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Chapterhouse Comics

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Chapterhouse Comics Group
Founded2015[1]
Country of originCanada
Headquarters locationToronto, Ontario
DistributionDiamond Book Distributors[2]
Key peopleFadi Hakim
Kalman Andrasofszky
Jay Baruchel[3]
Publication typesComics
Official websitechapterhouse.ca

Comic House (formerly Chapterhouse)[4] is a Canadian comic publishing company[5] that publishes books featuring classic Canadian comic book characters such as Captain Canuck and Northguard in a unified comic book universe under Lev Gleason.[6]

Characters

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Comic House publishes the following characters, comics, and books under the Lev Gleason banner:[7]

Captain Canuck

Fantomah

Captain Battle

Silver Streak

Northguard

Daredevil

Crimebuster

Freelance

Imprints

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Comic House Archives

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The Comic House archives celebrate the rich history of both Chapterhouse and Lev Gleason Publications, releasing past popular issues for the next generation.[8] Titles include:

Captain Canuck (1975)

Beyond: The Quest for Medan (1980)

The Deadly Dozen

The Claw

New Friday

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New Friday is an independently curated imprint home for 100% creator-owned books and graphic novels,[9] with many titles available for print and online through the app such as:

The Fourth Planet

Minerva’s Map

HΩME

51 Hundred

Celery Stalks

Life, Death, and Sorcery

Frogboy

Scratcher

Blood and Motor Oil

1903 ManHunt

Red Leaves

Eki

Upcoming titles  

Pieces of Hate

Frankenaut

Fantomeque

Nash

Lev Gleason Library

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The Lev Gleason Library releases published novels and other prose. Death Takes Center Stage by DK Latta, featuring Daredevil, was released April 2021, and The “I” of The Needle, a Captain Canuck novel by DK Latta, was also available in early 2021.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "About". Chapterhouse. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  2. ^ Our Publishers
  3. ^ van Koeverden, Jane (July 20, 2017). "Jay Baruchel joins Toronto comics publisher Chapterhouse Publishing". CBC News.
  4. ^ "Chapterhouse Comics Rebrands as Lev Gleason®". Sequential. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Chapterhouse: About Us". Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Captain Canuck gets a reboot, a new origin story and a whole new universe". CBC Radio. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Home". Chapterhouse. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Comic House Archives". Lev Gleason®. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  9. ^ "New Friday Comics". Lev Gleason®. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Lev Gleason Library". Lev Gleason®. Retrieved 27 October 2022.