El3osba ... Egyptian Superheroes
El3osba (Arabic for: The League) is an Egyptian comic book about an Egyptian superhero team with 6 main superheroes: Alpha - Horus - Microbusgy - Walhan - Mariam - Kaf
The first issue of El3osba launched in 2015, with now a total of 4 issues comprising the first story arc of the series and introducing the main characters and the first villain, with 3 additional spin-offs as part of “El3osba presents” line focusing primarily on one character each.
The first issue has been translated to English and is available to order through Amazon and read on Kindle.
El3osba superheroes
1-Alpha
A being from a higher realm monitoring the multiverse who chooses our Earth Where heroes started to appear in Egypt and decided to bring them togther as "El3osba".
Welcome to El3osba universe
El3osba series
The first 4 issues telling the story of how our core heroes came together as a team to fight crime, evil and corruption in Egypt.
Who are these new superheroes running around the streets of Cairo? And how will Egypt perceive them?
A new threat emerges while at the same time the government is hunting down the new vigilantes who have appeared in the streets of Cairo
Horus is in prison, and El3osba comes together for the first time to break him out. Will they succeed in overcoming their personal conflicts and work together as a team ?
"El3osba Presents" series
A series of short spinoffs focusing on the heroic activities of each one of our heroes
Inspired by both "Watchmen" and "Doomsday Clock" universe presented by DC, a story about Egypt and its superheroes reaction to the events taking place in "Doomsday Clock"
Mariam uses her powers as a healer and her authority as a doctor to battle the corruption in the drug industry in Egypt.
Told from the perspective of a young man who is saved by El Walhan when he and his sister are assaulted by a gang of rapists, the encounter changes the young man's views on the problem of sexual harrassment and inspires him to become a force for good
The team
John Maher
Writer and Co-founder in El3osba.
Writer/Co-Founder in Rob3 Tayer Theatrical crew.
Software Engineer who's currently located in Egypt and working as Scrum Master/Project Manager in a lot of well known middle east startups such as Swvl, ElMenus, Vezeeta. Also Ex-iOS Developer.
Ahmed Raafat
Egyptian comic book artist currently based in the UK. As well as being co-creator of El3osba, he has co-created a noir comedy series with Australian writer Tim Stiles, Gorilla My Dreams, about the adventures of anthropomorphic detective/superhero gorilla, which has been on-going since 2016. Ahmed has also been actively involved in the independent comics scene for the past 4 years, and his work has been featured in Image comics, Fantaco and Source Point Press, among others.
Maged Raafat
Writer and Co-founder at El3osba.
He graduated from Dental school in Egypt and is currently studying to obtain his practice license in the U.S
Aside from Dentistry, Maged writes poetry and small articles commenting on Social/Political issues.
He has a deep passion for Collecting comic book art / statues and videogames.