This article is about the female superhero. For the children's animation company, see Nelvana.
Comics character
Nelvana of the Northern Lights
Nelvana, as drawn by Adrian Dingle (1941)
Publication information
Publisher
Hillborough Studios Bell Features
Created by
Adrian Dingle
In-story information
Alter ego
Alana North
Partnerships
Koliak the Mighty (father), Tanero (brother)
Abilities
Telepathy Invisibility Travel at light speed Heat ray
Nelvana of the Northern Lights is a Canadian comic book character and the first Canadian national superhero, debuting in Hillborough Studios' Triumph-Adventure Comics #1 (August 1941). She is also one of the first female superheroes, debuting before Wonder Woman, but after Fantomah, the Golden Age Black Widow, Invisible Scarlet O'Neil and others introduced in 1940. Nelvana of the Northern Lights is Canada's first distinctly Canadian female superhero.[1]
On October 5, 1995, Canada Post issued a stamp depicting her, as part of the "Comic Book Superheroes" series that also included Superman, Johnny Canuck, Captain Canuck and Fleur de Lys.[2]
^Ryan Edwardson (2003). "The Many Lives of Captain Canuck: Nationalism, Culture, and the Creation of a Canadian Comic Book Superhero". The Journal of Popular Culture. 37 (2). Michigan State University: 187. doi:10.1111/1540-5931.00063.
^"Superheroes put their stamp on Canada". The Ottawa Citizen. October 14, 1995. p. J3. — via ProQuest
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