World’s first Muslim superheroes, the 99, out to conquer the West

They are fighting for truth, justice and the Islamic way and are heading for your living room — prepare to say salaam to the world’s first Muslim superheroes. Despite the ample wrongs waiting to be righted across the Middle East, Superman, Spider-Man and Batman mainly fight evil in America.

When the East has featured as a setting for superhero antics — as in the recent film Iron Man — it has tended to be as a source of villainy. That is about to change, courtesy of The 99, a Sharia-compliant version of the X-Men that has taken the Arab world by storm and has its sights set on the West. [Times Online] Read more