![]() Nelvana of the Northern Lights holds the distinction of being Canada’s first national superhero, and is one of the first superheroines in comics she predates Wonder Woman by several months. This past week Hope Nicholson and Rachel Richey launched a Kickstarter project aimed at republishing the original print run of Nelvana that was published from 1941 to 1947, a project which has seen a tremendous amount of support from the comic book community. Created by Adrian Dingle–and adapted from an Inuit legend about a witch-like character of the same name–Nelvana was a Canadian hero in a time where Canadians had no other heroes to latch on to. ![]() Seventy-two years ago, the very first issue of Nelvana of the Northern Lights was published by Hillborough Studios in the first issue of Triumph-Adventure Comics. “Nelvana of the Northern Lights” is one of Canada’s Golden Age comic book heroes. ![]()
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