Captain Canuck

Captain Canuck
Cover to Captain Canuck #1 (July 1975). Art by Richard Comely.
Publication information
Publisher	I: Comely Comix/CKR, II: Semple Comics, III: Comely Comics/Hot Hail Comics IV: ChapterHouse Comics
First appearance	I: Captain Canuck #1 (Comely Comix, July 1975) II: Captain Canuck: Reborn # 0 III: Captain Canuck: Unholy War # 1(2004) IV: Captain Canuck 2014 Summer Special
Created by	I: Richard Comely Ron Leishman II: Richard Comely III: Riel Langlois Drue Langlois IV: Richard Comely Kalman Andrasofszky
In-story information
Alter ego	I & IV: Tom Evans II:Darren Oak III:David Semple
Team affiliations	I: CISO IV: Equilibrium
Abilities	I: Super-strength, super-speed IV: Super Strength, Super Speed, Enhanced Durability, Super Suit with a variety of technical abilities

Captain Canuck is a Canadian comic book superhero. Created by cartoonist Ron Leishman and artist/writer Richard Comely, the original Captain Canuck first appeared in Captain Canuck #1 (cover-dated July 1975). The series was the first successful Canadian comic book since the collapse of the nation's comic-book industry following World War II.

Three characters have worn the maple leaf costume of Captain Canuck. The first Captain Canuck patrolled Canada in the then-future year of 1993, where "Canada had become the most powerful country in the world". He was the costumed agent of the "Canadian International Security Organization" (CISO).

Like most independent comics, Captain Canuck's adventures have been published sporadically.

Captain Canuck is sometimes confused with Marvel Comics's Guardian, leader of Alpha Flight, created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne in 1978. Both characters have very similar costumes, as both are based on the colours of the Canadian flag.

First published in 1975, Captain Canuck's original adventures were published on and off until 1981. There were several iterations since. Captain Canuck Reborn, Captain Canuck UnHoly War (also called West Coast Canuck) and Captan Canuck Legacy.

Most recently, Richard Comely entered into a partnership in 2012 with Toronto businessman, Fadi Hakim to relaunch a new, updated and modern version of Captain Canuck, which was designed in part by Kalman Andrasofszky (Marvel Comics). An animated series was crowd funded and it aired between 2013 & 2014. A second series of the animated adventures is set to air between 2015 & 2016. The first episode of which premiere at Hal-Con during Halloween.