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Canadian Heroes
Educational Projects · 1942–1945 · 30 issues
About the series
During World War II, Canadian Heroes (1942–1945) was a 30-issue comic series from Educational Projects that spotlighted real-life acts of bravery by Canadian soldiers, sailors, and airmen. Published as a patriotic morale booster, it featured dramatic, fact-based stories of courage on the home front and battlefields, often illustrated by Canadian artists like Avrom Yanovsky. The series stands as a unique historical artifact, blending wartime propaganda with earnest tribute, and remains a key document of how comics were used to support national identity and the war effort.