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Lanciostory #185, Anno IV, Number 43 (1978), story page 1 by Medrano and Alcatena

Location: World War II - European pages
Artists: A. Martinez (Penciller) ,  Adrian Martinez (Penciller) ,  Julio Cesar Medrano (Penciller) ,  Enrique Alcatena (Inker)

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Location: World War II - European pages
Title: Lanciostory #185, Anno IV, Number 43 (1978), story page 1 by Medrano and Alcatena
Artist:  A. Martinez (Penciller) ,  Adrian Martinez (Penciller) ,  Julio Cesar Medrano (Penciller) ,  Enrique Alcatena (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Title Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 190
Likes on CAF: 5
Comments: 11
Added to Site: 11/30/2024

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Description
"Manos rojas" ("Bloody hands") by Carlos Albiac, October 30, 1978. Fifth chapter of the "Press" series.

Translation of last panel: "My career as a war correspondent has been long, and I have decided to tell recent or old episodes (literal translation: 'episodes near or far in time'), without a precise order, simply following the unpredictable and tormented course of memories."

The correspondent looks like Ernie Pyle, famous for his newspaper stories about the common man serving on the front line in World War II. He tragically was killed in action several months before the end of the war during the Okinawa campaign.

The seller identified the piece as being from Lanciostory, a weekly Italian comics magazine that initially published mostly work by South American, especially Argentine, writers and artists, according to Wikipedia.

However, an Italian comics database (comicsbox.it) says the story actually first appeared in Ediciones Record's comic Corto Maltés 38, August 1978, in Argentina and was subsequently run in Lanciostory.

Although attributed by the seller to Enrique Alcatena, the story is signed "A. Martinez" and "E. Alcatena" (see additional image). According to Alcatena, he was drawing backgrounds and filling in blacks at the time as the assistant to Julio Cesar Medrano, whose pen name was "A. Martinez," short for "Adrian Martinez." Medrano specialized in World War II stories. Over the course of his career he used at least 14 pen names, based on GCD entries. He is credited with work in Italian, Argentine, and other European and Latin American comics as well as DC Thomson's Commando in the UK and Charlton war and romance books in the United States.

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Ruben DaCollector Member Since 2008
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Posted On 11/30/2024

Wow, that is an absolute stunner of a middle panel. The brush work is so organic and sublime. Amazing!

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 11/30/2024

The shadows, the spray, and the overall page has a look of war photo journalism at its finest.

Mark Levy Member Since 2004
1    
Posted On 11/30/2024

Congrats on uncovering this gem!

John C Member Since 2014
1    
Posted On 12/1/2024

These team-up books are getting gritty.

Kavi H Member Since 2018
1    
Posted On 12/2/2024

stunning middle panel, very interesting history - congrats Peter great piece!

Tom McDonald Member Since 2019
1    
Posted On 12/3/2024

Fantastic! What a great find, Peter! 

Tom McDonald Member Since 2019
1    
Posted On 12/3/2024

Fantastic! What a great find, Peter! 

David Roach Member Since 2012
1    
Posted On 9/15/2025

This is gorgeous, but I'm not sure it's Alcatena, it looks more like an artist called Martinez, AKA Mira to me.

Peter Roe Member Since 2009
Posted On 9/15/2025

David Roach wrote:
"  This is gorgeous, but I'm not sure it's Alcatena, it looks more like an artist called Martinez, AKA Mira to me.
 "

Hi David, thank you for flagging this! You're right. It doesn't look like Alcatena pencils.Title page indeed identifies artists as "A. Martinez" followed by "E. Alcatena." I'm not sure whether A. Martinez is (Luis Martinez) Mira. I'll update the CAF gallery. 

David Roach Member Since 2012
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Posted On 9/16/2025

Martinez Mira drew lots of strips for Charlton in much this style so I'm sure it's him. I do love Alcatena, but honestly this Martinez page is really gorgeous- so you got a great deal here whoever drew it.

Miki Annamanthadoo Member Since 2003
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Posted On 9/18/2025

Outstanding title page!

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