Here is the Family Circle magazine from December 1956. It has a very nice Christmas story by Pearl S. Buck and visualized by Walt Disney and staff.
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The Human Fly, the wildest costumed hero of all (because he's real!), is coming back!
Back in the 70's when I first started reading comic books, I had a few early favourites. One was our own Canadian costumed hero Captain Canuck. Another was Marvel Comic's The Human Fly. As soon as I saw the cover of issue #1, I was hooked. I don't think I ever realized he was also a Canadian super hero, that part was completely lost on me, but the "wildest costumed hero of all (because he's real!)" part always seemed really cool!
The original series ran for 19 issues before being cancelled and disappearing into the comic back bins forever... or so it seemed!
The Human Fly, the real-life Canadian stunt-man phenomenon from the late 1970's – and start of a 19-issue run at Marvel Comics – will be returning to color comic-books for the direct market, and collections for the book trade! Canadian company Human Fly International (HFI) has entered into an agreement with IPI Comics (IPI), that will allow the Human Fly to return to exciting new stories in color comics.
The Human Fly is a truly dynamic unique property that will come to stand with our first comics releases as something fresh and unusual. We know such a powerful concept, anchored with fascinating real-life history and a captivating design, will get readers and superhero fans' attention ion a big way. So, we are going to work very closely with HFI to produce something memorable, that will make both new fans and those who have any of the old Marvel Human Fly comics in their collections very pleased indeed to see the concepts re-examined and revamped for comics and graphic novels today. So, if you liked aspects off the Marel material we'll make sure you won't be disappointed, but I must emphasize this WON'T be a retro-book; this will be an adrenalin-charging comic-book for readers of today, that envelops the amazing truths and remorse of this scenario, but is also a perfect new book for readers who have never heard of this character before.
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