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http://www.the99.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_99
Me likey. "The 99" is a comic book about an international group of superheroes with their powers associated with each of the ninety nine attributes of Allah. The main storyline draws from Islam and the history of Middle East, but in fact - and this is what I like about this project - the characters are normal young people who simply value the cultures of their respective countries, but are far from being zealots. The first pages of the first book make it clear: fanaticism is the main evil of the series and The 99 are entitled to fight it. Maybe it's a bit too distant comparison, but as I read the first book (it's available free to download from www.the99.org, as a PDF) I couldn't stop myself from thinking that The 99 is to tolerance and culture what Captain Planet and The Planeteers were to ecology. Each of the heroes of The 99 comes from another country, they're open-minded and tolerant (mostly) and in the same time they respect their cultural heritage, family values, etc. The main antagonist is a guy who wants to dominate the world and destroy the diversity of cultures.
Most of the heroes who showed up till now (about twelve I think) come from Europe, Middle East and Southern Asia. The headquarters of their organization is in Paris. I wonder how they communicate since most of them are teenagers or twenty-something and not necessarily big fans of linguistics, but somehow they get along. It's... hmm... interesting, though I'm not sure ifthe authors intended the pun, that the superhero from United States is on a wheelchair and his power is to inflict pain on his victim by stimulating the pain nerves with willpower. He can do it when he's angry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_99
Me likey. "The 99" is a comic book about an international group of superheroes with their powers associated with each of the ninety nine attributes of Allah. The main storyline draws from Islam and the history of Middle East, but in fact - and this is what I like about this project - the characters are normal young people who simply value the cultures of their respective countries, but are far from being zealots. The first pages of the first book make it clear: fanaticism is the main evil of the series and The 99 are entitled to fight it. Maybe it's a bit too distant comparison, but as I read the first book (it's available free to download from www.the99.org, as a PDF) I couldn't stop myself from thinking that The 99 is to tolerance and culture what Captain Planet and The Planeteers were to ecology. Each of the heroes of The 99 comes from another country, they're open-minded and tolerant (mostly) and in the same time they respect their cultural heritage, family values, etc. The main antagonist is a guy who wants to dominate the world and destroy the diversity of cultures.
Most of the heroes who showed up till now (about twelve I think) come from Europe, Middle East and Southern Asia. The headquarters of their organization is in Paris. I wonder how they communicate since most of them are teenagers or twenty-something and not necessarily big fans of linguistics, but somehow they get along. It's... hmm... interesting, though I'm not sure ifthe authors intended the pun, that the superhero from United States is on a wheelchair and his power is to inflict pain on his victim by stimulating the pain nerves with willpower. He can do it when he's angry.