By: Zainab
A Pakistani Girl zeroes in on corrupt cops and domestic abuse :
Pakistan's newest female superhero has vowed to battle venal officials and protect battered women, as her creator tries to inspire the next generation to fight injustice in a deeply patriarchal society.
The new ''Pakistan Girl'' comic series based on Sarah, a normal teenager with a pet cat who discovers she has gained superhuman powers after waking up from a coma caused by a terrorist blast in her village.
Learning from other superheros, she decides to use her powers for good and for fighting villains of society.
Donning a green cape, in an ode to the country's national flag, the protagonist whips a a man who was beating a woman in the middle of a busy market.
She goes on to save a young girl taken hostage by a bribe seeking police officer in the series' first comic book released this summer.
Netizens on social media have welcomed the comic; writing largely admiring reviews and calling for more superhero stories in the future.
Pakistan Girl follows in the footsteps of the country's hit 2013 comic :
''The Burka Avenger'' which chronicled the adventures of a mild mannered teacher who fights gangsters trying to close down the girls' school where she works.
A Pakistani Girl zeroes in on corrupt cops and domestic abuse :
Pakistan's newest female superhero has vowed to battle venal officials and protect battered women, as her creator tries to inspire the next generation to fight injustice in a deeply patriarchal society.
The new ''Pakistan Girl'' comic series based on Sarah, a normal teenager with a pet cat who discovers she has gained superhuman powers after waking up from a coma caused by a terrorist blast in her village.
Learning from other superheros, she decides to use her powers for good and for fighting villains of society.
Donning a green cape, in an ode to the country's national flag, the protagonist whips a a man who was beating a woman in the middle of a busy market.
She goes on to save a young girl taken hostage by a bribe seeking police officer in the series' first comic book released this summer.
Netizens on social media have welcomed the comic; writing largely admiring reviews and calling for more superhero stories in the future.
Pakistan Girl follows in the footsteps of the country's hit 2013 comic :
''The Burka Avenger'' which chronicled the adventures of a mild mannered teacher who fights gangsters trying to close down the girls' school where she works.
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