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Tex Willer is a Italian comics series featuring the character of the same name, created by writer Gian Luigi Bonelli and illustrator Aurelio Galleppini, and first published in Italy on September 30, 1948. It's probally the most popular character of the Italian comics and has a considerable fan base in Latin America, specially in Brazil.
Tex is a Latin version of the Western mythology. He is depicted as tough and romantic guy, with several romantic interests and an unstoppable sense of justice.
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Tex Willer is a Italian comics series featuring the character of the same name, created by writer Gian Luigi Bonelli and illustrator Aurelio Galleppini, and first published in Italy on September 30, 1948. It's probally the most popular character of the Italian comics and has a considerable fan base in Latin America, specially in Brazil.
Tex is a Latin version of the Western mythology. He is depicted as tough and romantic guy, with several romantic interests and an unstoppable sense of justice. [Indians] are portrayed in the most positive way possible. Tex has a son with an Indian woman and several friends among them. Tex is not only featured in several monthly comics, but also in a special series of books, Tex Albo Speciale (Also called "Texone"), in bigger size, more pages (240) and all kinds of artists, including famous artists outside the Tex universe, like Jordi Bernett and Joe Kubert.
Fictional character background
The first Tex Willer's adventure appears on September 30 1948, as a "strip." The "first" Tex is an unwillingly outlaw man with a code of honour: to kill only for self-defence. Almost immediately, however, Tex becomes a ranger. Thanks to the marriage with the beautiful Indian Lilyth, he becomes head of the Navajos, known as "Eagle of the Night," and a defender of Indian laws. Tough, loyal, infallible with guns, enemy of prejudice and discrimination, Tex is very quick, and has a quite high disregard for rules.
Tex's closest friend in almost every adventure, since his enlistment as a ranger, is Kit Carson. A fundamental role has been held by Tex Willer's son, Kit Willer, and by the Navajo warrior Tiger Jack. Other recurring characters include El Morisco (a kind of warlock-scientist of Arabian origin), the Mexican Montales (originally an outlaw that fought against a corrupted government, after he became a politician), the Canadian trapper Gros-Jean, the Irish boxer Pat Mac Ryan, the red coat Jim Brandon, police officer Tom Devlin, the Apache chief Cochise, and the wizard Navajo Red Cloud.
Tex Willer's nemesis is Mefisto, a wizard who practices dark magic. Other enemies met along the way are Yama (Mefisto's son), The Black Tiger (a Malaysian prince who hates the white race and wants its annihilation in the USA), and Proteus (able to shapeshift his own face, and impersonate other people).
Characters
Main characters
- Tex Willer, the protagonist
- Kit Carson, Tex's best friend and pard ranger
- Kit Willer, Tex's son and pard ranger
- Tiger Jack, Navajo and pard ranger
Friends
- Montales, former Mexican outlaw and current governor of the state of Chihuahua and vice-president of Mexico
- El Morisco, a warlock/scientist/medic from Memphis, Egypt who resides in Pilares, Mexico
- Gros-Jean, canadian metis, former outlaw and current trapper working in Canada
- Jim Brandon, Colonel of the Mounted Police in Canada
- Cochise, chief of the Apache Chiricahua tribe
- Tom Devlin, police officer in San Francisco, California
- Pat MacRyan, an irish boxer
- Lefty Potrero, owner of a gym in San Francisco
- Nat MacKennet, sheriff in New Orleans
- Ely Parker, head of the Federal Commission on Indian Affairs from 1869 to 1871
Enemies
- Mefisto (Steve Dickart), a powerful and evil warlock, Tex's arch nemesis
- Yama (Blacky Dickart), a powerful warlock, son of Mefisto
- Proteus (Perry Drayton), a man who can camouflage himself and change appearance with ease
- El Muerto (Paco Ordońez), a Mexican pistolero, one of three brothers, who were killed by Tex
- The Black Tiger (Sumankan), a malay prince from Borneo
- The Maestro (Andrew Liddell), a mad scientist
Authors
Illustrators
Foreign versions
In Argentina, Tex was published in the 50s by Editorial Abril in his weekly magazine Rayo Rojo, with the name of Colt Miller.
In Brazil, Tex has been published uninterruptedly since 1971. Currently, it is being published by .
In Finland, Tex Willer was published 1953–1965. After a break of five years, Tex Willer has been published continuously since 1971. The series is still popular and 16 numbers are published a year.
In India, Tex was published in the 80s by the famous South Indian Tamil Comics publisher, Lion comics. The series is still regularly being published in Lion Comics as of 2008, due to its wide popularity among the generations.
In Israel, Tex was published in 70s, reprinted several times since in limited editions, latest one in 2007.
In Norway, Tex Willer has also run continuously since 1971, with from 11 to 17 numbers (each on 114 pages) issued a year.
In former Yugoslavia, Tex was published in the late 60s, 70s, and 80s, and was very popular among other Bonelli characters such as Zagor. In 90s after the break-up of Yugoslavia Tex Willer starts publishing in Croatia with various publishers in different forms. In Serbia, Tex is published by Veseli Cetvrtak as of 2008.
In The United States, Tex willer appeared in an original book called , written by legendary comic author Joe Kubert and illustrated by Claudio Nizzi. It was published by Dark Horse Comics.
External links
- Tex Willer FAQ's,
- site unofficial of Tex Willer
- , English
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