April 12



April 12

Tagalog Klasiks Blg. 229, Abril 12, 1958
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwentong “Berdaderong Ginto”
na isinulat nina Manuel Dante at A. S. Tenorio
At iginuhit ni Federico Javinal

UNANG LABAS

Alam niyo ba na may Filipino superhero character na nagngangalang Captain Suicide? Siya ay likha ni Rex Guerrero sa kaniyang komiks story na “Captain Suicide and His Daredevils.” Iginuhit naman ito ni Rico Rival na na-serialized sa mga pahina ng Espesyal Komiks mula Abril 12, 1965 hanggang Hunyo 6, 1966.

Kakaibang superhero si Captain Suicide mula sa kaniyang alter-ego at kakayahan hanggang sa kaniyang costume. Ang alter-ego niya ay si Roger Vargas na tinaguriang “pinakadakilang sirkero sa buong mundo” (greatest acrobat in the world). Kakaiba ang costume niya na kung ilalarawan ay tila baga pinaghalong bandila ng Pilipinas sa pang-itaas at mala-pajama ng payaso o clown ang pang-ibaba.

Sa pasimula ng istorya, nagtayo si Vargas ng isang gymnasium kung saan tinuturuan niya ng sining ng pagsisirko ang mga kabataan, kabilang na ang kaniyang naging sidekick na si Dino. Mula rito nakabuo siya ng isang pangkat ng mga crimefighters na tinawag niyang “Daredevils.” Dahil sa kanilang galing, walang takot nilang kinalaban ang mga talamak na masasamang tao.

Ang arch-enemy ni Captain Suicide ay ang pinuno ng isang notorious na crime syndicate na nagngangalang Bolgam. 

Si “Captain Suicde,” ang likhang superhero ni Rex Guerrero
na iginuhit ni Rico Rival para sa Espesyal Komiks
(Nasa kaliwa ang unang labas noong Abril 12, 1965,
at sa kanan ang katapusang labas noong Hunyo 6, 1966).

Events that happened on April 12:

1768 – Spanish governor-general Simon de Anda sent a letter to the King Charles III (1716-1788) reporting the irregularities committed by the Spanish friars in the Philippines.

Personalities and celebrities born on April 12:

1970 – Eric Buhain (full name Joseph Eric Buhain), champion swimmer.

1989 – Twins Dominic and Felix Roco, actor – in Cebu.






Martyr and champion of the civil rights movement,
Martin Luther King, on the cover of Life (April 12, 1968),
eight days after his assassination.

Picture Trivia

          Martin Luther King (1929-1968) is known in world history as an African-American activist, religious and civil rights leader. The now immortal line “I have a dream” was from his speech in the protest rally in Washington in 1963.
          Do you know that in 1964 King was bestowed the Nobel Peace Prize for his works to end racial segregation and racial discrimination in America through civil disobedience and peaceful protests? King was the youngest person to be given the accolade during the time. He was known as the champion of people’s right. He bravely revealed and denounced the injustices committed by American capitalists in Asia, Africa and South America.
          King led the protest against America’s meddling in the Vietnam War. In his speech on Abril 4, 1969, exactly one year before he was cowardly assassinated, he called the United States government as “The greatest purveyor of violence in the world.” He even accused the US government of killing millions of North Vietnamese including small children and babies. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, allegedly by James Earl Ray (1928-1998), but his family never believed this.
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