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Remembering The Golden Age Of Mexican Comic Books

The golden age of Mexican comic books was beautiful, dark, and groundbreaking

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May 26, 2024
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Before Netflix and cell phones took over family leisure time, the Mexican public was one of the largest consumers of comic books in the world. Some researchers have calculated that, in the golden age, a Mexican family bought an average of six to seven new titles each week.

Many were imported from the United States—Spiderman, Donald Duck, Superman, etc.—b…

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