Hispano Americana
| Hispano Americana de Ediciones S.A. | |
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| Founded: | 1933 (to August 1962) |
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| Country: |  Spain
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Casa Editorial Vecchi, the Italian branch of Lothair Vecchi Editore, was a publisher based in Barcelona.
Biography
Under the name Hispano Americana de Ediciones they started to focus on the production of comics, as; "Yumbo" in 1934, "Aventurero" in 1935, and "La Revista de Tim Tyler" in 1936. Compiling the adventures previously serialized in these comic books was the start of their "Las Grandes Aventuras" series; "Tim Tyler's Luck", "Secret Agent X-9", "Flash Gordon", "Buck Franck", "King", "Tarzan", "Mandrake" and on.
After the Civil War Hispano Americana focused on three collections:
- "Colección de las Grandes Aventuras"; "Flash Gordon", "Franck Buck", "El Hombre Enmascarado", "Tarzán", "Mandrake" and others.
- "Colección Audaz"; "Popeye".
- "Colección de Aventuras y Misterio"; "Juan Centella", "Ciclón el Superhombre", "Jorge y Fernand" and others.
In 1946 they relaunched "Aventurero", but with little success. Hispano Americana closed in August 1962.
Mandrake publications published by Hispano Americana
| Title | Year(s) | Issues |
|---|---|---|
| Aventurero | 1935-1938 | 166 (+ 3 Almanaque) |
| Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno | 1942-1948 | 45 (+ 1 Extra and 2 Almanaque) |
| Rip Kirby | 1947 | 13 |
| Extra | 1950 | 3 (of total 20) |
Behind the scenes
An interesting article about the process from a comic book script to a finished product in stores can be found in Almanaque de Leyendas 1945, an annual album released in December 1944.