Conan [MEX]

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Mexican (in Spanish language) pirate Conan before Marvel started their own official comic stories. The main character of the story was not Conan but Belit. Conan was a blond sidekick with Yanga. Belit's ship has changed from the REH original story's Tigress to Venganza (or the Vengeance), and a gang of black corsairs into Vikings. [sources: Jungle Frolics blog | El Baúl del Comic | Crom | Readers's Guide to Sword & Sorcery | Roy Thomas's Alter Ego #80 (2008)]

"With a certain success reached by the Conan, Belit and Yanga characters, the publisher decides to give not Conan but Belit her own title, which would be reissued a couple of times in the next decade." [Roy Thomas's Alter Ego #80 (2008)]

(Cuentos de abuelito, transl. 'Grandfather's Stories'; La Reina de la Costa Negra, transl. 'The Queen of the Black Coast')

Cuentos de abuelito #1–#61

1952–1953. Mexico: C.E.M.S.A. ("Corporacion Editorial Mexicana S.A."). Size 4-1/2" x 5-3/4". Cover price: 25¢ (from #44 or #45: 30¢). 36 pgs. [some of sources: Jungle Frolics blog | eBay | Highlights 1950–1959 of Queen of the Black Coast]

Cuentos de abuelito presented "Kun'ga, La Diosa de Oro" ("the Golden Goddess") in issues #1–#7, "La Reina de la Costa Negra" in #8–#46. The covers of #47–#57 presented La Reina and Kun'ga. Issues #58–#61 presented La Reina, Kun'ga and La Arana ("the Spider", the crime-fighting character look-a-like from the old pulp magazines).

In issues #20, #22, #27, #29, #31 appear a horror story, "El Monje Loco" ('The Mad Monk'). Nothing to do with La Reina de la Costa Negra.

There exists at least 134 (early 1960s) issues of Cuentos de abuelito, but La Reina ends at issue #61 (1953). Later there was more characters like, Kun'ga, La Arna and Gengis Khan. The 1960's Cuentos de abuelito was filled with with different kind of comics, like children's fairy tales [for example issue #117 was printed in 1963].

Early covers by "Hecky" (with sign, #8 and #10), later by Salvador Hermoso Lavalle (with sign several after #15).

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Issue	Title	Writer	Artist
[c]	Unidentified issue. The cover was signed by Salvador Hermoso Lavalle, which could mean the issue can be located somewhere after #10.
#8 Sept. 1952 [c]	Belit Adaptation of the latter part of the story "The Queen of the Black Coast" by Robert E. Howard, except Belit lives in the end in issues #10 to #12. [source: Roy Thomas's Alter Ego #80 (Aug. 2008)] Also in La Reina de la Costa Negra [II] #16 (1965), but not as a reprint. Although the cover of #13 suggest that the story "The Queen of the Black Coast" might go on till that issue.	Loa and Victor Rodriguez	Salvador Hermoso Lavalle, Hector "Hecky" Gutierrez
#9
#10 [c]
#11
#12 [c]
#13 [c]
#15 [c]	Belit
#17 Nov. 1952 [c]		Riol de Man
#18 [c]
#21 [c]
#23 [c]
#24 [c]
#25 [c]
#26 [c]
#28 [c]
#33 [c]
#35 [c]
#36 [c]
#37 [c]
#38 [c]
#39 [c]
#41 1953 [c]
#42 [c]
#43 [c]
#45 [c]
#46 [c]
#47 [c]
#48 [c]
#49 [c]
#50 [c]
#51 [c]
#52 [c]
#53 [c]
#54 [c]
#55 [c]
#56 [c]
#57 [c]
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#60 1953 [c]
#61 [c]
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La Reina de la Costa Negra [I]

Mexico: Editiones Mexicanas Asocidas (E.M.A.). Size 5.25"x7.5" (issue #3: 6-3/4"x9"). 32 pgs. Cover price: 80¢. | In B&W.
Printed weekly from Oct. 1, 1958 to Jan. 1959 (11 issues).
A black and white reproduction of covers from #2 to #4:

According to Angelfire the very first series of La Reina de la Costa Negra was printed already in Jan. 1953. Weather they're mistaken with the date or there exists only solo issue, since Cuentos de abuelito was running the same weekly.

