Rafael Marín Trechera (

Cádiz Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight that make up the autonomous community of Andalusia. Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...

, Spain, 1959) is a Spanish novelist, translator, comic book writer and co-plotter. He is best known in the United States for his work with artist

Carlos Pacheco Carlos Pacheco Perujo (14 November 1961 – 9 November 2022) was a Spanish comics penciller. After breaking into the European market doing cover work for Planeta De Agostini, he gained recognition doing work for Marvel UK, the England-based bra ...

on the ''

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'' Vol.3 title in 2000 and 2001, and ''

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'' with José Ladronn and Jorge Lucas. For the Spanish market he wrote the mini-series '' Iberia Inc'' and '' Triada Vértice'', as well as the 12-issue historical graphic novels, still in process, '' 12 del Doce''. He is also a well-known scholar on comics history.

Novels and anthologies

*''Lágrimas de luz'' (1984) *''Unicornios sin cabeza'' (1987) *Trilogy ''La Leyenda del Navegante'': ''Crisei'', ''Arce'' and ''Génave'' (1992) *''El muchacho inca'' (1993) *''Ozymandias'' (1996) *''Mundo de dioses'' (1998) *''Contra el tiempo'' (2001, with Juan Miguel Aguilera) *''La piel que te hice en el aire'' (2001) *''La sed de las panteras'' (2002) *''El centauro de piedra'' (2002) *''Detective sin licencia'' (2004) *''Elemental, querido Chaplin'' (2005) *''La leyenda del Navegante'' (2006, omnibus) *''Juglar'' (2006) *''El anillo en el agua'' (2008) *''Piel de fantasma'' (2010) *''La ciudad enmascarada'' (2011) *''El niño de Samarcanda'' (2011) *''Las campanas de Almanzor'' (2011) *''Oceanum'' (2012, with Juan Miguel Aguilera) ) *''Los espejos turbios'' (2012) *''Lona de tinieblas'' (2013) *''Está lleno de estrellas'' (2015) *''Mobtel'' (2015) *''Son de piedra y otros relatos'' (2015) *''Don Juan'' (2015)

Essays on comics

*''Los Cómics Marvel'' (1996, second edition 2000) *''

Hal Foster Harold Rudolf Foster, FRSA (August 16, 1892 – July 25, 1982) was a Canadian-American comic strip artist and writer best known as the creator of the comic strip ''Prince Valiant''. His drawing style is noted for its high level of draftsmanship a ...

: Una épica post-romántica'' (2004) *''

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: El superhéroe en nuestro reflejo'' (2007) *''Los cómics del exilio'' (2008) *''W de Watchmen'' (2009) *''Marvel: Crónica de una época'' (2016)

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