Lost Heroes is the story of Canada's forgotten comic book superheroes and their legendary creators. A ninety-minute journey to recover a forgotten part of Canada's pop culture and a national treasure few have ever heard about. This is the tale of a small country striving to create its own heroes, but finding itself constantly out muscled by better-funded and better-marketed superheroes from the media empire next door.
Production
Rare archival footage of Canada's golden age comics finally unearthed.
Writing
Pascoe's script treats Canadian heroes with the reverence they never got.
Director
Will Pascoe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paul Soles, the narrator, voiced the original 1967 Spider-Man cartoon—making him one of few to play both Marvel and Canadian heroes.
The WECA ban (1940-1946) made importing American comics illegal, accidentally birthing Canada's only homegrown superhero boom—then killing it just as fast.
US
CA