All (?) covers (of V1) by Salvador Hermoso Lavalle (with sign, #2, #3, #4, #11).

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Issue	Title	Writer	Artist
#1 Oct. 1, 58	Belit	Riol de Man	Salvador Hermoso Lavalle, Hector "Hecky" Gutierrez
#2 Oct. 8, 58 [c]	Belit: "La Copa de Odin" ["The Cup of Odin"]
#3 Oct. 15, 58 [c]	Belit: "Los Adoradores del Fuego" ["The Fire Worshipers"]
#4 Oct. 22, 58 [c]	Belit: "La Galera Fantasma" ["The Phantom gallery"]
#5 1958	Belit: "El Kranken" ["The Kranken"]
#6 1958	Belit
#7 1958	Belit
#8 1958	Belit
#9 1958	Belit
#10 1958	Belit
#11 1959 [c]	Belit

La Reina de la Costa Negra [II]

Mexico: Ediciones Joma. Reprinted around 2008. 61 issues (1965–1966?). Size: 7"x10" (reprint, 8-1/2"x11"). 32 pgs. Cover price: $1.00. | In B&W.

Most likely La Reina de la Costa Negra [II] (1965–1966) was reprinting episodes from the Series 1 (1958–1959) and maybe also from Cuentos de abuelito (at least partly).

Serial reprinted also in 2008 (at least following issues #10, #37, #40, #47).

All (?) covers (of V2) by Salvador Hermoso Lavalle (with sign, #4, #8, #11, #20, #26, #27).

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Issue	Title	Writer	Artist
#1 Aug. 25, 65	Belit
#2 Sept. 1, 65	Belit
#3 Sept. 8, 65	Belit
#4 Sept. 15, 65	Belit
#5 Sept. 22, 65	Belit
#6	Belit
#7 Oct. 6, 65	Belit
#8 Oct. 13, 65	Belit
#9	Belit
#10 Oct. 27, 65. Re: 2008	Belit
#11 Nov. 3, 65	Belit
#12 Nov. 10, 65	Belit
#13 Nov. 17, 65	Belit
#14 Nov. 24, 65	Belit
#15 Dec. 1, 1965	Belit: "The Valley of Death"	J. Kstro	J. Kstro
#16 Dec. 8, 65	Belit Adapts the latter part of the story "The Queen of the Black Coast" by Robert E. Howard [see Cuentos de abuelito]	Rafael Silva Quiroz	Salvador Hermoso Lavalle
#17 Dec. 15, 65	Belit
#18	Belit
#19	Belit
#20 Jan. 5, 66	Belit
#21 Jan. 12, 66	Belit
#22	Belit
#23	Belit
#24	Belit
#25 Feb. 9, 66	Belit
#26 Feb. 16, 66	Belit
#27 Feb. 23, 66	Belit
#28 March 2, 66	Belit
#29	Belit
#30 March 16, 66	Belit
#31	Belit
#32	Belit
#33 April 6, 66	Belit
#34	Belit
#35 April 20, 66	Belit
#36 April 27, 66	Belit
#37 May 4, 66. Re: 2008	Belit
#38	Belit
#39 May 18, 66	Belit
#40 May 25, 66. Re: 2008	Belit
#41	Belit
#42 June 8, 66	Belit
#43	Belit
#44 June 22, 66. Re: 2008	Belit
#45	Belit
#46 July 6, 66	Belit
#47 July 13, 66. Re. 2008	Belit
#48	Belit
#49 July 27, 66	Belit
#50 Aug. 3, 66	Belit
#51 Aug. 10, 66	Belit
#52 Aug. 17, 66	Belit
#53 Aug. 24, 66	Belit