Post by Jesse on Jun 20, 2019 20:48:27 GMT
This was originally posted by Augusto Bas Mill on the Foreign Comic Collector Magazine (Official Group) Facebook page. It is shared here with his permission.
"A bit of history about the Mexican NON-CANON comics (Updated)
The first company that edited the Spiderman (El Sorprendente Hombre Araña) comics in Mexico was La Prensa. The Amazing Spider-Man title edited by La Prensa (Mexico) was a bestselling along with other Marvel titles, so La Prensa copied the Novaro strategy of making its own comics (Joyas de la Mitología, Grandes Viajes, etc) and started to do the same but using the Marvel Characters focusing on Spider-Man, Blackhawk. Heroes del Oeste (Western Marvel) and Sergeant Fury, (as far as I remembered).
The non-canon Spider-man comics were edited in the last year of life of La Prensa Editorial Hombre Araña Numbrers 123 to 185 (from March 15 of 1972 to Oct 23 of 1973). Although the cover of the previous number (HA 122) was drawed by a Mexican comic book artist the interior was official Marvel content. According to the Spidermex.com web site there 45 complete non-canon comics plus one cover (only). www.spidermex.com/portadas.php?edi=mex&cve=epre&pag=7
When La Prensa closed its comic branch (about October 1973), a smaller company took over the editing of some of the Marvel titles: This was Macc Division Historietas. It was based on the State of Mexico. Next to the Capital (Distrito Federal), and the original print run was quite small comparing to La Prensa, and the distribution was worse. So although Macc Division Historietas comics were latest than La Prensa comics, always were more complicated to find them. (http://www.spidermex.com/portadas.php?edi=mex&cve=emdh&pag=1)
Macc again used the same strategy: to publish fake Spiderman comics, together with the real ones, being the first non-canon comics the numbers 12, 19 and 21. During this period they edited in the Hombre araña title the US comics of Amazing Spiderman, Black Panther, Marvel Team Up, Spidey & non-canon Spiderman and Black Panther Comics. During the Macc period they edited exactly 115 Hombre Araña comics (including the fake ones).
It is important to note than the Macc edited also fake comics of Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Shang Chi, Iron Fist (As you can check in the pictures) although they are less known. In this way the Mexicans created the non-canon Spiderman Mexican comics. There are several Spiderman fans over the world very interested for these rare and weird comics."
"A bit of history about the Mexican NON-CANON comics (Updated)
The first company that edited the Spiderman (El Sorprendente Hombre Araña) comics in Mexico was La Prensa. The Amazing Spider-Man title edited by La Prensa (Mexico) was a bestselling along with other Marvel titles, so La Prensa copied the Novaro strategy of making its own comics (Joyas de la Mitología, Grandes Viajes, etc) and started to do the same but using the Marvel Characters focusing on Spider-Man, Blackhawk. Heroes del Oeste (Western Marvel) and Sergeant Fury, (as far as I remembered).
The non-canon Spider-man comics were edited in the last year of life of La Prensa Editorial Hombre Araña Numbrers 123 to 185 (from March 15 of 1972 to Oct 23 of 1973). Although the cover of the previous number (HA 122) was drawed by a Mexican comic book artist the interior was official Marvel content. According to the Spidermex.com web site there 45 complete non-canon comics plus one cover (only). www.spidermex.com/portadas.php?edi=mex&cve=epre&pag=7
When La Prensa closed its comic branch (about October 1973), a smaller company took over the editing of some of the Marvel titles: This was Macc Division Historietas. It was based on the State of Mexico. Next to the Capital (Distrito Federal), and the original print run was quite small comparing to La Prensa, and the distribution was worse. So although Macc Division Historietas comics were latest than La Prensa comics, always were more complicated to find them. (http://www.spidermex.com/portadas.php?edi=mex&cve=emdh&pag=1)
Macc again used the same strategy: to publish fake Spiderman comics, together with the real ones, being the first non-canon comics the numbers 12, 19 and 21. During this period they edited in the Hombre araña title the US comics of Amazing Spiderman, Black Panther, Marvel Team Up, Spidey & non-canon Spiderman and Black Panther Comics. During the Macc period they edited exactly 115 Hombre Araña comics (including the fake ones).
It is important to note than the Macc edited also fake comics of Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Shang Chi, Iron Fist (As you can check in the pictures) although they are less known. In this way the Mexicans created the non-canon Spiderman Mexican comics. There are several Spiderman fans over the world very interested for these rare and weird comics."