Hugo

A cheerful piece of Bronze Age newspaper comics history, Hugo made their debut in 1979 within the pages of The Calgary Herald Comic Book, brought to life by creator Bill Hinds for a publisher with deep roots in Canadian print culture. It's a fascinating snapshot of an era when regional newspapers curated their own comic collections, and Hugo shares those pages with a wonderfully eclectic crowd — from the futuristic Buck Rogers to familiar strip favorites like Lois Flagston and John Darling. With only a handful of catalog appearances across a brief 1979–1980 run, Hugo is a genuine rarity, the kind of discovery that reminds collectors just how wide and wonderfully varied the Bronze Age comics landscape truly was.