CAPTAIN CANUCK VOLUME 1 HC. JUNE 2009. FIRST PRINTING. Captain Canuck ™ and © 2009 Richard Comely. All Rights Reserved. All characters featured in thisissue and the distinctive names and likenesses thereof and all related indicia are trademarks of Richard Comely. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works,LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe St., San Diego, CA 92109. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All Rights Reserved. Any similaritiesto persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted withoutthe permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

Originally published as CAPTAIN CANUCK Issues #4–10.

www.IDWpublishing.com ISBN: 9 7 8 -1 -6 0 010 -4 4 3 -5 1 2 11 10 09 1 2 3 4Operations: Ted Adams, Chief Executive Officer • Greg Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer • Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer • Alan Payne, VP of Sales • LoreleiBunjes, Dir. of Digital Services • AnnaMaria White, Marketing & PR Manager • Marci Hubbard, Executive Associate • Alonzo Simon, Shipping Manager • Editorial: Chris Ryall,Publisher/Editor-in-Chief • Scott Dunbier, Editor, Special Projects • Andy Schmidt, Senior Editor • Justin Eisinger, Editor • Kris Oprisko, Editor/Foreign Lic. • Denton J. Tipton,Editor • TomWaltz, Editor • Mariah Huehner, Associate Editor • Design: Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist • Ben Templesmith, Artist/Designer • Neil Uyetake, Art Director• Chris Mowry, Graphic Artist • Amauri Osorio, Graphic Artist • Gilberto Lazcano, Production Assistant

W ritten and Lettered by Richard Comely

Pencils and Inks by George Freeman • Colors by George Freeman and C laude St. Aubin

Additional Pencils and Inks by C laude St. Aubin • Additional Pencils and Colors by Richard Comely

Cover Art by George Freeman • Collection Edited by Justin Eisinger and Scott Dunbier • Collection Design by Neil Uyetake

Digital restoration by Richard Comely and George Freeman, with special thanks to Jordan Comely.

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The Library andArchives Canada Preservationbuilding in Gatineau, Quebec, is reputed to bethe cleanest, most dust free building in theworld. It has also been home for many years tomost of the original art from the CaptainCanuck comic book series I published 30 or soyears ago.

A precedent was set, fortunately, when JimBurant,manager of LAC art and photo archivesand LAC art archivist Jennifer Devine allowedme to spend three days in a nearby highsecurity building in February of2009 with all the original art.Standing there over myBrother MFC6490CWscanning all thosepages was a tripdown memory lane,one that took meback to an earliertime.

Captain Canuckwas born in1974. Ron Leishman,George Freeman andClaude St. Aubin are theother key players in CaptainCanuck’s origin, and all are still dearfriends. It was Ron (www.toonaday.com) whoproposed the idea that we create thequintessential Canadian superhero, and he alsodesigned the original costume.Ron then left meto make something of it while he traveled toparts far and wide.

When it came to creating comic books I wasreinventing the wheel, experimenting. In the1970s, photo masks were the standardprocedure for producing colour comic books.With the help of Dick Thomas I came up witha technique that allowed for a wider colourrange, colour blending and gradient tones; quiterevolutionary at the time.

George Freeman, who was a Godsend,eventually did most of the penciling and inkingon Captain Canuck. Claude St. Aubin, ourresident French Canadian, and also divinelydelivered, did much of the colouring, someinking and pencil art. I had George be myeditor while I focused on the writing. Weenjoyed working together as a team.When itcame time to do the colouring we all chippedin. Because George had (and still has) the besteye for colour combinations we looked to him

for direction.

This spring George and Ispent many hours at ourcomputers compositingall the pages of lineart and color acetateoverlays I scannedat LAC in Gatineau,and doing clean upin preparation forthis printing. Myson Jordan, whoworks as a graphicdesigner, gave me

plenty of guidance. Sonow, for the first time,

Captain Canuck will look the wayit always should have. Even 30 years

later,while looking at the original artwork withthose vibrantly coloured overlays, I’m still inawe of George and Claude’s work.

I hope you enjoy this collection. Issues 1,2 and 3will come out in its own book soon andVolumeTwo, collecting issues 11–14, and the SummerSpecial, will be released by IDW this December.Please check in at captaincanuck.com for currentinformation on the release of the Captain CanuckLegacy series.

Richard ComelyCambridge, Ontario,April 2009

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CAPTAIN CANUCK VOLUME 1 HC. JUNE 2009. FIRST PRINTING. Captain Canuck ™ and © 2009 Richard Comely. All Rights Reserved. All characters featured in thisissue and the distinctive names and likenesses thereof and all related indicia are trademarks of Richard Comely. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works,LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe St., San Diego, CA 92109. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All Rights Reserved. Any similaritiesto persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted withoutthe permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

Originally published as CAPTAIN CANUCK Issues #4–10.

www.IDWpublishing.com ISBN: 9 7 8 -1 -6 0 010 -4 4 3 -5 1 2 11 10 09 1 2 3 4Operations: Ted Adams, Chief Executive Officer • Greg Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer • Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer • Alan Payne, VP of Sales • LoreleiBunjes, Dir. of Digital Services • AnnaMaria White, Marketing & PR Manager • Marci Hubbard, Executive Associate • Alonzo Simon, Shipping Manager • Editorial: Chris Ryall,Publisher/Editor-in-Chief • Scott Dunbier, Editor, Special Projects • Andy Schmidt, Senior Editor • Justin Eisinger, Editor • Kris Oprisko, Editor/Foreign Lic. • Denton J. Tipton,Editor • TomWaltz, Editor • Mariah Huehner, Associate Editor • Design: Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist • Ben Templesmith, Artist/Designer • Neil Uyetake, Art Director• Chris Mowry, Graphic Artist • Amauri Osorio, Graphic Artist • Gilberto Lazcano, Production Assistant

W ritten and Lettered by Richard Comely

Pencils and Inks by George Freeman • Colors by George Freeman and C laude St. Aubin

Additional Pencils and Inks by C laude St. Aubin • Additional Pencils and Colors by Richard Comely

Cover Art by George Freeman • Collection Edited by Justin Eisinger and Scott Dunbier • Collection Design by Neil Uyetake

Digital restoration by Richard Comely and George Freeman, with special thanks to Jordan Comely.

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