Foreskin Man

Foreskin Man is a comic book superhero created by Matthew Hess to protest against circumcision.

Foreskin Man
Publication information
PublisherMale Genital Mutilation bill Comics (MGMbill Comics)
First appearance2011
Created byMatthew Hess
In-story information
Alter egoMiles Hastwick
SpeciesHuman
Place of originEarth
AbilitiesPlasma flight boots

Fictional character biography

Foreskin Man's alter ego is Miles Hastwick, a former corporate scientist now curator of the Museum of Genital Integrity.[1] He is adamantly against the practice of circumcision. In the first issue, Hastwick comes up with the alter ego of Foreskin Man to fight against practitioners of circumcision and "the pro-circumcision lobby," whom he feels have gained too much power through "all of the well connected doctors and lawyers."[2] In the second issue, Foreskin Man encounters a "Monster Mohel" who drinks blood from infants' penises (perpetuating blood libel); during the story, when the Monster Mohel recites Hebrew as part of a bris ceremony, Foreskin Man derides the recitation as the "babbling [of a] madman." In the third issue of the comic, he teams up with a female heroine, dubbed "Vulva Girl," who fights to oppose female genital mutilation. Together, they travel to Kenya to stop tribal circumcisions. [3][4] In the fourth issue, he travels to Turkey to prevent the teenage son of a belly dancer from receiving an Islamic circumcision.[5][6] The fifth issue shows him battling against the head of a company that collects foreskins for use in cosmetics and, in the sixth issue, he goes to the Philippines to disrupt Operation Tuli.[7]

References

  1. Hess, Matthew. "Miles Hastwick". MGMbill Comics. Archived from the original on August 8, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  2. Hess, Matthew (2010). Foreskin Man Issue # 1. MGMbill Comics. p. 5.
  3. "Foreskin Man, Meet Vulva Girl".
  4. "Foreskin Man and Vulva Girl Team Up to Battle Circumcision in Africa".
  5. Jennifer Lipman, "Foreskin Man is back to battle Muslim circumcision", The Jewish Chronicle, April 5, 2013.
  6. Debra J. Saunders, "Foreskin Man goes to Turkey", San Francisco Chronicle, April 4, 2013.
  7. "A new hero rises: 'Foreskin Man' saves boys from circumcision".
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