Origin and Definition
The term tebeo is a phonetic adaptation of TBO, a long-running (1917–1983) Spanish comic book magazine and sounds like "te veo (I see you). This magazine was influential in popularizing the medium In this magazine appeared Los grandes inventos del TBO (The great inventions of TBO) which featured humorous Rube Goldberg-like machines.
Another important humorous comics were Pulgarcito and Lily (the latter for girls)
In Spain superhero comics were banned by the Francoist regime and thus, the heroes were based on historical fiction.
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