GQ: Tom Holland is Superhero of the Year

by Rebecca Kaplan · Published November 17, 2021 · Updated November 17, 2021

In a Tweet sent on Wednesday, November 17th, 2021, GQ Magazine revealed that Tom Holland, who plays Peter Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, would be the final #GQMOTY (GQ Men of the Year) cover star, declaring him to be “Superhero of the Year”! In your face, People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2021 Paul Rudd!

Presenting the final #GQMOTY cover star, Tom Holland, superhero of the year https://t.co/UpD7aeSldL pic.twitter.com/KyjsdVdR72

— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) November 17, 2021

Battle of the Bug-Men

The full article, which you can read on GQ.com, takes the form of an interview, and includes many shots of Holland in extremely expensive clothing. The interview is a “classic” actor interview, full of the kind of questions you’d expect for this type of content (if you need a sense of how this interview plays out but don’t want to read through it, the first few paragraphs – which let you know the interviewer has been having nightmares before even “Spider-Man” is mentioned – will tell you all you need to know).

GQ says Tom Holland is Superhero of the Year! Photo Credit: GQ

However, the cover story does signal that we’re leaving the Eternals era of the MCU and entering the Spider-Zone. The GQ interview doesn’t hesitate to draw a straight line between the role occupied by Robert Downey, Jr.’s Tony Stark in the first volume of the MCU, and the role that Spider-Man may be playing moving forward… In fact, appearing in a high-profile magazine like GQ for a photoshoot involving a lot of expensive clothes is just what you might have expected from Downey back when Iron Man 2 or 3 was released.

GQ: “Look at how cool he is!” Photo Credit: GQ.

One things for certain: if you want to be a superhero who gets a lot of attention even outside of the work you’re doing in the MCU… maybe consider taking a codename that involves some kind of bug!