"Zagor" is other Sergio Bonelli creation which was even more popular in Turkey than it was in Italy. "Zagor" was created in 1961, and it was also published in the former Yugoslavia.
Zagor's real name is Patrick Wilding and his sidekick is a short, fat Mexican man named Chico.
Zagor fights to maintain peace by protecting Indian tribes in Darkwood Forest, which is located in Pennsylvania. And, like most comic book characters, Zagor also chases bad guys.
I read both "Zagor" and "Mister No" a lot when I lived in Turkey as a child from 1977 to 1979. Both are still published in Turkey today, but their distribution is now very limited as most Turkish youths prefer playing video games over reading.
But "Zagor" has definitely left an imprint on the pop culture scene. Whenever a Turkish person sees a fat, short man they call him a "Chico."
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