Maravillas (magazine)
| Maravillas | |
|---|---|
Cover of Maravillas no. 530 (c. 1950s), illustration by José Luis Moro. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | JNPP of FET y de las JONS |
| Schedule | Weekly |
| Format | Horizontal and vertical |
| Genre | Comics, Children's literature, Puzzles |
| Publication date | 1939 – 1954 |
| No. of issues | 705 |
The Maravillas magazine (title in Spanish meaning "Wonders") was originally published as a supplement to the children's magazine "Flechas y Pelayos", linked to the Spanish fascist Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS.[1] It was issued weekly from 1939 to 1954, reaching a total of 705 regular issues and 10 almanacs. Over time, it evolved from a supplement into an independent children's comic magazine.[2]
History
In its early phase as a supplement to Flechas y Pelayos, Maravillas used a horizontal format and, like its parent magazine, was published by the Delegación Nacional del Frente de Juventudes under the direction of friar Justo Pérez de Urbel.[3]
Among its contributors was the poet Gloria Fuertes—for example, her comic strip "No hay mal que dure siempre" ("No evil lasts forever") appeared on the cover of issue no. 82 (3 April 1941).[4]
From issue 500 onward, the magazine switched to a vertical format and gained wider distribution as a children's supplement to the newspaper Arriba. It eventually became a standalone children's comic book magazine (from issue 618 to 705).[5]
Contents
Maravillas featured short comics for younger readers, paper doll cut-outs, tales, and poems—most notably Gloria Fuertes's Historias de Coleta ("Stories of Coleta").[6]
Artists who contributed to the magazine included José Luis Moro (whose early work showed clear Walt Disney influence and who later created the Familia Telerín), José Alcaide Irland, Maria Claret, Gabriel Arnao Crespo, Ardel, and Vázquez, among others.[7]
Bibliography
- Cerrillo, Pedro C. and Jaime García Padrino (1995). El niño, la literatura y la cultura de la imagen. Ediciones de la UCLM.ISBN 8488255861
- García Padrino, Jaime (2001). Así pasaron muchos años: entorno a la literatura infantil española. Ediciones de la UCLM.ISBN 9788484271352
- Viviane Alary (2002). Historietas, comics y tebeos españoles. Presses Universitaires du Mirail – Hespérides Espagne, Université de Toulouse Le Mirail. ISBN 9782858166060
References
- ^ José Manuel Rodríguez Humanes & Manuel Barrero; ampliada por Andrés Álvarez (2008). "MARAVILLAS (1939, FET Y DE LAS JONS / MARAVILLAS)". Tebeosfera (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Cerrillo, Pedro C.; García Padrino, Jaime (1995). El niño, la literatura y la cultura de la imagen. Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. p. 142. ISBN 84-88255-86-1.
- ^ Cerrillo, Pedro C.; García Padrino, Jaime (1995). El niño, la literatura y la cultura de la imagen. Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha.
- ^ Ballesteros-Aguayo, Lucía; Escobar-Borrego, Francisco-Javier (2019). "El humor en la prensa de posguerra: los cuentos de Gloria Fuertes en Maravillas" [Humour in the post-war press: Short stories of Gloria Fuertes in the falangist magazine Maravillas] (PDF). Revista Latina de Comunicación Social (in Spanish) (74): 521–536. doi:10.4185/RLCS-2019-1343. ISSN 1138-5820. Retrieved 10 February 2026 – via Dialnet.
- ^ Cerrillo, Pedro C.; García Padrino, Jaime (1995). El niño, la literatura y la cultura de la imagen (in Spanish). Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. p. 142. ISBN 84-88255-86-1.
- ^ García Padrino, Jaime (2001). Así pasaron muchos años: entorno a la literatura infantil española. Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. p. 97. ISBN 978-84-8427-135-2.
- ^ Alary, Viviane (2002). Historietas, comics y tebeos españoles. Presses Universitaires du Mirail – Hespérides Espagne, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail. ISBN 2858166064.
External links
- Maravillas at Tebeosfera