Indie comic book publisher 215 Ink is set to release Super Action Man , a book by writer Jonathan London, in July. 215 Ink is fairly new to the comics scene, publisher of the great Jesus Hates Zombie series as well as the upcoming Vic Boone, which we reviewed a few weeks back

It seems that the plot of Super Action Man , in which the titular hero succeeds in killing terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden, is a case of impeccable timing that coincides with the recent announcement of Bin Laden's death at the hands of the U.S. SAM is about a super soldier of the U.S. government whose sole purpose it is to kill Osama Bin Laden, but this hero is more Rambo than Steve Rogers. In fact, SAM is entirely influenced by the hyper-violent action movies of the 1980s. It remains to be seen whether or not the mainstream media will try and pick this up as a hot ticket news item, but it should be noted that Super Action Man has been in development well before the Bin Laden news broke last Sunday.In a statement to IGN Comics, London said, "The first issue was always going to be Super Action Man fighting Osama Bin Laden. I wrote the short script years ago just to see how ridiculous I could make it. I think a lot of Americans feel a helplessness and frustration with U.S. foreign policy that goes back decades and it doesn't really matter what party you're a member of. You feel it. It's just so complicated and has so many moving parts with results stretching over such long periods of time that we can't help it. We feel so removed from the process that you can't help but be frustrated. So writing SAM stories is kind of cathartic to me, like watching 80s action movies.What if everything was this simple and black and white? What if the bad guys were this obvious and one man could solve everything? I think there's a lot of room for that with fiction and comic books have always played a cathartic role in American pop culture. Superman is an immigrant created during a period when the U.S. took on a ton of immigrants. The X-Men resonated Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. My character doesn't hold a light to those (and is actually pretty deficient when put in context to them) but it's still cathartic for me to write."We were interested in this book before, but it'll be interesting to watch potential controversy swell up -- particularly in light of the vast misrepresentation of the events in Action Comics #900 See what the fuss is about for yourself and order yourself a copy from your local comic book shop. As London said, "I think as soon as you read it you'll see that that is what SAM is all about! Unless you're an enemy of our country, then you'll be crapping your pants!"