El Mosquetero Azul (Spanish for "The Blue Musketeer") is a Spanish historical adventure comic booklet series published by Editorial Bruguera in 1962 as part of its Superaventuras line. It ran for 26 issues, from 18 June to 10 December 1962.
Publication history The series was published weekly by Editorial Bruguera from June to December 1962, for a total of 26 issues.
Creators The scripts were credited to Silver Kane, a pen name of Spanish writer Francisco González Ledesma. From issue 21 onward, the booklets credit Carlo Lotti as writer. Artwork was by Manuel Gago García.
Plot The 26 issues tell a single continuous story set in 1640, in northern Italy and the Adriatic Sea region. The protagonists form a trio: the masked hero El Mosquetero Azul, the giant Gesaurus, and the comic sidekick Brutus.
Reception Comics critic Pedro Porcel noted that the series shows a comparatively careless style, suggesting significant fatigue on Gago's part.
See also El espadachín enmascarado, another cape-and-sword series drawn by Manuel Gago García. El Guerrero del Antifaz, similar series, but set in the final years of Spanish Reconquista.
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