Saturday, October 18, 2008

Now this just took my breath away

It's interesting how, with some fictional characters, a good illustration is always more buyable than any actor that has played the role. Tarzan comes right to mind, for instance.

One fictional character that definitely comes up when it comes to studly beefcake is the immensely tanned, masculine and blue-eyed Mexican hero Kaliman, whose covers often had a sensationalist, barely contained sexuality like the adventure, crime and pulp mags of the 1940s.

Kaliman is drawn as physically ideal, a composite of some of the best movie stars.

Now, if only some superheroes north of the border could look this yummy...!






2 comments:

chocosugoi said...

hey, it's even in spanish! how cool!
and nice muscles he have

Esperanto Grrl said...

Yeah, that's because the immensely handsome Kaliman is a Mexican comic book. Lots of Latinos have good memories of Kaliman, both the comic and the radio show, which continued into the seventies (!).