CREATOR - STORY

Name: Giovanni Luigi Bonelli.
Personal dates: Born 1908 in Italy. Died 2001 in Italy.
Other creations: None.
Successors
: The series has had numerous creators following Bonelli.
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CREATOR - GRAPHICS

Name: Aurelio Galleppini (Galep).
Personal dates: Born 1917 in Italy. Died 1994 in Italy.
Other creations: None.
Successors
: The series has had numerous creators following Galep.
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MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1958*. Ongoing.

The dominating character is Tex Willer, who lived on his father's ranch in Texas until the father was killed during a robbery. Tex tracked down the killers, and since then he has dedicated his life to help people against the villains of the Old West.

* The series as such has been published in more than 1100 issues covering many versions, but the first version started in 1948 as a strip comic book titled Collana del Tex (Collana is Italian for 'collection of similar texts').

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER

Tex Willer

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1958

#55 - 1965

#191 - 1976

#397 - 1993

#507 - 2003

#630 - 2013

 

 

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