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Studio 360 – Episode 842 – Yo-Yo Ma, Boston, The 99 – Segment 5
The 99
The 99 are Muslim kids with superpowers trying to protect the world (a critic calls them “X-Men in Middle Eastern drag”). They’re the stars of a comic book that arrives in America this month. Brooke Darrah Shuman talked to creator Naif Al-Mutawa.