Thel

A charming slice of Bronze Age newspaper-strip culture, Thel made her debut in 1979 courtesy of creator Bill Hinds, finding a home in the pages of the Calgary Herald Comic Book — a publication that gathered beloved comic strip fare for Canadian readers. Her catalog footprint is modest but telling, with appearances spanning collections that also feature the likes of Buck Rogers, Lois Flagston, and the warmth of Family Circus, suggesting she belongs to that cozy, domestic world of syndicated strip comics that defined the era. For collectors with a soft spot for the Canadian comics scene of the early 1980s and the rich tradition of newspaper strip anthologies, Thel is a genuinely intriguing find.