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From: New Straits Times
Date: 20030925
Author:Abdul Halim Jusoh

Abdul Halim Jusoh
New Straits Times
09-25-2003
Uniting misfits in mission to save the world
Byline: Abdul Halim Jusoh
Edition: Computimes; 2*
Section: Outlook Trends

DO names like Allan Quatermain, Dorian Gray, Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde, Captain Nemo and Mina Harker ring a bell? If you are an avid reader, chances are you must have heard of at least one of them. Yes, they are all fictional luminaries of famous authors such as H. Rider Haggard, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne and Bram Stoker. And they are now part of a legion of superheroes in Twentieth Century Fox's latest movie release, ...

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