Superheroes Inspired by Islam

Here, Naif Al-Mutawa, a clincial pyschologist who began publishing the 99 comic book in 2006 and a 99 animated series in 2010, discusses the comic book and animated series in this fascinating TedTalk.

The comic book heroes get their superpowers from the 99 attributes of Allah. TedTalk notes that Al-Mutawa “created the characters with a team of artists and writers to showcase traditional, tolerant and enlightened Muslim values in the guise of good old-fashioned superheroes, ordinary mortals who acquire special powers and crisscross the globe on missions.”