Cris CaGuintuan is one of the pioneers of the

komiks Comics in the Philippines ( fil, Komiks}) have been widespread and popular throughout the country from the 1920s to the present. Komiks were partially inspired by American mainstream comic strips and comic books during the early 20th century. ...

industry in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. As a comic book artist and illustrator, he was one of the creators of the first costumed Filipino superheroes, namely ''

Lagim Lagim (meaning "dread" or "terror" in Tagalog''Lagim''
definition, bansa.org) ...

'', which appeared in ''Pilipino Komiks''. CaGuintuan created other comic book stories during the early years of the comic book industry in the Philippines.

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