Batman and Superman are going to be getting some international pals, according to the creator of the first Islam-inspired comic superheroes.

THE 99, for those who aren’t up on the latest in fictional superheroes, is a wildly popular comic in the Arab world conceived of by Dr. Naif al-Mutawa, who spent a decade as a clinical psychologist treating victims of war before founding the Kuwait-based Teshkeel Media Group.

Mutawa grew up in Kuwait but attended college in the United States. He conceived of the comic, which publishes THE 99, after he decided to “to take back Islam from its hostage takers.”

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