07.01.2025 - Our Canada Day Flood!

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Hi Gang,
We hope you all got to enjoy something from our July 1st - Canada Day flood!
The idea for a flood came from Mark Bowen who, along with ComicWanderer, Lyzardegod, Mark Boersma, and BuilderBoy agreed to share all the Canadian scans we could manage on the 158 anniversary of the founding of Canada.
The gang managed an impressive haul, including several upgrades not listed below that were also shared on the big day.

Some links I found on the history of Canadian Whites can be found in the post below this.

Many, many thanks to all for their contributions.  Here's a list of all the books and their download links...

Black Diamond Western 012 (Superior) (1949) (c2c-Correct Cover, re-edit).cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=21359

Ellery Queen 02 (Superior) -MarkBoersma.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36251

Freelance Comics 027 (Anglo_American_Pub. 1945)-c2c  -Mark Bowen+Yoc.zip
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36286

Freelance Comics 032 (Anglo_American_Pub. 1946) -Mark Bowen + CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36248

Journey Into Fear 004 (Superior 1954) -Mark Bowen + CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36231

Le Fanchon de Soeur Bourgeoys (1958) -Mark Bowen + CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36258

Le Tresor de la Jeunesse 007 - Les Croisades (1951) -Mark Bowen + CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36258

Love and Marriage 002 (Superior 1952) -Mark Bowen+CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36232

Love and Marriage 003 (Superior 1952) -LG+CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36233

Love and Marriage 006 (Superior 1953) -LG+CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36234

Love and Marriage 007 (Superior 1953) -LG+CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36235

Love and Marriage 008 (Superior 1953) -LG+CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36236

Love and Marriage 014 (Superior 1954) -LG+CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36237

Love and Marriage 015 (Superior 1954) -LG+CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36285

Merry-Go-Round Comics 001 -Mark Bowen and Lyzardegod.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36262

My Secret Marriage 016 (Superior 1955) -LG + CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36239

My Secret Marriage 017 (Superior) -Mark Bowen.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36226

My Secret Marriage 018 (Superior 1955) -Mark Bowen.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36227

My Secret Marriage 021 (Superior 1956) -Mark Bowen + CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36275

My Secret Marriage 022 (Superior 1956) -Mark Bowen + CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36229

Our Secret 008 (Superior 1950) -Mark Bowen + CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36230

Red Seal Comics 019 (Superior) (1947) (upgrade) (MarkBoersma).cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36283

Secret Romances 002 (Superior 1951) -LG.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36255

Secret Romances 007 (Superior 1952) -Mark Bowen.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36241

Secret Romances 008 (Superior 1952) -Mark Bowen.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36242

Secret Romances 010 (Superior 1952) -Mark Bowen.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36260

Secret Romances 012 (Superior 19532) -Mark Bowen.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36243

Secret Romances 013 (Superior 1953) -Mark Bowen.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36244

Secret Romances 016 (Superior 1953) -Mark Bowen.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36245

Secret Romances 022 (Superior 1954) -Mark Bowen.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36246

Strange Mysteries 001 (Superior 1951) -Mark Bowen.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36247

Strange Mysteries 012 (Superior 1953) -Mark Bowen.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36259

Strange Mysteries 017 (diff ver) -Mark Bowen.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36270

Super Funnies 04 (Superior_1954)(c2c)__srca1941__RESCAN.zip
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36277

US Fighting Air Force 007 (Superior 1954) -LG+CW.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36254
This was a Standard 'Exciting War #9' (1953) book with the USFAF cover attached.  It's been removed from the site.

US Fighting Air Force 018 (Superior 1955) -BBoy.cbz
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=36280

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NOTE - ALL the Canadian Comics have their own section on DCM at the following link:
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?cid=271

I wasn't able to track down a single source that covers this topic.  But I did find a few that read together might give you some idea of the short live of Golden Age Canadian Whites.

A History of Canadian Comics on Wiki with a paragraph on Superior -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_comics

1942 by Ivan Kocmarek
(A look into the first full year US comics were banned and the birth of the first Canadian comic publishers)
https://www.comicbookdaily.com/collecting-community/whites-tsunami-weca-splashes/1942-if-day/

A Quick history of Superior Comics in general -
https://joeshusterawards.com/2009/12/23/superior-comics-question/

A deeper look at the history of Canadian Comics during WW2 on 'Canadian Heroes' by Mac Murdock -
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/c/canagold.htm

The Comic Menace By John Bell
(Talks about the growing hysteria against comics from the Canadian side of the boarder during the 1940s and 50s.)
https://maisonneuve.org/article/2006/10/5/comic-menace/

Crime Comics Remain Illegal in Canada - by Brock University Co-Op Student Alex Hobbs
(More on the laws against Crime comics in Canada)
https://niagaralaw.ca/crime-comics-remain-illegal-in-canada/

Manitoba History: Dick Tracy Gets Smacked Down - Crime Comics in Manitoba by Sgt. John Burchill -
(A deeper look at the two cases prosecuted for selling 'crime comics' in Canada mentioned in the above link)
https://mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/77/crimecomics.shtml

FECA by Ivan Kocmarek
(A short period after WECA when US books were still banned but Canadian reprints were allowed)
https://www.comicbookdaily.com/collecting-community/whites-tsunami-weca-splashes/feca/

Superior Publishing buys Chesler comics
(After WECA is dropped and several others perished, Superior actually expanded into America in 1947.)
https://bipcomics.com/showcase/logos/index.php?data=superior

A look into the strange history of Chesler's 'Rocketman' and the Mystery of 'Atomic Comics #1' by Mark Seifert -
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/cheslers-rocketman-and-the-mystery-of-atomic-comics-1-at-auction/

Maple Leaf Comics (another Canadian publisher) history -
https://comicsyrup.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/maple-leaf-comics-lucky-rocket-better/

Bell Features (yet another publisher) tariff battle in 1947 by Mark Seifert
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-tariff-dispute-that-chronicled-the-end-of-mr-monster-and-nelvana/

We hope everyone found something to enjoy in this Canadian Comics Flood.
Take care all,
-Yoc