El Gato Negro, Nocturnal Warrior

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El Gato Negro, Nocturnal Warrior
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Cover of El Gato Negro, Nocturnal Warrior #1 (November 2005)
Art by Efren Molina
Publication information
Publisher Azteca Productions
Format Ongoing series
Publication date2005 - Present
Main character(s) El Gato Negro
Creative team
Created byRichard Dominguez
Written by Richard Dominguez
Michael S. Moore
Artist(s) Efren Molina
Richard Dominguez
Penciller(s) Efren Molina
Inker(s) Richard Dominguez

El Gato Negro, Nocturnal Warrior is an ongoing independent comic book series featuring the adventures of the superhero, El Gato Negro. Created by Richard Dominguez and published under his own Azteca Productions imprint, the series began in November 2005. [1] It is now being compiled online at webcomicsnation.com

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Premise

"Nocturnal Warrior" takes place in South Texas, where the communities of the Lower Rio Grande Valley are constantly threatened by gangs, drug runners, and costumed criminals. In an effort to fight and prevent crime, social worker Francisco "Pancho" Guerrero adopts his grandfather's former identity as El Gato Negro, promising to "bring bad luck to all those who do evil". Unlike most superheroes, El Gato Negro possesses no superpowers and instead makes use of his own athletic abilities, accumulative knowledge, detective skills to fight crime. He is assisted in his war on crime by several supporting characters including his grandfather, Agustin Guerrero. In the eyes of the general public, El Gato Negro is known as a living legend and watchful protector of South Texas but despite his best efforts is constantly hunted by the local law enforcement agencies and demonized by the media as a public menace.

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References

  1. El Gato Negro Returns in November: News Bulletins - Comics Bulletin