Canada is kind of interesting in its own right, especially when it comes to how its cultural identity is built on both France and Britain. What’s even more fascinating is that Canada does have its own superheroes, but it’s only now that it has its own shared universe. That’s right it took more than a decade for Canada to get its own shared universe of superheroes, these are mainly published by Lev Gleason (formerly Chapterhouse Comics). There were superhero comics in Canada before, such as Nelvana and Iron Man then you have Captain Canuck and Northguard.
It’s not uncommon for Canadians to work on US-based superhero magazines, at this point some Canadian cartoonists who worked on any one of the Lev Gleason magazines also worked on any one of the DC and Marvel magazines. Out of all the nationalities that worked for DC and Marvel, it’s Canada that’s next door both geographically and culturally. This is pretty much why Canadians get mistaken for Americans, if you want me to be honest the Canadian accent is practically or at least mostly indistinguishable from the general American accent.
But even then, Canada has its own culture that anything written by a Canadian will reflect a Canadian sensibility to varying degrees. So it is with Canadian superhero stories, where any attempts at creating a Canadian superhero will involve infusing American concepts with a Canadian touch.
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