Captain Canada is a superhero created by

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(NTV) owner

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, his son Scott Stirling and Filipino artist

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in the late 1970s. Captain Canada debuted in 1979 in the ''Captain Newfoundland'' comic strip published in the

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(known then as ''The Sunday Herald'') and later appeared in the ''Atlantis'' graphic novel, which featured covers by Boris Vallejo. Since his creation, he has become a mascot for NTV and has appeared in numerous promos for the station, the most recent being created by

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based Borderless World Productions in 2010. Captain Canada has made many public appearances, including the annual

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in St. John's, Newfoundland. There is a plaque in

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marking his first manifestation in the

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. Captain Canada also appeared in the 1980

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''Captain Newfoundland and the Tip of Atlantis'', scenes of which were used in NTV promos during the 1990s.

Fictional character biography

Daniel Eaton, a young man from

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, was chosen by Captain Newfoundland to become Captain Canada. His duty is to protect the nation of

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and the freedoms it stands for. Captain Newfoundland provided Daniel with a suit that granted him new supernatural physical and mental abilities. The suit is controlled by Daniel's mind, however all of the powers of the suit were not available to him immediately, Daniel needed to "unlock" new powers by proving himself worthy. The Captain earned his first ability, the power of flight, after saving a woman who was kidnapped by some thugs. While Captain Newfoundland is Captain Canada's primary teacher, Captain Canada has also received help and advice from Captain Freedom and Mademoiselle. He is able to communicate telepathically with other heroes and has been trained to ascend to higher levels of consciousness and politeness. Captain Newfoundland is an ancient alien astronaut, one of the last remnants of a colony of a "godlike" race that occupied the lost city of Atlantis in prehistoric time and claimed responsibility for such feats as the

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on Easter Island and the

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. Atlantis was intended to be a repository for all knowledge as a gift for mankind, but the godlike citizens decided to destroy the settlement once humans turned against themselves in war, fearing the knowledge would be used for evil. Atlantis (said to be located on the

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) and all members of this godlike race except Captain Newfoundland cast themselves into oblivion, never to be discovered again until Vikings landed on Newfoundland in the tenth century A.D. Two assistants have been explicitly mentioned, the Silver Warrior (a woman wearing a stereotypical

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headdress) and the Golden Dove (a woman in a

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and cleavage-accentuating angel attire). Captain Newfoundland preaches that there are leaders, currently imprisoned by world society, who, through

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spiritualism, can break free, harness supernatural powers and lead society toward world peace.

References

International Hero page on Captain Canada
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External links

Official Captain Atlantis and Captain Canada website

NTV website

Danny Bulanadi's website
Comics characters introduced in 1979 Newfoundland and Labrador in fiction Culture of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Canadian superheroes Canadian-themed superheroes Fictional characters from Montreal

1979 establishments in Newfoundland and Labrador