Tex Willer

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Tex Willer is the main character of a comic series that has been appearing in Italy since September 30, 1948 . The spiritual father of Tex was Gian Luigi Bonelli . The comic was published by Sergio Bonelli Editore. Sergio Bonelli is the son of Gian Luigi Bonelli and at the same time president of the comic publishing house. The first illustrator of the Tex series was Aurelio Galleppini .

Tex-Comics is published monthly. In addition, L'Almanacco del West (Almanac of the Wild West), Speciale Tex (colloquially Texone ) and Maxi Tex are published . The stories are usually closed in one volume, but there are also two- and three-part episodes. Tutto Tex (1985–2016) is one of several new editions.

The comics are in black and white. Color comic books are published on special occasions.

content

Tex is a real hot spur as a young man, but his heart is in the right place. He kills a man in self-defense and is wanted by the judiciary from now on, so that he leads a life as an outlaw. When the allegations of the judiciary prove to be baseless, he is offered to become a Texas ranger. He then accepts this offer. By marrying Lilith, the daughter of the chief of a Navajo tribe, Tex became chief of this Indian tribe a few years later. Originally the Indians wanted to kill him on the torture stake, but Lilith saved his life by wanting to marry. Tex's Indian name is "Aquila della notte" (eagle of the night). Under this name he achieved fame among all Indian tribes in North America. Tex is an ideal hero. Always honest, quick with the gun, strong with his fists, condemning prejudice and discrimination, he goes from one adventure to the next with his friends, the Pards .

friends and family

Its main allies are

  • Kit Carson, his best friend and also ranger, godfather and namesake of the son of Tex and Lilith
  • Kit Willer, his son and a ranger like him
  • Tiger Jack, Navajo and also Ranger
  • Lilith, his wife and mother of Kit, passed away

More friends

  • Montales, former Mexican outlaw, current Governor of Chihuahua State and Vice President of Mexico
  • El Morisco, a magician / scientist / medic from Memphis, Egypt who lives in Pilares, Mexico
  • Gros-Jean, Canadian mestizo, former outlaw who now works as a trapper in Canada
  • Jim Brandon, Colonel of the Canadian Mounties
  • Cochise, chief of the Chiricahua Apaches
  • Tom Devlin, San Francisco Police Officer
  • Pat MacRyan, an Irish boxer
  • Lefty Potrero, owner of a gym in San Francisco

Enemies

Aside from the everyday bad guys, there are also some permanent enemies:

  • Mefisto (Steve Dickart), Tex's primal enemy, a strong and vicious magician
  • Yama (Blacky Dickart), Mefisto's son, also a strong magician
  • Proteus (Perry Drayton), a man who can very easily disguise himself through transformation
  • El Muerto (Paco Ordoñez), a Mexican gunslinger and one of three brothers shot by Tex
  • The Black Tiger (Sumankan), the Mayal prince of Borneo
  • The Maestro (Andrew Liddell), a mad scientist

Authors

  • Gian Luigi Bonelli
  • Sergio Bonelli
  • Mauro Boselli
  • Claudio Nizzi

Illustrators

German-language publications

Tex cosplay ( Torino Comics 2014).

In 1971 the Bildschriftenverlag (BSV) published a Tex Willer series, which, however, was canceled after eight volumes. This series was also published in other European countries, where it had much longer terms.

From 1985 to 1986 the Nostalgie Comic Verlag in Ludwigshafen published 27 piccolos. In terms of format technology, it was based on the so-called albi a striscia , which were published in Italy from 1948 to 1967.

In 2000 the Comic Club Hannover started a Tex Willer series in small editions. 56 issues have been published in this so far.

In 2002, Kult Editions finally published The Lost Pueblo, a volume from the Speciale Tex special series (original title: Il pueblo perduto , 1994). Another volume from the special series, Die gnadenlosen Vier (original title: Il cavaliere solitario , 2001), was published from 2002 to 2004 as a four-part series.

Panini Verlag has published five full-color, large-format comic albums since 2015:

  1. The Last Rebel (by Claudio Nizzi / Colin Wilson), published September 2015
  2. On your own (by Claudio Nizzi / Joe Kubert), published March 2016
  3. The Hero and the Legend (by Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri), published November 2016
  4. The Man from Atlanta (by Claudio Nizzi / Jordi Bernet), published in June 2017
  5. The Last Frontier (by Claudio Nizzi / Goran Parlov), published June 2018

filming

Tex outside Italy (except Germany)

  • South India in the Tamil language
  • Argentina, in the 1950s as Colt Miller
  • Brazil, uninterrupted since 1971
  • Finland, from 1953 to 1965, after a 5-year break since 1971 without interruption (16 issues per year)
  • Norway, continuously since 1971 with 11 to 17 numbers a year
  • Israel, published in the 1970s and reissued over and over again, most recently in 2007
  • Former Yugoslavia, from 1960 to the end of 1980
  • Croatia, since the 1990s
  • Turkey, under the name Teks

Web links

Commons : Tex Willer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Tex Willer Comics on Catawiki
  2. ^ List of all Italian booklets on the Italian Wikipedia
  3. ↑ Tex in Germany ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.texwiller.crouze.com
  4. ↑ List of all Tex special series on the Italian Wikipedia
  5. ↑ Comic Guide: Tex at cult editions
  6. ↑ Comic Guide: Tex. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .