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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 2:01:30 GMT -5
Captain Canuck I got this at a Vancouver B.C. Comic Book Shop and I found one copy ... I do have one and this is the only one that I have.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 2:42:03 GMT -5
Captain Canuck, so obscure someone made, marketed and sold a Mego clone action figure of him...  complete with convention variants...  want some...  these guys would happily sell some to you...  he even has a fan club complete with badges...    but he is more popular with some of the collectors I know form north fo the border than he is here in the States, and championed by some of the folks responsible for Plaid Stallions and the Mego Museum, an the Mego figures were marketed mostly to Canadian comic shops. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 3:29:53 GMT -5
@mrp ... I'm stunned by these pictures that you posted; and he's hardly obscure afterall ... I did not know that there was a Club with its own PATCH!
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jan 15, 2018 8:18:07 GMT -5
He had a 4-5 issue series that ran in the mid to late 70s I believe.
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Post by kirby101 on Jan 15, 2018 8:29:57 GMT -5
He had a 4-5 issue series that ran in the mid to late 70s I believe. I had 14 issues and the Summer Special. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Jan 15, 2018 9:11:02 GMT -5
This was self-published in 1976 by Wendy Snow, who at the time was best known as one of the troupe of Red Sonja cosplayers who did skits at shows with artist Frank Thorne. While she didn't become as famous as fellow Sonja trouper Wendy Pini, Snow did do more professional comics work in the 80's, and became a successful artist and children's author. A second issue was published in 1977 with a Frank Thorne cover, but I haven't come across it yet:  This is a bizarre religious comic where they retell Bible stories, only in an over the top 90's comic book fashion while trying to channel the personality of the 60's Marvel Bullpen. It's even weirder than it sounds:  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 10:30:13 GMT -5
More about Captain Canuck. Today with the direct market he is less obscure but back in the 70's with news stand distribution his issues were hard to find in the USA. He is way more popular in Canada than in the USA. Personally I like the character. I sought out his original 14 issue run & also have his recent (2015) 11 issue series.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 12:40:19 GMT -5
This was self-published in 1976 by Wendy Snow, who at the time was best known as one of the troupe of Red Sonja cosplayers who did skits at shows with artist Frank Thorne. While she didn't become as famous as fellow Sonja trouper Wendy Pini, Snow did do more professional comics work in the 80's, and became a successful artist and children's author. A second issue was published in 1977 with a Frank Thorne cover, but I haven't come across it yet: This one has been on my radar since you mentioned it in another post some time back and I still haven't found a sniff of it in the wild. -M |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jan 15, 2018 16:47:56 GMT -5
My error...his run did run longer than I had thought. As a Canuck, I feel kind of ashamed. Sorry eh  |
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Post by The Captain on Jan 15, 2018 17:29:44 GMT -5
I have no idea why I bought this or why I still have it, but this is in my collection:  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 15, 2018 21:10:30 GMT -5
I have this book. Obscure but great artwork  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 15, 2018 21:45:21 GMT -5
I have a couple of those ones on MRP's list.. one or two issues of Colonia (which I recall being pretty fun), and an issue of Grimoire and Spellbinders (both of which I vaguely recall buying new off the shelf).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 22:19:12 GMT -5
I have this book. Obscure but great artwork I have the whole series and it was a critical darling in the fan press when it came out. I don't think it sold, but it got lots of glowing reviews in most of the zines I remember at the time. -M |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 15, 2018 23:12:52 GMT -5
I have this book. Obscure but great artwork I have the whole series and it was a critical darling in the fan press when it came out. I don't think it sold, but it got lots of glowing reviews in most of the zines I remember at the time. -M Maybe it's because it was constantly advertised in Amazing Heroes, I would never have thought of Dalgoda as obscure. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jan 15, 2018 23:18:55 GMT -5
I have the whole series and it was a critical darling in the fan press when it came out. I don't think it sold, but it got lots of glowing reviews in most of the zines I remember at the time. -M Maybe it's because it was constantly advertised in Amazing Heroes, I would never have thought of Dalgoda as obscure. I have only heard of it because I buy back Issues of Amazing Heroes. I never hear anyone mention it now~a~days. |
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