1985 Dungeons & Dragons #6 Forum Spain D&D First Ever Comic Series Details For Sale

1985 Dungeons & Dragons #6 Forum Spain D&D First Ever Comic Series Details

1985 Dragones y Mazmorras Forum Spain D&D First Ever Comic Series Details

This is issue #[N] of Dragones y Mazmorras — the 27-issue comic series published in Spain by Cómics Forum in 1985–1986, adapting the 1983 Dungeons & Dragons animated television series. This is not a translation of an American comic. The Forum series is the first Dungeons & Dragons comic ever published anywhere in the world, produced with original Spanish artwork before any American publisher had brought the franchise to the comic format. Each issue adapts one episode of the animated series, featuring Dungeon Master, Venger, and the full cast of the show. Please review all images for condition assessment.

3) TAKEAWAYS

• Issue of Dragones y Mazmorras, Cómics Forum, Spain, 1985–1986
• Part of the first Dungeons & Dragons comic series ever published — predating all American D&D comics by at least two years
• Original artwork and scripts by Spanish creatives — not a translation of any American source material
• When Marvel published its 1987 U.S. Dungeons & Dragons Summer Special, it reproduced a Forum episode, acknowledging the Spanish series as the primary comic adaptation
• DC Comics began its own licensed D&D series only in October 1988 — three years after Forum\'s first issue
• Distributed exclusively through Spanish newsstands and kiosks; never available through American comic retail channels
• Print runs calibrated to the Spanish kiosk market — a fraction of American comic production runs
• No collector infrastructure existed in 1980s Spain: no bags, no boards, no back-issue culture — surviving copies in good condition are the exception
• 36 pages; approximately 26.5 × 19 cm / 10.4 × 7.5 in
• Condition: — see all images

The Forum Dragones y Mazmorras series was proposed in 1985 by artist Pasqual Ferry, working out of the Estudio Beaumont in Barcelona, to Cómics Forum editorial director Antonio Martín. Forum was the dominant licensed publisher of American comics in Spain at the time, but this project was different: original Spanish comics, not reprints, based on a property that had no comic equivalent anywhere in the world. The 27-issue run adapted every episode of the animated series using original Spanish creative talent, producing the only comic version of these characters that existed during the show\'s broadcast lifetime.

The series\' standing in D&D publishing history is well documented. Marvel\'s 1987 D&D Summer Special reproduced the Forum series\' fourth episode directly. DC Comics did not begin its own D&D line until 1988. The Forum issues are the originals — the first time Venger, Dungeon Master, and the Kids appeared in comic form, produced in a country where kiosk comics were read, passed around, and rarely preserved. Finding a copy in solid condition four decades later is a genuine survivorship outcome.

CONDITION

This copy is in fair overall, consistent with a kiosk-distributed Spanish comic from 1985 stored without protective materials. Period-appropriate aging is the expected signature of an unpreserved copy and should be read as confirmation of originality. Please review all provided images carefully; they are the definitive reference for this listing.

Any issue from the Forum Dragones y Mazmorras run is a primary document of D&D\'s first appearance in the comic medium — a position that belongs to this Spanish series and no other. The target collector is someone who understands that \"first\" in this context is not marketing language but a documented historical fact, and that the survival conditions of the Spanish kiosk market make any well-preserved copy a meaningful find.

Foreign-issued: Yes — Spain-only original production

Era: 1985–1986Country/Region: Spain (Barcelona)Publisher/Brand: Cómics Forum / Planeta AgostiniSeries: Dragones y Mazmorras (Dungeons & Dragons), 27-issue runIssue: #[N]Item type: Comic book, original licensed adaptationDistribution: Spanish newsstands and kiosks onlyDimensions: Approx. 26.5 × 19 cm / 10.4 × 7.5 in; 36 pagesCondition: [Condition]Notes on rarity: First D&D comic series published worldwide; predates all U.S. D&D comics; kiosk distribution; no Spanish collector preservation infrastructure in 1985–86

Canonical item name: Dragones y Mazmorras #[N] Cómics Forum Spain 1985

Alternate phrases: D&D comic Spain 1985, Forum Dungeons Dragons Spanish comic, first D&D comic ever, Dungeon Master Venger comic Spain, Dragones Mazmorras Forum issue [N], Pasqual Ferry D&D comicSpanish terms: Dragones y Mazmorras, Cómics Forum, Maestro Calabozos, VingadorKey entities: Dungeons & Dragons, Cómics Forum, Venger, Dungeon Master, Pasqual Ferry, TSR, D&D animated series 1983Category tags: Vintage Comics, Spanish Comics, Dungeons & Dragons, Foreign Comics, 1980s Animation, Copper Age Comics, Forum Editorial SpainCollector intent terms: First D&D comic worldwide, Spain-only issue, Forum D&D, predates DC D&D, animated series comic, Spanish first edition_gsrx_vers_1736 (GS 9.9.5 (1736))

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