NEW YORK (AP) — Comic book fans will soon be getting their first glimpse at an unlikely new superhero – a Muslim boy in a wheelchair with superpowers.
U.S. philanthropist and businessman Jay T. Snyder says he was inspired by President Barack Obama’s effort to reach out to the Muslim world in his inaugural address.
Last month, Snyder flew 12 disabled Americans to Damascus to meet a group of disabled young Syrians. One of their main goals was to come up with ideas for the new superhero.
The superhero‘s appearance hasn’t been finalized, but he definitely will be a Muslim boy in a wheelchair. An early sketch shows a boy who lost his legs in a landmine accident and later becomes the Silver Scorpion with the power to control metal with his mind.
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FreedomOfSpeech
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 11:17pmThis superhero is just plain stupid. Whose landmine blew his legs off? There’s only two choices in the mind of many Muslims.
Did you know that human remains have been found at the Ground Zero Mosque location? Please see this short video:
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Let us not forget about Abdul Rauf’s plan to desecrate Ground Zero.
sabastionhalf
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 4:12pmThey meant to say that he blew his own legs off when he was planting a land mine.
Report Post »imareader
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 11:13pmI wonder…what‘ll be Silver Scorpion’s ‘kryptonite’?. Iron Pork Chop?
Report Post »CapitalistforGod
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 11:23pmNa, It has to be a real Porkchop.
Report Post »misteryuck
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:37pmHow long before a fatwah is issued against the artists and anyone involved in creating this “character”?
Report Post »Smiling Bob
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:31pmHow the heck does he get out of that contraption to pray 5 times a day….Hmmm one wonders
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:40pmAnd wouldn’t a faithful Muslim superhero embrace the technological advances of Islamic culture by riding around on a really fancy rug pulled by a camel?
Report Post »Red Blooded
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:29pmSo its a rip off of Professor X and Magneto from X-men….wow, what an accomplishment…..
Report Post »scaanderson
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:28pmSuper Scorpian is ready to wheel into any public facility and wired to blow up thousands. What a wonder!
Report Post »Dddriver
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:26pmAnd lo the first step to the indoctrination about muslim kids fight to save the poor Americans from their capitalist selves. Pity the poor infidels
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:21pmI hope Mr. Snyder purchased or is franchising the rights the original, “Silver Scorpion”, which (to paraphrase Wikipedia) was created by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in Daring Mystery Comics #7 (April 1941), and is a member of the Invaders. She appeared with the Golden Age Human Torch as a supporting character. She later joined the Liberty Legion.
Report Post »Ironic as hell that the original was female and fought for the cause of Liberty, isn’t it?
Marylou7
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:27pmVery interesting! Thanks for the info.
Report Post »ZeroMusic
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 11:19pmDoh! Didn’t mean to retread in my post . . should have read your post first .. . but I just mentioned the old gal, Broker . . . you contributed sweet sweet Irony.
Report Post »phlogiston
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:19pmUnexploded landmines are a huge problem, especially in Asia and other parts of the developing world. [http://www.unicef.org/emerg/index_landmines.html] Such a character could not only be an inspiration to victims of such atrocities of war around the world, but also physically disabled children in general. Since superheroes by definition fight on the side of Good and Justice, what difference does it make what religion he is? He could be a Zoroastrian or a Shintoist for all it matters.
Also, the ability to manipulate metal with your mind is super bad-ass. At first I thought, oh that’s just a Magneto knock-off, but then I recalled my chemistry that most metals are not magnetic. Clearly, two separate skill sets.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:28pmGo Fight Gingivitis
Report Post »CapitalistforGod
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:38pmRememeber, if he is truly Muslim he can’t be on the side of good and justice not even to his own people. Infidels are not allowed to live if they don’t convert. And if he is truly Muslim and being a superhero he should only last one issue because he will be more than ready to blow himself up for the cause! The promise of all those virgins!!!
