For today's #SundayMotivation I'm looking back at '70s Argentine superhero Namur, a lady who lives her life by the motto "Peligro Supremo!"
Namur is something of a mystery. She's an FBI agent who uses her unique martial arts skills to fight crime. However she always wears a mask to protect her identity.
Namur's boss at the FBI is the equally mysterious 'Taurus' who hides his identity behind a fan. It's such a secretive world fighting crime...
Many of Namur's investigations take place in Argentina, where she is in a constart battle with various international criminal masterminds; gangsters, kingpins, smugglers, skeletons etc...
Fortunately Namur is in constant televisual contact with all the police forces of the world, providing valuable real-time information to help her on her secret missions. She also has excellent taste in table lamps!
Namur is if course a martial arts expert and is a match for any opponent...
...however Namur's favourite weapon is the whip, which she expertly wields to disarm foes.
Actually Namur is an Argentinian fotonovela first published in 1972 by Ediciones Record S.C.A.
Namur was played by actress Gloria Gago, better known for her roles in Spanish language comedies such as Estoy Hecho un Demonio (1972) and El Gran Marrone (1974).
Namur was one of a long line of 1970s action fotonovelas produced in Argentina. The format was quite popular and covered everything from superheroes to the occult.
The layout of these fotonovelas was somewhat simplistic, as was the captioning and the special effects. Much of it was done in pen directly over the photographs.
But if action, adventure and leather bikinis is your thing then Namur is probably right up your alley. Do keep an eye out for her!
More pulp heroes another time...
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