''Pulgarcito'' (

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for "

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") was a weekly illustrated magazine of

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that was published by

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(originally named ''El Gato Negro'', though it retained a black cat as its logo) from June 1921 to 1987. An extremely popular periodical in its first years, ''Pulgarcito'' offered short stories, articles, pastimes, and jokes, with only a few comic strips. Economic difficulties caused by the

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led to only 13 issues being published between 1945 and 1947, though it recovered after 1952 and becoming more longest-running, with more prominence given to comic strips and a stable of new comic characters, including: *

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(characters that later got their own magazine) *Las hermanas Gilda *

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(characters that later got their own magazine) ''Pulgarcito'' lasted until the late 1980s. With the demise of the Editorial Bruguera publishing house, ''Pulgarcito'' was discontinued.

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