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The Golden Age Of Mexican Comic Books

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

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Gustavo Vazquez-Lozano
Oct 16, 2025
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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 wee…

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Contributor at Daily Chela. Author of "Sixty Years of Solitude: The Life of Empress Charlotte of Mexico." Escribo en Spanish y en inglés too.
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