This hefty collection of out-of-print comics features 5 tales of haunted heroes and heroic monsters, created by cartoonist Javier Hernandez. Featuring WEAPON TEX-MEX Vs EL MUERTO, THE MAN-SWAMP, THE COMA, MANGA MUERTO & DEAD DINOSAURIO. Each chapter is preceded by an introduction from the author, providing background info on the creation of each story. If you're looking for independently crafted superhero comics with a touch of the macabre and surreal, crack open the Los Comex Codex

Whether good or evil, beautiful or ugly, smart or downright silly, able-bodied or differently abled, gay or straight, male or female, young or old, Latinx superheroes in mainstream comic book stories are few and far between. It is as if finding the Latinx presence in the DC and Marvel worlds requires activation of superheroic powers.

Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics blasts open barriers with a swift kick. It explores deeply and systematically the storyworld spaces inhabited by brown superheroes in mainstream comic book storyworlds: print comic books, animation, TV, and film....