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Silberpfeil - The young chief
Silver arrow logo (Bastei) .png
description Western comic
publishing company Bastei Publishing House
First edition 1970
attitude 1988

Silberpfeil - The young chief ( Zilverpijl in Dutch ) is a western comic about an Indian chief that was published by Bastei-Verlag in Germany between 1970 and 1988. The comics were drawn by Frank Sels or by the drawing studio founded by Sels.

action

The title hero Silberpfeil is a young Indian chief from the Kiowa tribe . Together with his white blood brother Falk, the young Squaw Mondkind and their young Puma Tinka, he experiences numerous adventures. The two rangers Jed and Harry are often part of the party . Falk's uncle Jim Kent as well as Jeremias and Endo often play a role. In one issue (issue 62) there is even a guest appearance by the Karl May figures Winnetou and Old Shatterhand . Other very popular visitors in the early 1970s are the Cartwrights from the Ponderosa Ranch, from the Bonanza series. The comic series of the same name was also published by Bastei-Verlag.

Appear

The stories first appeared in the Felix magazine , from January 1969 in volume 534, and later as a separate issue. The magazine with the partially yellow title originally appeared biweekly, from the 90s on every week and initially cost 90 pfennigs, later up to 2  marks . The adventures, which were drawn in color throughout, were drawn realistically. From 1970 to 1988, 768 issues were published, with reprints of earlier stories appearing more often towards the end. As is common with other Bastei comics ( Bessy , Felix , Wastl, etc.), issues that had not been sold were again put on the market as double issues and special volumes (with 3 to 6 individual issues and hardcover). At the same time, paperbacks about the young chief were also available from 1981 to 1984; they were published with the red title Silver Arrow at a price of originally 3 marks (later 3.20 DM). The edition of the comic was up to 100,000 copies. The early works were later published by Wick Verlag. This collector's edition has been published since 2006 and attracts attention due to its uniform design with white title lettering. Ersel (Ernst Sels), the son of the original draftsman Frank Sels, draws the cover pictures.

In addition to Germany, Silberpfeil was also successful on the Scandinavian market. Sølvpilen magazines are still published in Norway .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Silberpfeil - The young chief at comicguide.de; Retrieved August 11, 2009
  2. ↑ Frank Sels at lambiek.net (English) accessed on August 11, 2009
  3. ↑ Silberpfeil at comicguide.de; Retrieved August 11, 2009
  4. ↑ Bernd Dolle-Weinkauff: Comics - History of a Popular Form of Literature in Germany since 1945 . Beltz Verlag, Weinheim / Basel 1990, ISBN 3-407-56521-6 , p. 264
  5. ↑ Andreas C. Knigge : To be continued. Comic culture in Germany . Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-548-36523-X , p. 254