Rurales
 

Name: Rurales

Other Names: Rurals; Guardia Rural; Rural Guard; Rural Defense Corps; Rural Defense Force

Classification:  supporting characters    group    real/historical group  

Publisher(s): Frank A. Munsey Co.

Earliest Appearance Listed in This Database: Munsey's Magazine (vol. 33) #4 (July 1905): "Hostages to Momus"

Creators: O. Henry

Number of Appearances: 6

   Comic Book Appearances: 5

   Prose/Text Book/Story Appearances: 1

Enemy of: Pancho Villa

Type of Organization/Group: police force

Nation: Mexico

Race: Hispanic

Note: est. 1861; disbanded 1914; new version est. 1926

Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurales
  - http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/512994/Rurales
  - http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/story.php?storyid=239
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/369323/
  - http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/story.php?storyid=249
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/15287/