Triumph Comics # 21 features a rare Nelvana cover ( in her Alana North hidden factor identity operator ) , plus Captain Wonder , Speed Savage and much more .
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Far and aside the most famous Canadian superhero of the Golden Age from our modernistic perspective , Nelvana of the Northern Lights debuted inTriumph - Adventure Comics # 1(cover - go out August 1941 ) from Hillborough Studio . Hillborough was founded by Nelvana creatorAdrian Dingle , brothersRene and Andre Kulbach , andan unnamed fiscal backer . After release the first six issue ofTriumph - Adventure Comicsand one issue ofTop Fight Comics , Hillborough was absorbed by Bell Features . Bell continued the series asTriumph Comics , with Nelvana proceed through issue # 31 , the last original - material matter of the serial . Nelvana was also sport in the now - iconic 1945Nelvana of the Northern Lightsone - shot . with her final Golden Age appearance in the color comedian bookSuper Duper Comics # 3(F.E. Howard , 1947).Triumph Comics # 21isa rarified Nelvana screening - feature(in her Alan North indistinguishability ) .
Triumph - Adventure ComicsandTriumph Comicshad a singular range of features , and Nelvana was not the primary natural covering feature of very many of them ( push aside smaller insets).Triumph - Adventure Comics # 2is her first cover appearance . She is also feature on the covering fire ofTriumph Comics # 7and # 12 . In her last book binding - show in the serial , Nelvana is featured on the cover ofTriumph Comics # 21 in the secret identity of Secret Agent Alana North , part of theNelvana of the Northern Lights and the Ice - Beamsaga from issues # 19 - 23 . weigh the Nelvana of the Northern Lights one - shot andSuper Duper Comics # 3 , that ’s just seven Nelvana cover during the Golden Age . Some of these , particularlyTriumph - Adventure Comics # 2 , are virtually never useable at auction sale .
Including this Nelvana story by Adrian Dingle , Triumph Comics # 21has some bragging - time Golden Age originative Department of Energy with features like Speed Savage byTed Steeleand Captain Wonder byRoss Saakal . Speed Savage is a highly trained criminologist and athlete who had first appear in event # 7 , while Captain Wonder is generally a Captain Marvel - inspired quality who had beentransformed by the powerof the gods of wisdom , velocity , and power from Valhalla ( although this transformation seems to have been permanent after the first lightning bolt ) . A spectacular illustration of the Canadian Golden Age from one of its core serial publication and a seldom - available Nelvana cover , there ’s aTriumph Comics # 21(Bell Features , 1944)Condition : FN - transcript up for auction bridge in the 2025 March 13Canadian Golden Age Comics ShowcaseAuction # 40290 at Heritage Auctions .
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