Wham! Bam! Islam!: The Secrets of a Comic Book Mastermind Re
Season 13
Episode 1
About the Episode
The fictional universe was a kind of refuge to the chubby young Al-Mutawa during his childhood in Kuwait. Books became his passport to other worlds...something he would champion through the creation of his comic book, The 99.
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