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:16pmB.O. the Muslim Super Hero – The Undecided are placed under a spell by his ungodly scent
Report Post »whitaker
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:13pmMore propaganda aimed at kids.
Report Post »CapitalistforGod
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:13pmLandmine my @$$ And his legs got blown off trying to rig a car bomb!
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:07pmDoubtful the prophet Mohammed will appear in this comic book series.
Okpulot Taha
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Damage6
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 11:14pmYeah they can make a whole cartoon based off a Jesus with a disfuntional relationship with his father because Christians don‘t issue Fatwa’s. They cringe at the prospect of offending muslims though.
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 12:34amDAMAGE 6 amuses, “Yeah they can make a whole cartoon based off a Jesus with a disfuntional relationship with his father….”
There is a story line solution. Mohammed could be portrayed as an invisible man; you can hear him but you cannot see him. Not sure how this cartoonist will handle the 72 virgins shtick.
Doubtful Porky Pig will be in this cartoon series.
Okpulot Taha
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misteryuck
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:06pmAnd they killed off Captain America…. For what? This? Oh please!
Report Post »dcproton_13
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 12:42pmActually, Steve Rogers came back to life recently with a snazzy new costume.
Report Post »mintyfresh
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 12:57pmyeah, i’m sure the two things are related. you people are crazy. only here will you find anger over a freaking comic book that has a message of inclusion. think about what you are mad about – because it sounds like pure bigotry to me.
Report Post »Capt_Spalding
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:06pmWell what do you expect to wrap up a weekend that started with Colbert entertaining Congress and “SNL” making various headlines and news. We‘re in frickin’ Bizarre-o World anymore… or at least Bizarre-o Country! Enough already!!
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:05pmHis powers consist of his twirling swords beheading the infidels. He casts stones at an incredible rate killing any woman seen in public without a male relative. And don’t forget his incredible exploding underwear and shoes. Ka-Pow!
Report Post »misteryuck
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:20pmTOO FUNNY!
Report Post »Looks like he tried the exploding shoes already.
ajsmcse
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:40pmStrength = Shiny chair blinds opponents
Report Post »Weakness = stairs
CapitalistforGod
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 11:15pmHe will use our wheelchair ramps against us!
Report Post »misteryuck
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:04pmSo… Lemme guess, he beheads his enimies? Who might they be? Infidels of course, what else?
Report Post »Madd Maxx
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:00pmReally???? Have we forgotten the “Muslim superheros” that flew planes into buildings and MURDERED 3000+ American people??? What about the “Muslim Super heros” that hide behind their women and children in order to kill. Or maybe the one that makes unnecessary appologies to the middle eastern countries, bows to muslim Kings, ****** all over the United States Constitution at every turn and is distroying our beautiful country from within??? What is his super power anyway, blowing himself up???? What the hell is happening in america???
Redd
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:07pmIs the allahu akbar wheelchair IED proof.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:08pmWe are being shown the truth about what has been happening in our country for decades. God is finally shining a very bright light on it all. We just have to decide who‘s side we’re on…. God’s or Government. My faith is in God for only He can fulfill my needs. Praise the Holy Name of Jesus!!
Report Post »RESTORATION1787
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:30pmRedd LOL
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 9:50pmi feel very bad for any child caught in the middle of an ideological / religious battle and has to go through their young lives fearing landmines, fearing government, and religious and ethnic cleansing, etc. The problem isn’t that muslims dont have heros……its that a large majority of people in these countries are not allowed to bring their dreams to fruit bearing reality because of government, religious, and political blockades.
Sadly this is true for all children everywhere. The attack on our students continues today with lies and propaganda in the classroom, where political ideologies trump truth and fact. We need to stop the liberal attack on our future and promote only honest truths even if these truths hurt, We need to remove the social agenda and government out of our schools and place our curriculum standards on truth and facts and not on opinion political ideologies or social agendas
God help our future and pray that we all stand up and do our part in returning our education system back into the control of fact based studies, being honest about the different theories that do exist, but taught as fact, and reinserting the missing parts of our history that have been removed, and engineered to support specific agendas instead of teaching the facts as they lay and letting our students learn from these mistakes without the contamination of one group or an-others agendas.
