And This: Author Looks to the Koran For 99 New Superheroes

Naif al-Mutawa, 37, the creator of the comic-bookseries, The 99, the first Western-style comics based on an Islamic concept. (Fiza Ambah - Post)

The heroes include Darr the Afflicter, an American paraplegic named John Wheeler, who manipulates nerve endings to transmit or prevent pain. Noora the Light -- Dana Ibrahim, a university student from the United Arab Emirates -- shows people the light and dark inside themselves. Mumita the Destroyer, a ferocious fighter, is Catarina Barbarosa, a Portuguese bombshell in tight clothes.