Manos - The Demon Hunter (Comic)

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Manos - The Demon Hunter is a German fantasy comic series by Peter Mennigen and drawn by Esteban Maroto and Antonio Correa Expósito, among others . The comic is about the warrior Manos, who solves mystical puzzles in a fantasy world and fights monsters and demons .

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Manos and his sister Parda are the children of Gäon, the priest-king of the city of Polis. After the death of their father and the destruction of the city, they looked for a place with their uncle, the magician Zango, to build a new fortress to protect against evil. Manos became king there. After the inhabitants carried out a revolt with the help of dark forces, Manos moved out to fight evil all over the world.

Publications

Bastei-Verlag commissioned the German writer and comic book author Peter Mennigen to write the story . The publisher wanted to include a series similar to Conan in its program , which Manos then followed in terms of content and style. Between September 1980 and August 1983 a total of 89 stories by Manos with a length of approx. 15 pages were published in the series Geister Stories by Bastei-Verlag. 1983 appeared with Manos - The Demon Hunter, Hell Strikes Back, the first independent comic book. In December 1984, after the 35th edition of Manos - The Demon Hunter, The Curse of the Sunken City, well over 1000 pages (a total of over 2300 pages including the shorter stories in ghost stories ) were discontinued.

In Spain, the stories were published in 25 booklets and several anthologies by Editorial Bruguera under the title Manos: Guerrero Indómito . Later in Mexico under the same title.

In the middle of each issue there was a large-format poster by well-known fantasy artists, such as B. by Vicente Segrelles , Boris Vallejo or Luis Royo .

Issues

Issue index
  • No. 1: Hell strikes back
  • No. 2: Revolt of the Monsters
  • No. 3: The Dread Riders
  • # 4: The Shore of Doom
  • No. 5: At the bottom of hell
  • No. 6: the curse of the doppelganger
  • No. 7: The desert devil
  • No. 8: In the dungeon of horror
  • No. 9: The Sting of Evil
  • No. 10: The Metal Monsters
  • No. 11: The dark zone
  • No. 12: The Messenger of Terror
  • No. 13: The damned of the Hunger Steppes
  • No. 14: The Witcher of Samara
  • No. 15: The ruler of the valley of death
  • No. 16: At the abyss of horror
  • No. 17: The Mercenaries of Hell
  • No. 18: The Return of the Witcher
  • No. 19: River of Doom
  • No. 20: The Valley of Living Skeletons
  • No. 21: On the Shores of Death
  • No. 22: The monster of the Sarga Sea
  • No. 23: Flotsam from Hell
  • No. 24: The Arena of Terror
  • No. 25: The Lord of Hate
  • No. 26: The demon with the death look
  • No. 27: The Witch of Lemura
  • No. 28: The Hall of Hate
  • No. 29: The Grotto of Time
  • No. 30: The Dragon Battle
  • No. 31: Under the spell of the fever jungle
  • No. 32: In the dead spider's web
  • No. 33: The city on Teufelssee
  • No. 34: The Guardians of Doom
  • No. 35: The Curse of the Sunken City
Remarks:
  1. ↑ List of individual titles with cover picture list from deutschercomicblog.blogspot.com. Retrieved April 14, 2020.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manos - The Demon Hunter, Part 1 or Sword Socery in Germany Article on comic.de. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ Manos: Guerrero Indómito Spanish editions on goodreads.com. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  3. ↑ Manos - The Demon Hunter, Part 2 or Spain's staying power article on comic.de. Retrieved April 8, 2020.