Later that year , on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks , NPR aired a brief memorial commentary by Miller , which provided insight into his inspiration for this project : In a May 2007 interview , Miller relayed that he was still at work on the graphic novel , which he said was " bound to offend just about everybody " . Miller also said he was about 100 pages into it with 50 remaining . The following year Miller said the series , until then being billed as '' Holy War , Batman '' , would no longer feature Batman . " As I worked on it , it became something that was no longer Batman , " he clarified . " It 's somewhere past that and I decided it 's going to be part of a new series that I 'm starting . " In 2010 , Miller said he was no longer working on that project , clarifying that '' Holy Terror '' was in progress but without Batman . He later said it would feature a new character called The Fixer and not be published by DC . " It 's no longer a DC book , " he explained . " I decided partway through it that it was not a Batman story . The hero is much closer to Dirty Harry than Batman . It 's a new hero that I 've made up that fights Al Qaeda . " At San Diego Comic-Con International 2011 , Miller further explained the reason to drop Batman and use The Fixer as the protagonist , saying " This character is much more well adjusted in committing terrible acts of violence on very evil people . " Talking about the controversy the graphic novel might generate , he said he hoped the book accomplished its purpose in angering people . '' Holy Terror '' was controversial upon release ; many comic book writers and reviewers argued that the novel 's depiction of Muslims was Islamophobic . David Brothers of ComicsAlliance , in a review of the book , felt that Miller 's writing " simplifies matters to an almost absurd level ... the enemy in '' Holy Terror '' is not so much the terrorist organization , Al-Qaeda , but the religion of Islam . " Similarly , Cyriaque Lamar of Io9 called the portrayal of terrorists " cartoonish ... gutting '' Holy Terror '' of any emotional resonance . " Spencer Ackerman of '' Wired '' wrote that the book was " one of the most appalling , offensive and vindictive comics of all time ... Miller 's '' Holy Terror '' is a screed against Islam , completely uninterested in any nuance or empathy toward 1.2 billion people he conflates with a few murderous conspiracy theorists . " Stan Lee has been another critic of this method , saying that such " corny " propaganda methods were outdated and inappropriate
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Holy Terror (graphic novel)