¡Aventuras! (Cuban adventure comic, Ediciones en Colores) — eight issues

Publication

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

¡Aventuras! (Cuban adventure comic, Ediciones en Colores) — eight issues

Entry/Object ID

2026.2.1

Description

Comic books / historietas (serial publication); print on paper. Newsstand-format adventure comics, color-printed covers over newsprint interiors, saddle-stitched. Each cover carries the ¡AVENTURAS! logo and the publisher device "EC / una publicación de ediciones en colores" in the upper-left corner. Subjects span urban romance, Western/indigenous, samurai, circus, and underwater-adventure genres. Included loose interior leaf (image 8) is a three-tier Spanish-language comics page. Included: 1- Cover: Havana street (Vedado/La Rampa), two women on a motor scooter, boy waving; "Nelson '65"; 1965 2- Cover: Two men fighting by a tree; "EN ESTE NÚMERO: EL CAPITÁN RASMI"; "Domingo García"; 1965 3- Cover: Two indigenous men in river rapids, storm; "Robe '66" (Roberto Alfonso Cruz); 1966 4- Cover: Warrior on rearing white horse grap; "Luis '66" (tentative); 1966 5-Cover: Samurai sword fight, Japanese setting; 1966 6- Cover: Boy fleeing a lion outside "GRAN CIRCO"; "Robe '66" (Roberto Alfonso Cruz); 1966 7- Cover: Two scuba divers underwater, knife, moray eel; "Newton"; 1966 8- (not a cover) interior page, Sherlock Holmes story; Adaptation of Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire"; undated

Acquisition

Accession

2026.2

Source or Donor

Alberto Darias Marcos

Publication Details

Publication Type

Magazine

Place Published

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Place Printed

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

Cover artists vary by issue: Nelson; Domingo García; Robe (Roberto Alfonso Cruz); "Luis" (tentative); Newton; one unattributed. Date: 1965–1966 (dated covers); series/publisher active circa 1965–1967.

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ediciones en Colores

Notes

publisher

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Research Notes

Notes

"Robe" (covers 3, 6) is Roberto Alfonso Cruz. Born in Havana in 1937, he is one of the most significant figures of Cuban comics after the Revolution and a meticulous archivist of Cuban publishing.

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

January 16, 2026

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 18, 2026