Galax, El Cosmonauta [Galax, The Cosmonaut] was a spanish comic strip, which appeared in Bravo in 1968. A contemporary of S.W.O.R.D and Anderson's TV shows, it was written by Victor Mora with drawings by Fuentes Man and features the exploits of Colonel Galax and his rocket METEOR 1. It was published during the Franco regime, which may have influenced the choice of 'Cosmonauta' rather than 'Astronauta' [Comics Compartidos]. There is also a possible link to the Spanish toy Madelman's boots [!], which you can see on this excellent spanish Madelman blog. Wonder if the fabulous METEOR 1 ship was ever made as a toy?
Very TB1!
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