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Disabled Kids Let Their Imaginations Fly With Wheelchair-Bound Muslim Superhero

by Tom Henderson, Posted Sep 30th 2010 1:30PM

Superhero Silver Scorpion has the ability to control metal. Credit: Liquid Comics / AP Your legs were blown off by a land mine. However, you have been granted an extraordinary gift: You can have any superpower you wish. What do you choose? ...The Silver Scorpion is a Muslim superhero confined to a wheelchair.
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Boy, 7, Inspires Cancer-Fighting Superhero

by Amy Hatch, Posted Oct 12th 2009 9:00AM

A 7-year-old boy fighting brain cancer has been immortalized in his own comic book, like the one that inspired the 1978 film "Superman," starring the late Christopher Reeve. Credit: AP
A comic-book character, inspired by a 7-year-old boy's ...
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Spider-Man teams up with Planned Parenthood

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jul 26th 2007 10:01AM

I just can't get over all the amazing ways educators tried to make sex ed cool in previous decades (probably because the sex education I received in school was boring and pointless). I've written before about efforts by the Fonz and the Mario Bros ...
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Comic books made children do "wicked acts"

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Apr 22nd 2007 9:07AM

Every time some new story comes out about all the horrible things are doing on MySpace, or whatever, and you're tempted to think the next generation is taking society straight to hell, remember this: people have always thought that -- about ...
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