DC Superheroes: JLA Joins Forces with Islamic '99

DC Comics unveils 'JLA/The 99' teamup

Tuesday, July 13 2010, Hugh Armitage writes:

"DC Comics has unveiled the cover to the first issue of its long-awaited JLA/The 99 miniseries. The six-issue series sees the Justice League of America joining forces with Teshkeel Comics' Islamic superteam. The series was first announced over a year ago. The title will be written by Stuart Moore and Fabian Nicieza with art by Tom Derenick, with cover art by Felipe Massafera, and will debut in October."

Last year the creator Dr Naif al-Mutawa published an open letter to his sons on the BBC News website, just as DC Comics announced a miniseries team-up between Teshkeel Comics's Islamic superheroes and the Justice League of America.

The 99 are heroes who are tasked with collecting 99 gems, each containing a facet of the wisdom and power contained in the Dar Al-Hikma library of Baghdad that was sacked in 1258.

Kuwaiti psychologist al-Mutawa wrote in the letter:

"Khalid, you were born in New York City shortly after 9/11. I had already made a decision that I needed to find a way to take back Islam from its hostage takers, but I did not known how. The answer was staring me in the face. It was a simple, and as difficult, as the multiplication of 9 by 11: 99.

"So, at the age of 32, I uncapped my pen to create a concept that could be popular in the East and the West. I would go back to the very sources from which others took violent and hateful messages and offer messages of tolerance and peace in their place. I would give my heroes a Trojan horse in the form of The 99. Islam was my Helen. I wanted her back.

"The 99 references the 99 attributes of Allah - generosity, mercy, wisdom and dozens of others not used to describe Islam in the media when you were growing up. But if I am successful, by the time you read this, you will not believe that such an era could have ever existed."

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