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.
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 Robin Hood and Company, a tabloid-sized publication which reprinted comic strips,[1] chief amongst them Robin Hood and Company by Toronto Telegram's[2]Ted McCall, which had run in Canadian newspapers since 1935.[3]
Characters
Amongst Anglo-American's characters were:
Circus Capers
Clip Thomson & Tub
Commander Steel
The Crusaders: Bob Crawford, Paul Leighton and Lois Leighton
