--- title: Justin Trudeau Appears On New Marvel Comic Book Cover description: Sadly, he won't be shirtless canonical: https://time.com/4475768/canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-appears-on-new-marvel-comic-book-cover/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-01T15:21:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:06:46.207Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Justin Trudeau Appears On New Marvel Comic Book Cover og:description: Sadly, he won't be shirtless og:url: https://time.com/4475768/canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-appears-on-new-marvel-comic-book-cover/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt858660b2f8034e36/6988a484cd1bbafdae7022b1/justin-trudeau-canada-prime-minister-marvel-comic-book-boxing-maple-leaf-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: CANADA-US-ENTERTAINMENT-POLITICS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Justin Trudeau Appears On New Marvel Comic Book Cover twitter:description: Sadly, he won't be shirtless twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt858660b2f8034e36/6988a484cd1bbafdae7022b1/justin-trudeau-canada-prime-minister-marvel-comic-book-boxing-maple-leaf-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Appears On New Marvel Comic Book Cover ## Video: Justin Trudeau's Greatest Hits [Watch (HLS stream): Justin Trudeau's Greatest Hits](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uXLetYBN.m3u8) (1:53)  _Published 2016-03-10. A mash up of Justin Trudeau's best moments._ by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Sep 1, 2016 3:21 PM UTC  The cover of US publisher Marvel's comic book, featuring Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a super hero in front of a newstand in Montreal, Canada on Aug. 31, 2016\. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes the role of a superhero in a comic book by US publisher Marvel released on newsstands August 31 in Canada. Trudeau appears smiling in a corner of a boxing ring on the cover of the comic book, a limited edition in English of the series "Civil War II: Choosing Sides" wearing a maple leaf shirt. / AFP / Marc BRAIBANT / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARC BRAIBANT (Photo credit should read MARC BRAIBANT/AFP/Getty Images) The cover of US publisher Marvel's comic book, featuring Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a super hero in front of a newstand in Montreal, Canada on Aug. 31, 2016\. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes the role of a superhero in a comic book by US publisher Marvel released on newsstands August 31 in Canada. Trudeau appears smiling in a corner of a boxing ring on the cover of the comic book, a limited edition in English of the series "Civil War II: Choosing Sides" wearing a maple leaf shirt. / AFP / Marc BRAIBANT / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARC BRAIBANT (Photo credit should read MARC BRAIBANT/AFP/Getty Images)MARC BRAIBANT—AFP/Getty Images by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Sep 1, 2016 3:21 PM UTC In case you haven’t gotten enough of Justin Trudeau lately, there is now a way to memorialize the beloved Canadian prime minister. Trudeau [appears on the cover](http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/08/31/491842943/can-a-canadian-prime-minister-be-an-action-hero-marvel-comics-thinks-so) of a new issue of the Marvel comic book _Civil War II: Choosing Sides_, [NPR reports](http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/08/31/491842943/can-a-canadian-prime-minister-be-an-action-hero-marvel-comics-thinks-so). That’s right. In addition to [photo bombing weddings](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/shirtless-justin-trudeau-accidentally-photo-bombs-b-c-beach-wedding-1.3710479), [balancing babies](https://www.instagram.com/p/6dY-nMDj16/) and [hugging panda cubs](https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/706876218692472832), Trudeau is now an action hero. Featured on the variant cover of issue No. 5, the 44-year-old prime minister is shown sitting in a boxing ring and wearing a tank top emblazoned with a maple leaf. Behind him are Puck, Sasquatch and Aurora, members of Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight, with Iron Man in the left corner, according to the [_Toronto Star_](https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2016/08/31/justin-trudeau-debuts-on-marvel-comics-cover.html). Perhaps the only disappointing thing about the new comic? No shirtless sketches of Trudeau. Toronto-based cartoonist [Ramon Perez](http://www.ramonperez.com/v4/), who is behind the Trudeau depiction, told NPR his original draft did feature a bare-chested Trudeau, but Marvel thought the move might be too risqué. **Quiz**: [_Are You Ready for Back to School?_](http://time.com/4457305/back-to-school-quiz/) The story centers around a new character named Ulysses who can see into the future, and the Alpha Flight squad is divided over whether to use the information to arrest potential criminals, according to NPR. 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