ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the iconic Mexican comic series Los supermachos, which was created by Rius in 1965 and passed on to other authors in 1967. It offers a close reading of a selection of episodes of Los supermachos on the question of masculinity and the Mexican state by focusing on representations and attitudes towards male homosexuality and birth control. It shows that while Rius questioned the use of the association between masculinity and nationhood to maintain control over powerless citizens, the new authors of the series did not question this association but rather sought to partly redefine what a good man and therefore a good Mexican meant.
