A report on some new superheroes:
Batman... the X-Men... Spiderman... Bah!! These American superheroes are old news.(Hat tip: Soph.)Now is the new era of the homegrown Arab superhero, four of them in fact - and they look likely to give their made-in-America counterparts a run for their money.
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AK Comics has produced and distributed four series of comic books, each with its own character, since spring of this year.The flagship superhero is Zein, dubbed "The Last Pharaoh," one of the immortal sons of the final rulers of ancient Egypt before that civilization disappeared. Zein spends his time fighting evildoers, including his own brother Ho-Ra who wants to use the family's Pharaonic mega-powers to enslave mankind.
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"We wanted to have the look and feel of American comics, but with an Arab twist," Neshar [AK Comics' general manager] says...