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Smashing the Axis. The Canadian National Superheroes of the Forties
![Coming Home from the Fair](../obj/t3/f1/nlc007867-v1.jpg) |
"Coming Home from the Fair", James G. Mackay, Canadian Illustrated News, 11 November 1876 © Public Domain
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![The Fisheries Award](../obj/t3/f1/nlc007868-v1.jpg) |
"The Fisheries Award",
Henri Julien, Canadian Illustrated News, 8 December 1877 © Public Domain
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![Iron Man](../obj/t3/f1/nlc007869-v1.jpg) |
Iron Man, Vernon Miller, front cover, Better Comics No. 2, April 1941 © National Archives of Canada/Nelvana Ltd. (Michael Hirsh & Patrick Loubert)
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![Freelance](../obj/t3/f1/nlc007870-v1.jpg) |
Freelance, Ed Furness, front cover, Freelance Comics No. 33, August-September 1946 © Unknown
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![Triumph Adventure Comics](../obj/t3/f1/nlc007871-v1.jpg) |
Front cover, René Kulbach, Triumph-Adventure-Comics No. 1, August 1941 © National Archives of Canada/Nelvana Ltd. (Michael Hirsh & Patrick Loubert)
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![Nelvana of the Northern Lights](../obj/t3/f1/nlc007872-v1.jpg) |
Nelvana of the Northern Lights, Adrian Dingle, front cover, Nelvana of the Northern Lights, c. 1945 © National Archives of Canada/Nelvana Ltd. (Michael Hirsh & Patrick Loubert)
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![Nelvana and the Ether People](../obj/t3/f1/nlc007873-v1.jpg) |
"Nelvana and the Ether People", Adrian Dingle, front cover, Triumph Comics No. 25, c. 1945 © National Archives of Canada/Nelvana Ltd. (Michael Hirsh & Patrick Loubert)
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![Nelvana of the Northern Lights](../obj/t3/f1/nlc007874-v1.jpg) |
"Flight to the Unknown", Adrian Dingle, Triumph Comics, No. 26, p. 1, c. 1945 © National Archives of Canada/Nelvana Ltd. (Michael Hirsh & Patrick Loubert)
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![Nelvana of the Northern Lights](../obj/t3/f1/nlc007875-v1.jpg) |
Adrian Dingle, front cover, Triumph Comics No. 12, ca. 1943 © National Archives of Canada/Nelvana Ltd. (Michael Hirsh & Patrick Loubert)
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![Nelvana of the Northern Lights](../obj/t3/f1/nlc007876-v1.jpg) |
Adrian Dingle, front cover, Triumph Comics No. 27, ca. 1945 © National Archives of Canada/Nelvana Ltd. (Michael Hirsh & Patrick Loubert)
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![Nelvana of the Northern Lights](../obj/t3/f1/nlc007877-v1.jpg) |
Adrian Dingle, front cover, Triumph Comics No. 30, ca. 1945 © National Archives of Canada/Nelvana Ltd. (Michael Hirsh & Patrick Loubert)
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![Nelvana of the Northern Lights](../obj/t3/f1/nlc007878-v1.jpg) |
Adrian Dingle (script and art), Triumph Comics No. 30, p. 1, ca. 1945 © National Archives of Canada/Nelvana Ltd. (Michael Hirsh & Patrick Loubert)
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![Guardians of the North](../obj/t3/f1/98-v3.jpg) |
Guardians of the North: The National Superhero in Canadian Comic-Book Art. Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1992. © National Archives of Canada
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