{"id":108,"date":"1997-03-01T22:14:24","date_gmt":"1997-03-02T03:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eacottdesign.com\/combo\/?p=108"},"modified":"2016-01-30T18:25:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T23:25:26","slug":"canadas-crafty-captain-canuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eacottdesign.com\/combo\/canadas-crafty-captain-canuck\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s crafty Captain Canuck"},"content":{"rendered":"

By James Chambers – A friend gave me this book after finding it in the 50-cent bin at a local comic shop. This special is a great introduction to a very cool character. It\u2019s an anthology issue which features several stories that show us the Cap\u00adtain in different situations, and a couple of others which are pure fun. And it all comes with some of the tightest writing and sharpest-looking artwork from the early \u201980s.<\/p>\n

From the opening story, \u201cFaith In Those Few,\u201d it\u2019s clear that Captain Canuck is a hero in the noblest sense of the word. What\u2019s remarkable is that this short story succeeds in establishing that, while nearly reducing the Captain to a supporting character. At the same time, it sheds some light on his role as a top agent for the Canadian government.<\/p>\n

\"Captain<\/a>
Captain Canuck\u2014<\/strong>
First Summer Special<\/strong>
by Verne Andrusiek, Richard Comely, Peter Dawes, Gene Day, George Freeman, Tom Grummet, J.C. St. Aubin, and Dave Sim
CKR Productions, Ltd.
July\/September 1980<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The second Captain Canuck story, \u201cThe Money Run,\u201d portrays the Captain as a dedicated patriot in an all-out action tale that sends him on a high-speed chase after a foreign agent who stole the negatives for the new Cana\u00addian dollars. Only an accident, which endangers the life of an innocent, draws him away from the chase. But when a second chance comes up, he\u2019s ready to take it and stop the enemy from escaping the country and flooding the Canadian economy with counterfeit money.<\/p>\n

The third tale, \u201cNight\u00admares,\u201d sends the Captain down a dark road into the twisted world of Walker, a mad scientist with the power to transform humans into monsters. On the trail of a missing operative, Canuck faces a bizarre cult built around the scientist\u2019s power and crosses paths with an old flame, Heather, on the hunt for her lost husband. Walker, a would-be messiah, draws upon a supply of nuclear waste hidden in a nearby cavern to fuel his terrible experiments. Canuck\u2019s only chance to defeat him is to turn his work against him, for Walker\u2019s own creations hold the seeds of his destruction.<\/p>\n

The art throughout the book is uniformly excellent, exciting, and full of energy. The combined talents of J.C. St. Aubin and George Freeman provide some slightly cartoonish, but highly detailed, drawings that expertly cover the range from high-octane action to moody suspense. This is some very stylish material. It serves the stories well by making them dynamic and memorable. Free\u00adman\u2019s expressive touch is consistently sharp, and he brings the tales to life with his eye for body language and characterization.<\/p>\n

Also in the issue are a group of pinups from Andrusiek, Day, Grummet, and Sim, showcasing some rare early work from these talented Canadians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By James Chambers – A friend gave me this book after finding it in the 50-cent bin at a local comic shop. This special is a great introduction to a very cool character. It\u2019s an anthology issue which features several stories that show us the Cap\u00adtain in different situations, and a couple of others which are pure fun. And it all comes with some of the tightest writing and sharpest-looking artwork from the early \u201980s. From the opening story, \u201cFaith In Those Few,\u201d it\u2019s clear that Captain Canuck is a hero in the noblest sense of the word. What\u2019s remarkable is that this short story succeeds in establishing that, while nearly reducing the Captain to a supporting character. At the same time, it sheds some light on his role as a top agent for the Canadian government. The second Captain Canuck story, \u201cThe Money Run,\u201d portrays the Captain as a dedicated patriot in an all-out action tale that sends him on a high-speed chase after a foreign agent who stole the negatives for the new Cana\u00addian dollars. Only an accident, which endangers the life of an innocent, draws him away from the chase. But when a second chance comes up, he\u2019s ready to take it and stop the enemy from escaping the country and flooding the Canadian economy with counterfeit money. The third tale, \u201cNight\u00admares,\u201d sends the Captain down a dark road into the twisted world of Walker, a mad scientist with the power to transform humans into monsters. On the trail of a missing operative, Canuck faces a bizarre cult built around the scientist\u2019s power and crosses paths with an old flame, Heather, on the hunt for her lost husband. Walker, a would-be messiah, draws upon a supply of nuclear waste hidden in a nearby cavern to fuel his terrible experiments. Canuck\u2019s only chance to defeat him is to turn his work against him, for Walker\u2019s own creations hold the seeds of his destruction. The art throughout the book is uniformly excellent, exciting, and full of energy. The combined talents of J.C. St. Aubin and George Freeman provide some slightly cartoonish, but highly detailed, drawings that expertly cover the range from high-octane action to moody suspense. This is some very stylish material. It serves the stories well by making them dynamic and memorable. Free\u00adman\u2019s expressive touch is consistently sharp, and he brings the tales to life with his eye for body language and characterization. Also in the issue are a group of pinups from Andrusiek, Day, Grummet, and Sim, showcasing some rare early work from these talented Canadians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[20,28,19],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-closet","tag-issue-26","tag-james-chambers","tag-march-1997"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eacottdesign.com\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eacottdesign.com\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eacottdesign.com\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eacottdesign.com\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eacottdesign.com\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/eacottdesign.com\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454,"href":"http:\/\/eacottdesign.com\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eacottdesign.com\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eacottdesign.com\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eacottdesign.com\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eacottdesign.com\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}