** THE ULTIMATE
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CAPTAIN CANUCK
** TRIBUTE PAGE **
APPARENTLY...geocities will be shutting down their free web-hosting service (I think sometime in October is the final deadline). So that basically means I can either move this site to a paid site (um, where I pay, not you, dear visitor) or simply say, "So long and thanks for the fish", shut it down, walk away and get another hobby. I'm currently on the fence. On one hand, maybe I should just let it go, maintaining these websites maybe being too much of an excuse to not do more important things. On the other hand, it has been fun, I am a narcissist and enjoy a plarform for expressing myself and, yes, believe it or not, I do get e-mails from people saying how they like my site(s). Anyway, I haven't decided yet. Just thought I'd post this for people who visit this site and let you know that if I move the site to another domain name, I'll let ya know.
Welcome to the future
that never was...and the hero who called it home.
"Wait'll I tell my wife and
kids, -- Captain Canuck, right here in my cab!"
"...killing (Captain Canuck)
will make me an underworld superstar."
Who is Captain Canuck,
you ask? Captain Canuck was a Canadian comic book published
in the mid-'70s and the early '80s. A mixture of superhero, James
Bond-like espionage, and science fiction, the series was about a costumed hero/government
agent who battled evil throughout Canada, the world, and beyond, in what
was then the future (the 1990s). Not the most successful of comic
books, it's true, but the character has achieved a certain cult status,
with an audience recognition that outstrips the short run -- including outside Canada, such as in the U.S. In 1993,
the character had a short-lived relaunch, changing everything but the costume, and once again in 2004; there's info about them on this site, too (primarily in the "Other Captains" page), but this web page is primarily devoted
to the one,
the original, CAPTAIN CANUCK.
With that being said, there seems to be a lot of activity, and rumoured activity, involving the various versions of the character, including the original, these days and in the months to come. So I'll try and keep this site up to date in that regard (for now, keep an eye on my "Other Captains" page for news).
This site was created and is maintained by writer and pop commentator
D.K. Latta (for more about him, go HERE).
What are you're old Captain Canuck comics worth these days? That question seems to come up a lot. Click here for my page about the value of old comics. |
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LATEST CC NEWS: Dave Semple -- a.k.a. West Coast Captain Canuck -- sans C.C. identity, will be featured in Superspace from Hot Hail Comics in Spring of 2008. For more info go to the official site at www.captaincanuckunholywar.com.
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Click Here to Learn About the Latest
Additions.
Here are some of the pages so far (Click on the Icon):
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The Captain Canuck Movie Page
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Pre-History:
Did Canadians create the whole superhero genre?
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An Intro to (and personal rumination on) Captain Canuck
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Ah, the Memories... some fans reminisce
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A
Quick Overview of Captain Canuck's Publishing History
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The
Heroes (Trumpets, please)
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The
Villains (Ooohh, sca-ary)
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The
Issues Index (now indexing all the Captain Canuck series and mini-series!)
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The
Comic Strip & Other Merchandising Off-Shoots (Everything but
a Captain Canuck jinsu knife)
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Other
Adventurers (Captain Canuck wasn't the only star of the comic: Meet
"Jonn", "Catman", and the rest of the supporting features.)
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The
Creative Types
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Picture
Gallery
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Progenitors
& Prodigies: Meet other comic book characters, both Canadian
and American, that may have inspired (and been inspired by) Captain Canuck
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A
Look at Some of the Themes and Ideas Behind Captain Canuck
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The
Other Captains (Like other comic book characters before him, Captain
Canuck has been reinvented and re-imagined for subsequent generations...meet
the other Captain Canucks)
LINKS
to other Captain Canuck sites, and COMIC BOOK sites in general.
Visit here for mordant reviews of all your favorite comic book graphic
novels and TPBs:
Back to the Masked Bookwyrm's Comic Book Nexus
Pulpy, two-fisted fantasy/adventure stories and serials
at the acclaimed free webzine, Pulp and Dagger (including superhero-style adventurers).
This site has been selected as a Pick of the Week by Yahoo Canada and as a Comic Book Site of the Day (back in November) at Emazing.
There were 1 000 hits on the old site between Feb. and (early) Sept. of 1999.
You are C.I.S.O. agent number 
to visit this site since September 15, 1999 (the counter's been acting wonky recently -- the coorect number of hits, as of May 2006, should read over 24 000)
Comments, etc. can be e-mailed (NEW E-MAIL!) Here.
This is an unofficial site; I have no connection to
Captain
Canuck, Comely Comix, CKR productions, or anyone connected to the comic
book. All copyrights are those of, well, the people who own the copyrights.
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