Release our students from the chains that bind them and allow our country, and other countries children grow to greatness
Report Post »jagregory34
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 2:21amIn Jesus name, Amen.
Report Post »josie
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 6:15amAMEN, brother
Report Post »troutfur
Posted on September 28, 2010 at 5:46amThere it is. Right on.
Report Post »khandahar&jalalabad
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 9:48pmIs this what you get when the silver surfer has sex with magneto?
broker0101
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 9:54pmActually, what you get when that happens is just a sticky mess.
CapitalistforGod
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:04pmNa, this is what you get when Obama inspires someone. I believe it’s supposed to say unlikable superhero not unlikely superhero. I can honestly see this as something that’s highly likely!
Report Post »SIXFRIGATES
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 1:45amNo, its Silver Surfer and Professor X. But he somehow inherits the inability to coexist with others from Magneto.
Report Post »underdawg
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 12:26amI believe Professor X is in the mix somewhere. I sure miss the Golden Age or Silver Age Superman, Truth, Justice, & the American Way–from the ultimate immigrant.
Report Post »RESTORATION1787
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 9:45pmI’ll wait for the TV series!
Report Post »CapitalistforGod
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 11:05pmThere won’t be a series just an NBC “Made for TV” movie. And they will call it “The Silver Scorpion Tries Again”
Report Post »Redd
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 9:43pmWhat if someone burns a copy of a muslim comic book? I say this piece of comic book crap was plagiarized from“Ironside”…
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PostProgressiveAmerican
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 4:52amHmmm. Will muslims be allowed to read a comic book, other than here is the West. I know they have strict tenants against ‘idolotry’ which has, for instance, resulted in the closing of movie theaters in Saudi Arabia…Just wondering.
Report Post »ableandready
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 5:44amI am not sure that the comic book is meant for moslems. It is being aimed at our American youth as a sentimental and positive propagnda story depicting moslems as harmless little fuzz balls ala RL.
Report Post »RESTORATION1787
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 9:42pmAdd your comments
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 9:40pmObama’s failures are the glue that hold the political center together – El Rushbo
Report Post »broker0101
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Report Post »Conservativeman
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:21pmWe interupt this thread to bring you breaking news: The super best friends Buddha, Moses, Joseph Smith, Krishna, Lao Tzu, Muhammad and Sea Man will not accept the super hero status of silver scorpion. Muhammad is already depicted in the south park episode and only one muslim will be allowed to join the team.
uneedmorekoolaid
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 10:22pmwell one thing is for sure he is going to pay out the a$$ in taxes next year thanks to his inspiration obama! Second I know he wasn’t inspired by obama, why cause if he was he would still be standing in line in Detroit waiting for obama bucks, maybe that is what the wheel chair is for, tired of waiting for the government to do something for him so he is sitting. Just like the 60s he’s having a sit in. We know obama hasn’t encouraged anyone to get a job, maybe this is where all that missing stimulus money is going to, help make comic books for the commies and those damn muslims.
Guess you get bombs on the plane when your whole wheelchair is covered in aluminum foil! But he is muslim so we can’t search him that might be profiling. I got a box cutter let the air out of his tires.
killray
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 12:08pmi think this a rip off of every disabled super hero out there….pluss this guy cant fight crime from pimped out wheel chair….inless its like idk the BAT-CHAIR…
Report Post »AnnMarie
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 12:26pmCan things get anymore ridiculous
Report Post »mintyfresh
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 12:55pmyeah, we know that superheroes are only white, upperclass men! what are they trying to pull? sending a message that people can succeed regardless of race, gender, religion, or disability?!? corrupting the youth, i tell you.
Report Post »5000YRLEAPER
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 6:27pmThis will undoubtedly be an epic failure, probably soon to be featured on failblog.org
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