"Batman joins the resistance by destroying an Israeli F-16"

One of the strangest, most transfixing artifacts to emerge from the Lebanon War: A Beirut-based blog illustrating the Israeli attack with images culled from Arabic Superman and Batman comics.

[Via Henry Jenkins.]

Comments

[David]

Nice. Jim Aparo's Batman.

[R C Dean]

Seems to me the real Lebanese "resistance" would be fighting Hez.

[ed]

"It seems that the IDF doesn't differentiate between fighters with weapons and civilians, reporters, red cross, children, women or even UN."

That's precious.

[John]

Jessee are you sure that is just not a daily dispatch from Reuters?

[Robert]

Fawzi looks asfully close to the Fawzia of John Goldfarb, Please Come Home. You'd think that movie would get more play these days.

[Russell]

Holy Jane's All The World's Aircraft, Batman!
Jenkens has mistook the BatPlane for some jokers infernal machine .

[edna]

does it bother him that these characters were jew-created?

[Iron Lungfish]

Bill Finger was Jewish?

[ChrisO]

Does the Arab Supergirl wear a burka?

[jf]

According to the Kossacks, the Republicans are running a Houston councilwoman as their candidate. Hopefully, someone will take note of this, since I hoped to see it on the main blog page.

[jf]

whoa, nice server. i posted this in the smither thread. and i now refuse to use capital letters.