by Mexican Comics, Los Supermachos
[Mexico and Latino][Comic][Counterculture] Archive of ten issues of Spanish-language comic Los Supermachos,1968–1971. Rius (Eduardo del Río). Los Supermachos. Mexico City: Editorial Posada, 1967–1970. Archive of Unbroken run of ten issues: Nos. 70-79. Illustrated throughout in color; all in original pictorial wrappers. A vivid ten-issue archive of Los Supermachos, the revolutionary Mexican comic series created by Rius (Eduardo del Río), one of Latin America’s most incisive and popular political cartoonists. Published between 1967 and 1970, these issues capture the comic at a moment of evolving national disillusionment. Rius’s work during this period targeted the intertwined powers of the Catholic Church, the PRI government, and U.S. economic neocolonialism. The run includes sustained satirical critiques of gender roles (No. 71), anti-intellectualism (No. 72), public hypocrisy (Nos. 73–74), national myths and their manipulation (No. 77), and the contradiction of foreign capital in a nominally revolutionary nation (No. 79). Recurring protagonists like Calzonzín and Don Perpetuo provide narrative continuity while embodying archetypes of indigenous resistance, rural naivety, and authoritarian abuse. At a time of growing urban unrest and post-Tlatelolco political repression, Los Supermachos remained a rare mass-cultural space for leftist critique. Light toning consistent with cheap pulp stock, occasional mild edgewear and foxing, but all issues remain intact, clean, and bright. Overall very good condition. Scarce outside Mexico, especially in sequence. An archive of satirical comic books by an artist foundational to Latin American political cartooning. (Inventory #: 22396)
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