I recall seeing some press a couple of years ago about a Muslim comic creator who was writing a superhero comic with powers based around the names of God. The interview I recall talked a lot about choosing to use this symbolism and the use of a very Western concept (the caped super) with a Muslim identity. (And also about wanting diversity in his cast of characters, even writing from an Islamocentric POV -- it was important to him that the characters be from all over the world and have many different relationships with religion.)

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