow background punctuated by silhouettes of galloping horses. Priced at 3 pesetas, this entry in the Jim Texas series exemplifies the pulp magazine format that dominated European and Latin American newsstands in the early twentieth century. Painted covers like this one sold adventure stories through bold imagery and vivid color, establishing visual conventions that would directly influence the emerging comic book industry.
About this artifact
- Date
- 1940s
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by comicbooks.com.
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