DC Comics is unveiling a new team of Chinese superheros called “the Great 10,” to be written by Grant Morrisson — the eccentric mind behind such heros as Danny the Street.
While the new characters are in the comics to be part of a government-sponsored team, it is not expected that they will please the current government. Two of the team are below:
“Mother of Champions, who can give birth to a litter of 25 super-soldiers about every three days.”
(It seems the one-child policy will not apply to super humans.)
“The Socialist Red Guardsman is a character who used his solar powers to carry out the Cultural Revolution.”
(A Red Guard superhero from the cultural revolution? Yikes!)
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May 31st, 2006 at 9:14 am
How nice of DC Comics to help the party out a little.
June 5th, 2006 at 2:23 am
The socialist red guardsman is a total rip off of Marvel’s crimson dynamo. The most recent edition in the Ultimates continuity being Chinese.