Editorial Frontera was an Argentine publisher of comic books, which lasted from 1956 to 1961. It was established by the author

Héctor Germán Oesterheld Héctor Germán Oesterheld, also known as his common abbreviation HGO (born July 23, 1919; disappeared and presumed dead 1977), was an Argentine journalist and writer of graphic novels and comics. He has come to be celebrated as a master in his ...

History

created two popular characters for the '' Misterix'' magazine, of the Abril publisher:

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and

Sergeant Kirk Sergeant Kirk or Sgt. Kirk ( es, El Sargento Kirk) is the main character of the Western comics series of the same title by Italian comic book creator Hugo Pratt and Argentine author Héctor Germán Oesterheld.

. He wrote novelizations of both comic books, and published them on his own, in a joint business with his brother Jorge. The success prompted him to start his own publishing house. He negotiated the characters with Cesare Civita, owner of Abril. It was arranged that Bull Rocket would stay in Misterix, written by new authors, and Oesterheld would take Kirk to his new publishing house, alongside the artist

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. The first comic books were the

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''Frontera'' and ''

Hora Cero ''Hora Cero'' was an Argentine comics magazine which ran between 1957 and 1963. The magazine was established by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and his brother in 1957. The publisher was Editorial Frontera. It was part of the Golden Age of Argentine ...

''. The first was first published in April 1957, and the second in May 1957. Oesterheld wrote the most part of the scripts, either using his name or pseudonyms as "H. Sturgiss" or "C. de la Vega", and his brother wrote the rest, signing as "Jorge Mora". The anthologies were a success, and Frontera published new related magazines, "Suplemento Semanal Hora Cero", Hora Cero extra" and "Frontera extra". Some comics included in the anthologies soon become successful enough to have their own runs, such as ''

Ernie Pike ''Ernie Pike'' is a comics series written by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and originally drawn by Hugo Pratt, starring a World War II and Korean War reporter. It was first published in the magazine "'' Hora Cero"'' in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1957 ...

'' and '' Ticonderoga'' by Pratt, ''

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'' by Arturo del Castillo, '' Sherlock Time'' by

Alberto Breccia Alberto Breccia (April 15, 1919 – November 10, 1993) was an Uruguayan-born Argentine artist and cartoonist. A gifted penciller and inker, Breccia is one of the most celebrated and famous comics/Historieta creators in the world, and specially pro ...

, ''

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'' and '' Rolo, el marciano adoptivo'' by

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. The weekly publication ''

El Eternauta ''The Eternaut'' ( es, El Eternauta) is a science fiction Argentine comic created by Héctor Germán Oesterheld with artwork by Francisco Solano López. It was first published in '' Hora Cero Semanal'' between 1957 and 1959. Since its original r ...

'', by Oesterheld and Solano López, was first published on September 4, 1957, at "Hora Cero semanal", and lasted until 1959. ''Frontera'' decayed in 1959, as most artists were hired to work in Europe. Frontera fell into bankruptcy in 1959, and the magazines were taken by the publisher Emilio Ramírez to pay debts. They were published until 1963.

References

{{Reflist Publishing companies of Argentina 1956 establishments in Argentina 1959 disestablishments in Argentina Argentine comics Defunct comics and manga publishing companies