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Selección Terror: Mis amados muertos

· 1982

Selección Terror: Mis amados muertos
A Spanish-language pulp magazine cover featuring a man in a suit and tie holding a revolver, standing amid ruins and smoke. The figure's composed expression contrasts with the chaos of burning buildings behind him. Bold yellow typography announces the title *Mis amados muertos* (My Beloved Dead) above the artist's name, Adam Surray, rendered in an exuberant script font. This cover exemplifies the crime-and-espionage pulp tradition that flourished in European markets through the mid-twentieth century, offering readers serialized adventure narratives with painted covers that promised danger, intrigue, and hardboiled action. Such magazines provided cheap, accessible entertainment and served as a visual training ground for illustrators working across genres.

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