Anglo-American Publishing
Founded | March 1941 |
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Defunct | 1951; 73 years ago (1951) |
Country of origin | Canada |
Headquarters location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Publication types | Comic books |
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.
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
Amongst Anglo-American's characters were Freelance, Commander Steel, Purple Rider, Red Rover, Kip Keene, Terry Kane and Dr Destine.
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- ISBN 978-1-55002-659-7
- ISBN 978-0-8020-0761-2
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