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A new superhero comic designed to shine a light on the everyday battles people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) face has been released.

The comic was shown for the first time at MCM London Comic Con as part of IBD Unmasked, which aims to show what people with the condition go through day by day.

The Unbeatables was created by Marvel Custom Solutions with help from IBD patients from across the world, including the UK.

The comics published so far were written by Deadpool‘s co-creator Fabian Nicieza and Buddy Scalera, with artists JL Giles who recently created an Avengers customs job for Western Union, Fernando Blanco and colourist Chris Sotomayor and cover artist Kirbi Fagan .

Fagan suffers from the health condition herself and said she was "thrilled" to be part of the project.

The superheroes all appear in the new opening chapter of the IBD Unmasked Graphic novel available on IBDunmasked.com.

IBD Unmasked patient panel member, Seb Tucknott speaking to Mirror Online said he was glad he was able to help shape the comics.

He realised in 2007 he had the condition, and has gradually used exercise to turn his life around.

He now runs for his county.

It's stories like Seb that shape the comics, which hope to create relatable characters.

He said: "It's not something really talk about, so it was good to work on something like this.

"When I was first diagnosed I thought it was over, but then as I started a website and spoke about IBD I realised it gave me opportunities - like this and helping on the comic - that I wouldn't have had."

There are more than five million people worldwide who live with IBD, which includes Crohn’s disease (CD).

Famous sufferers include Sam Faiers, Sir Steve Redgrave, Ray Wilkins, footballer Darren Fletcher, Anastasia and Shannen Doherty.