''Bulaklak Magazine'' (literally “Flower Magazine”), subtitled ''Hiyas ng Tahanan'' (“Gem of the Home"), was a

Tagalog-language Tagalog (, ; ; ''Baybayin'': ) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority. Its standardized form, o ...

magazine that was first published in the

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on April 14, 1947. Published by the Social and Commercial Press, a company owned by Beatriz M. de Guballa, ''Bulaklak Magazine'' was similar in content and structure to ''

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'' magazine, featuring narratives in prose, serials, poetry, entertainment news,

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, crossword puzzles, caricatures, and health tips, among other regular features. It was on July 23, 1947, in the Volume 4, #17 issue when the superheroine character, which would become

Darna Darna () is a Filipina superheroine created by writer Mars Ravelo and artist Nestor Redondo. The character's first appearance was in ''Pilipino Komiks'' (Ace Publications, Inc.) #77 on May 13, 1950. Darna is a retooling of Ravelo's earlier cha ...

in 1950s- then known as Varga - appeared on the pages of ''Bulaklak Magazine''. The character was developed by

Mars Ravelo Marcial "Mars" Ravelo (October 9, 1916 – September 12, 1988) was a Filipino comic book cartoonist and graphic novelist who created ''Darna, Dyesebel, Captain Barbell, Lastikman'', ''Bondying'', '' Varga'', ''Wanted: Perfect Mother'', ''Hiwag ...

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