TOP 5 Super Heroes That Are Secretly Canadian!

Every Super Hero has a secret identity, but some are more secret than others. Find out which Super Heroes are actually Canadians in disguise!

5. SUPERMAN

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But wait isn’t the Man of Steel from Metropolis?? That’s right but his co-creator Joe Shuster was Toronto born and even went so far as to base Clark Kent’s job at the Daily Planet, on his own experience at Toronto’s Daily Star.

4. Kitty Pryde

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This X-Man falls firmly into the secret category. A New Yorker in the original comic series, she was portrayed by Canadian actress Ellen Paige in X-Men 3: The Last Stand, and more surprisingly she’s an actual woman living in Calgary. Yes her Canadian co-creator John Byrne borrowed the name Kitty Pryde from a fellow student in his art school days.

3. Sasquatch

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That’s right the missing link has been found and he’s a super hero in Canada! A member of Canada’s national super hero squad Alpha Flight this Big Foot has even teamed up with Wolverine on more than one occasion. I guess he really isn’t that mysterious.

2. Adam Strange

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This character, a futuristic John Carter from the DC universe, is a recent addition to the list. Since DC comics rebooted their characters’ histories in 2011 Canadian writer Jeff Lemiretook the opportunity when reintroducing Adam to switch up his nationality. Now a Canadian university professor, Strange fights alongside the Justice League United, a team originally supposed to be called Justice League Canada until somebody at DC comics got cold feet.

1. Deadpool

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That’s right! Everybody’s favorite Merc with a Mouth is a Canadian! The upcoming movie star is a member of the same Weapon X program that gave Wolverine his adamantium skeleton, and a Canadian national to boot. Perhaps that’s why Canadian leading man Ryan Reynolds was attracted to the part?