In the comic book The 99, Muslim superheroes fight for a better world – and offend conservatives. By Sonja Zekri

CAIRO – Children like Jabbar, the Powerful, best of all. Not the aggressive Destroyer, Mumita, not Noora, the Light, who sees people's innermost thoughts, or Darr, the Afflicter, who looks like a junkie and sits in a wheelchair, but his painwaves work as precisely as a laser sword.

Of the 99 superheroes in the comic, The 99, the good-natured giant in the red jumpsuit is a rather conventional choice. But many things about The 99 are conventional, and that is what makes it so remarkable.

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