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Anglo-American Publishing was a Canadian comic book publisher during the World War II era. While they published a number of Canadian creations, they also printed Canadian reworkings of scripts bought from American publisher Fawcett Comics.
As of 2017, Anglo-American characters have begun appearing in Chapterhouse Comics publications, later acquired by Lev Gleason Publications.
History
American comic books were barred from crossing the border into Canada when the War Exchange Conservation Act passed in December 1940. In order to fill in the void and supply Canadian kids' appetite for comic books, Anglo American and Maple Leaf Publishing started publishing comics in March 1941.[1]
Anglo-American's first title that March was Robin Hood and Company, a tabloid-sized publication which reprinted comic strips,[1] chief amongst them Robin Hood and Company by Toronto Telegram's[2] Ted McCall, which had run in Canadian newspapers since 1935.[3]
Characters
Amongst Anglo-American's characters were:
- Circus Capers
- Clip Thomson & Tub
- Commander Steel
- The Crusaders: Bob Crawford, Paul Leighton and Lois Leighton
- Doctor Destine and Rugged
- Don Shield and His Revrso-Ray
- Freelance, Big John Collins, and Natasha
- Martin Blake The Animal King
- Men of the Mounted
- Michael Lee British Secret Service
- Pat The Air Cadet
- Purple Rider and Purple Kid
- Red Rover and Knuckles
- Robin Hood and his band
- Sooper Dooper
- Terry Kane[4]
See also
References
Works cited
- Bell, John. Invaders from the North. Dundurn Press, 2007.
- Beaty, Bart. "Comic Books and Graphic Novels". Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada (editor: New, William H.). University of Toronto Press, 2002. Pages 221–223.
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