I was actually thinking of that mini-series Marvel did with Gotham Entertainment Group in 2004 called Spider-Man: India, where the Spidey mythos was re-imagined for Indian audiences. I don’t know how successful that was, but it appears DC are broadening their reach too. As announced on DC’s blog the Justice League of Amercia will be teaming up with The 99, an Islamic group of superheroes from Teshkeel Comics. The writer will be Fabian Nicieza who is no stranger to either universe. No artist or any other details have been announced as yet, but I’m sure once it hits stands, it’ll grab a few headlines. It’s actually a good idea. I don’t know if Gotham continues to translate superhero comics for the overseas market (their web-site is “under construction” which is rarely a good sign) but I’d safely assume Eastern readers aren’t as familiar with spandex wearers as English speaking readers are, so there’s definite potential.
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comicbookjesus 
Good idea ? Not sure about that.
So what do these “islamic superheroes” do ?
If its anything like the young muslims living in the west, and Britain in paticular’s “heroes” then they’ll be taking western hostages and beheading them when they can’t get their own way, or trying to kill authors for telling the truth about their religion, gouging out the eyes of film directors who dare do movies about womens role in islam, or sentencing to death anyone who dares want to convert to another religion ?
I just wish Islam would get out of the hole it dug for ltself yet blames everyone else for, instead of wallowlng in it
And I doubt these “99” will be any more accurate about islam than Iran’s propaganda.