Woman Wrestling Comics: Sensacional De Luchas 46

  Hello and welcome back to the blog. Sorry I haven't been updating recently but life happens and it gets in the way of blogging.

 If you are here for the first time then looking at my statistics, you are probably here because you searched for "Women Wrestling" or "Women Wrestling Comics" so I think you're going to like  today's post. 

 In the past I've covered comics from the USA, Japan and the UK (check HERE) but this is the first time I've done a comic from Mexico.  

 It makes sense that Lucha Libre and comics have a long history together. People more knowledgeable than me have pointed out that Luchadores are treated as larger than life character, practically cartoon superheroes.  And in fact a pocket-sized digest called "Sensacional De Luchas" ran from 1986 to 1954 starring real wrestlers in comic thrills & adventure. (ComicVine page can be found here: sensacional-de-luchas. 

 Given that during this period women's wrestling seems to have been a bigger deal in Mexico than the USA, it makes sense that some issues feature lady wrestlers. (Although I don't know if any real female stars got their own comic) 

 So, I reckon it's time to start posting pictures.  

 Sadly, we never actually get to see a Nun performing dropkicks. 

My Spanish is non-existent to the point there is at least one retired Spanish Teacher who has nightmares about

 trying to  get me to understand regular verbs So that means I had work out what the story is by panels alone. 

As near as I can work out, it goes like this: 

 Our beautiful heroine is a lady wrestler with a career in the slumps.

She keeps getting knocked about by bigger, scarier women.

I haven't been able to work out what Blondie is called so let's just call her "Blondie"

I refuse to believe that Blondie is really called Bertha.

She's just not Bertha material. 

Anyway poor Blondie is getting a lot of flak from her boyfriend, management and the 

other girls but then has an encounter with a nun that gives her a new view on life.

It also helps her with the whole "Not getting battered" thing too.

Brunette seems a bit miffed here. Maybe she though she was in for an early night.

Montage time!

Art looks like something from the 1950s, doesn't it? 

Blondie also starts spending quality time with the local nuns. 

Since nobody is wrestling in those pages I didn't scan them.   

Not sure what happens next but our heroine's confidence takes a bit of a knock again. 

Having an opponent try to rip your tongue out will do that to you.

 

So after a bit of a pep-talk from her boyfriend Blondie pulls that wrestling classic and secretly returns as a masked mystery woman.

 You'd think the glorious mane of blonde hair would give the game away but 1. this is Mexico and Lucha Libre has it's own rules and 2. this is the 80s when "smart" fans weren't on a dozen message boards telling everybody what Wrestler A had for breakfast. 

Anyway, Blondie has decided to stop being so nice.

Including the Mike Tyson special.

Having won, she immediately reveals "It's me, Mexico. It was me all along"

which may have rendered the whole thing pointless.

And we get a happy ending where the queen of the local nuns congratulates  Blondie on almost maiming another woman.

Ok then.

The final page is a pinup of some dashing chaps.

On the whole this was an interesting read and if I ever get my paws on more issues I may can them. 

That's all folks!

When Commando Gets Creepy: Krampusnacht

 Hello and welcome back. 

This is an early start on something I've been meaning to do for a while.

Commando has been published since  1961 and as the name suggests, it's a war comic.

There are certain themes it tends to rely on: mild-mannered milksops discovering their inner badass,

 enemies forced to work together,  destroying secret bases  and a big dose of old-school heroism. 

Then there are the times thing get weird. 

This particular issue is currently in the shops and not surprisingly it is Christmas themed.

 Although given that it's a Commando comic it's a wartime Christmas comic. 

It is also legitimate nightmare fuel. 

Seriously.

I'm a grown man and this one disturbed me. 

Christ knows what it would to an unsuspecting kid.

Then again, anyone who sees this cover and buys it anyway deserves anything they get.

For those of you who don't know, Krampus is the German Anti-Santa.

Instead of delivering presents, he snatches up naughty children.

You already know where is going, don't you? 

To sum up the story,  a detachment of Waffen SS arrive in a small,

isolated German village deep in the forest and proceed to act like

utter wankers.  The locals warn them to stop being utter wankers or 

else Krampus will get them. The SS ignore them so one

 of the village elders delivers one of Commando's trademarks: 

The flashback to set up the backstory. 

To sum up: "Back when I were a little girl, a bunch of

utter wankers showed up and Krampus got them."

As an aside, this where we find out what happens to the 

children Krampus snatches.  Basically they become his

eternally damned servants to help him hunt the naughty. 

I don't know if is this is accurate to German tradition 

but since the whole idea of Krampus disturbs me, 

this is just an extra level of "What the actual fuck?"

Anyway, this goes down as well as expected.

The SS Commander laughs it off right up until 

his men start screaming...

So yeah, that was a bit dark. 

I particularly liked the image of  Krampus's sack.

A black void with clutching hands reaching out to seize

a horrified soldier and drag him into eternal imprisonment.

Oh, that one's going to pop up in a super-fun dream, 

I just know it. 
 

Here's some screenshots.

  Don't worry, his comeuppance is on the way with big, pointy teeth. 

 Here's a useful tip.

When a local tells you all about the scary legend...

TAKE IT SERIOUSLY

Seriously Germany,  what is wrong with you? 

Merry Xmas Everybody