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Relámpago, Tom. Tom Relámpago was created by the Spanish creator Salvador Mestres (Bengal Lancers, Professor Berstein, Mae Blond, Gong, Public Hero #1) and appeared in the comic strip “Tom Relámpago” (Pulgarcito, 1936-1937?).

Tom Relámpago is a young man who is fast with his fists–hence his name “Tom Lightning”–and has a series of adventures on the western frontier and in the cities back east in the years after the Civil War.

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