Carlos Ezquerra's UK comics debut - 42 years ago

[Frank]

The venerable Colin Noble has granted permission to share the benefits of his detective work with the people who will appreciate it most. He Was Only A Private Soldier, published in DC Thomson's Wizard, marked the UK comics debut of Andorra's gift to the world - and it's reproduced in full on Colin's blog.

Carlos says the first three episodes of this were drawn in Spain and the rest in Croydon*, and it's remarkable how much of it looks like the Carlos we know today. The hero is the kind of clean cut youth of whom DCT would approve, but the faces of the supporting cast are very familiar and even details like the way legs look in high boots are straight out of his Dredd work of today:




* famously the model for the urban nightmare of MC1

[Colin YNWA]

Good catch, really nice to see how fully formed Carlos was ehen he started.

[Geoff]

Thanks for posting that - great stuff!

[Spikes]

Love it when these little curio's and forgotten gems pop up. An interesting read that.

[TordelBack]

Nice debut.  Once he has a few Future Shocks under his belt it'd be interesting to see his take on Dredd.

[JayzusB.Christ]

The Carlos Chainsaw Outline technique was obviously a passing phase. He hasn't really changed at all, has he?  And I mean that in the best possible way