Er liebt Elvis und haßt die Taliban.
Supreet Singh Manchanda (Idee) / Eileen Alden (Szenario) / Amit Tayal (Zeichnungen):
Super Sikh (
Kickstarter)
Auf einem Trip nach Graceland entdeckt Deep Singh seine Superkräfte und kämpft fortan in Afghantistan gegen seinen Erzfeind, den größenwahnsinnigen Taliban-Kommandeur Salar Al Amok. Deep Singhs Vater war Elvisfan, aber Deep Singhs Eltern verschwanden in Afrika, als er noch ein Kind war. Super Sikh steht sein Cousin Gurpreet Kaur zur Seite, ein Nuklearwissenschaftler und Ninja-Master, der Deep Singh trainiert.
Zitat:
From the very beginning, Alden and Manchanda were clear that Super Sikh would have no superpowers. “[Superheroes] have to have this mutation or something of the sort that makes them abnormal and therefore they get some powers.” Deep Singh would have no such mutations.
“He’s trained, he’s educated, he’s multicultural,” Manchanda explains. He wants to emphasise to their young readers that the character is not so different from them. “This can be you and that’s a very powerful message.”
The creators are certain that their project will help inject a modern Sikh character into the popular consciousness. Deep Singh represents strength, its creators say, and he doesn’t tolerate bullies.
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