Revista historia de los comics

Published in Spain by Toutain Editor, Historia de los Comics Fascículo 16 is an exceptional and highly collectible vintage reference issue from Josep Toutain's seminal encyclopedic series documenting world comic art history. This particular volume examines a pivotal era in Iberian sequential art, exploring how the Spanish Civil War disrupted and reshaped the trajectory of Spanish graphic illustration and popular comic publication.

The front cover features a magenta top header with light-blue and white title typography reading HISTORIA DE LOS COMICS. A green left sidebar displays the publisher logo, fascicle number 16, and the original price of 150 PTA. The main framed cover illustration depicts a dramatic, action-filled wartime combat scene from Jesus Blasco's classic comic Cuto. The bottom red bar presents the headline LA GUERRA CIVIL QUIEBRA LA EVOLUCION DEL COMIC ESPAÑOL, alongside a purple burst badge announcing UN EPISODIO COMPLETO DE CUTO. Inside, the pages present detailed scholarly essays, archival reproductions, and complete comic pages. An essential centerpiece collectible for Spanish comic historians, wartime illustration archivists, and classic graphic art collectors.