Carlos Cruz González, usually known simply as Carlos Cruz (1 June 1930 – 27 March 2018, was a Spanish

comics a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ...

artist. In the 1950s, he worked in

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as a cover illustrator and cartoonist, before moving to

Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...

in the 1960s, where he began working for British firm

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on their British comics. His work appeared in ''

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'', ''

Lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...

'', ''

Tiger The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is a large Felidae, cat and a member of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes. It is ...

'', '' Buster'', '' Smash!'' and others. His most significant work in British comics was his three-year stint on the series ''

Dan Dare Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories. Dare appeared in the ''Eagle'' comic series ''Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future'' from 1950 to 1967 (and subsequently in ...

'' in the relaunched ''Eagle'' from 1985 to 1988.The Dan Dare Story List
at dandare.info (retrieved 18 November 2017). Between 1988 and 2003, he worked on ''

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'' in Sweden.

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*1947–1948: ''Chatin'' supplement of The Late Movement Press, Málaga *1956: ''Lightning Red and Misterix'', in the Just Cartoon Colt, Buenos Aires *1960–1962: ''

Sergeant Kirk Sergeant Kirk or Sgt. 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.

'' *1962–1963: ''Santos Palma'', in ''SuperMisterix'', EY, Buenos Aires *1964: ''The Shrinker's Revenge'', in '' Buster'' (from III-64), Fleetway *1964: ''Mighty McGinty'', in ''Buster'' (from VI-64), Fleetway — reprinted in '' Smash!'' in 1970–1971 as ''The Fighting Three'' *1965: ''Battling Boffins'', in ''

'' (from IV-65), Fleetway *1965: ''Sergeant Rock — Paratrooper'', in ''Tiger and Hurricane'' (from VI-65), Fleetway — reprinted in '' Smash!'' in 1970–1971 as ''The Fighting Three'' *1966: ''When the Sky Turned Green'' and various series, in '' The Champion'', Fleetway *1966: ''Robot Builders'', in ''Tiger'', Fleetway *1968: ''Marvel's Mighty Multi-Gun'', in ''B'', (from X-68), Fleetway *1969: ''Crabbe's Crusaders'', in ''Buster'', Fleetway *1969: ''Roamin' James – Space Pilot'', in ''Buster and Giggle'' (from IV-69), Fleetway *1970: ''The Pillater Peril'' and various other series, in '' Smash!'', IPC *1971: ''Sniper'' war comic,

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*1971: ''Dr Mesmer's Revenge'', in ''

'', Fleetway *1971–1972: ''Juanjo'', in ''Trinca'', Doncel *1973: ''The Executioner and Murderer'', ''Memories'', ''Bruguera'', in ''SuperMortadelo'' *1974: '' Union Jack Jackson, in ''

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'' (from IX-74), DC Thomson *1974: ''Pauline'', in ''Melanie'' (from IV-74), Fleetway/IPC *1975: ''Wendy'', various stories, Fleetway/IPC *1982: '' M.A.S.K.'', Fleetway/IPC *1983: ''School of Dark Secrets'' and various series, in ''Princess'', Fleetway/IPC *1984: '' Bloodfang'' and various series, in ''

'', Fleetway/IPC *1985–1988: ''"Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future'', in ''Eagle and Tiger'', Fleetway/IPC (in colour) *1988–2003: ''The Phantom'' (beginning in #15 (IV-1988), Egmont/Bulls, Stockholm

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