Bulaklak Magazine

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Bulaklak Magazine (literally “Flower Magazine”), subtitled Hiyas ng Tahanan (“Gem of the Home"), was a Tagalog-language magazine{{cite news|author=Danny Dolor|title=Aliwan: Popular magazine in the ’40s|url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/08/10/1355810/aliwan-popular-magazine-40s|accessdate=January 28, 2016|work=The Philippine Star|date=August 10, 2012}} that was first published in the Philippines on April 14, 1947. Published by the Social and Commercial Press, a company owned by Beatriz M. de Guballa, Bulaklak Magazine was similar in content and structure to Liwayway magazine, featuring narratives in prose, serials, poetry, entertainment news, comic strips, crossword puzzles, caricatures, and health tips, among other regular features. It was on July 23, 1947, in the Volume 4, #17 issue when the superheroine character, which would become Darna in 1950s-{{cite book|author=Barry Lowe|title=Atomic Blonde: The Films of Mamie Van Doren|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSw1c8JCuEoC&pg=PA193|accessdate=January 28, 2016|date=February 14, 2008|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8273-3|page=193}} then known as Varga - appeared on the pages of Bulaklak Magazine. The character was developed by Mars Ravelo.