• Source: Anglo-American Publishing

      • 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.
      Anglo-American's first title that March was Robin Hood and Company, a tabloid-sized publication which reprinted comic strips, chief amongst them Robin Hood and Company by Toronto Telegram's Ted McCall, which had run in Canadian newspapers since 1935.


      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


      See also



      Canadian comics
      Golden Age of Comic Books
      Hillborough Studios
      Bell Features


      References




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