More Tijuana postcards
More examples of the postcard-sized souvenir photos sold outside lucha arenas we featured last month.
TIGER MASK record sleeve art
Great illos from licensed kids records from 1969/70.
Neutron vs. Caronte vs. aging pulp
Great white-masked mad doctor vs. black masked barrel-chested hero action from the 72nd issue of the Neutrón comic by José Herrera. Herrera may not have been as big a name as Jose G. Cruz in the history of fotonovela, but … Continued
Airborne Rayo
But does he stick the landing? Nifty 60s superhero-esque shot of Rayo de Jalisco. I’ve seen this photo mislabeled as the serial hero La Sombra Vengadora, but that predecessor costume only had the lightning bolt down one leg, and featured … Continued
Beelzebunny by Brian Ralph
The superb Brian Ralph did this pin-up of the buxom ring bunny for us, published in the all-too-rare HOODWINK #1 in 2003.
Plaster and resin luchador busts
My modest collection of 4″ wall busts, some signed even.
Euro-Masks
We’ve always celebrated the kinship – both visual and spiritual – between Mexican masked wrestler superheroes and Italian masked anti-heroes and super-thieves. Lee Faulk’s The Phantom was the pre-historic nexus of these two 60’s multi-media offshoot species. Characters like SuperArgo … Continued
Custom Momias de Guanajuato toys
There’s an action figure customizer in Mexico called El Diablo Toys doing some great toys of obscure ring stars of the past and classic movie characters. I’m particularly enamored of these bag figures turned into masked men and monsters from … Continued