COMIC TEX - Number 1
March 1964 Edition - £200 lire
The Red Hand
THE LEGENDARY COMIC NUMBER 1 OF THE TEX SERIES - ARALDO EDITIONS
THE FIRST OFFICIAL REPRINT OF TEX WAS RELEASED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE IN MARCH 1964
THIS COMIC IS ALSO UNIQUE BECAUSE THE FIRST 33 PAGES HAVE A FADED PRINTING DEFECT (SEE PHOTO)
Very good conditions
The photos are an integral part of the listing.
What is the "Moral Guarantee" Mark?
To avoid having to submit every page to the judgment of a "government censorship commission", publishers in the sector joined forces, establishing their own "self-censorship commission", distinguished by the GM (Moral Guarantee) brand.
In the comic you can find some errors (see photo) but above all the legendary phrase later censored:
"TEX KILLER"
At first this character was not supposed to be called Willer by surname, but “Killer”…
It was then considered too provocative in the world of comics.
Tex Willer
The mysterious totem
Gianluigi Bonelli (script) / Aurelio Galleppini (art)
Tex Willer, unjustly wanted by the law, defeats John Coffin's criminal gang and solves the enigma of the mysterious totem with the young Indian Tesah.
32 pages
The red hand
Part 1
Gianluigi Bonelli (script) / Aurelio Galleppini (art)
Tex Willer helps the ranger Jeff against El Diablo, a rich Mexican who has armed his own army. Having thus earned the respect of Herbert Marshall, head of the Texas Rangers, and Kit Carson, one of his best men, our hero is enlisted. As his first mission, he must punish Bill Mohican, a kidnapper of girls, and then off, on the back of his trusty Dinamite, towards Silver City...
128 pages
