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| "Capitán Marvel" Nº6, March 1953. This cover shows comparatively more violence than was common in their style, due perhaps to pressures from the publishers, who wanted to match the then so popular crime and horror magazines. In fact, in the last "CM" issues there were some stories dealing with vampires and ghosts, but always in a fresh, funny way. Charles Clarence Beck, the main artist and co-creator of the character, abhorred brutality and ugliness in comics, and he supervised all stories to be sure his precepts were observed, overjealously perhaps.Carlos M. Federici had the pleasure to exchange some letters with him, in his retirement, just before his death, and he impressed him as a solid professional (with views of his own, wrong or not, but very clear for him) and a well-read gentleman who had been passed out because of audience's changing tastes... A pity. He hadn't been wise enough to keep some original art from his days of glory: it would really have been a much-coveted stuff for comicollectors... | ||
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