She’s feisty, she’s formidable, she’s Muslim, and she’s not Ms. Marvel. Meet Qahera, the creation of art student Deena Mohamed, ready to take out the “misogynistic trash.” Read here.
Category Archives: from the Internet
From God to Goddess: Thor Genderswaps
Mashable is just one of many sites reporting Marvel Comics’ plans to have Thor, God of Thunder, be portrayed as a woman in coming months. While they rightly note both that this will leave the Thor and Avengers movies unaffected and that the male Thor is likely to eventually return, they do overlook not only Storm (of the X-Men) and Wonder Woman having wielded the uru hammer before but also the Earth X series where Thor was transferred into a female body so that he might further learn humility. Read here.
ISIS Death Fatwa for The 99 Creator
Comic Book Resources‘ Robot 6 is among several sites reporting that ISIS (working under the name of “The Islamic Caliphate”) has called for the death of comic book creator of The 99, Dr. Naïf Al-Mutawa. Read more here.
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