Brian Winslow

Bronze Age readers flipping through The Calgary Herald Comic Book in 1979 would have found Brian Winslow sharing pages with some genuinely eclectic company — from the futuristic Buck Rogers and Wilma Deering to the likes of Henry and Tiger — making for a wonderfully varied comics section. Created by Bill Hinds and debuting in issue #49, Brian is a piece of regional comics history, the kind of character tied to a specific time, place, and publication that collectors of newspaper-adjacent and Canadian comics love to track down. With only a handful of catalog appearances, he's a rare find — a small but genuine footnote in the broader story of Bronze Age comics beyond the mainstream publishers.