Move over Batman, here comes Super Sikh

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Move over Batman, here comes Super Sikh

Washington, Feb. 26 (PTI): Move over Batman and Superman.

Here comes the world's newest crime-fighter: a Sikh superhero who sports a beard and turban and battles against evils like the Taliban.

You can meet Secret Agent Deep Singh in the first issue of Super Sikh, which is supposed to be released in March in the US.

Singh may not look like your typical comic book hero, but he fights for all the same things: justice, equality, and good in the battle against evil. Super Sikh is the brainchild of Oakland-based writer Eileen Alden and Silicon Valley executive, Supreet Singh Manchada.

Deep Singh travels to Graceland where he fights off agents of the Taliban who are tailing him and doing what bad guys always do - trying to kill him, reports CBS Local in their website cbslocal.com.

Singh is a huge Elvis fan.

Alden and Manchada launched a Kickstarter campaign earlier this year to help bring the first turbaned Sikh superhero to life.

In just 27 hours they had enough to produce the first issue. By February, they exceeded their original goal of $5,000, raising more than $22,000.

Alden and Manchada have brought in award-winning illustrator Amit Tayal whose work has been published all over the world.

The Kickstarter money ensures at least three issues of the series.

There are than 28 million Sikhs worldwide and about a half million living in the US.

According to comicbookreligion.com, there are already 20 turban-wearing Sikh heroes and villains in comic books. So what sets Super Sikh apart? Deep Singh, or Super Sikh, is the first and only comic book hero who is fighting racial and religious stereotypes.

The Kickstarter campaign says Deep Singh is a "skillful, smart and very well-trained British Special Air Service agent". That sounds a bit like James Bond. But Deep Singh's creators promise a new kind of hero - "a modern hero in a turban who loves Elvis and hates bad guys".
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150227/jsp/foreign/story_5828.jsp#.VONnPZ2UdkQ
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