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Comic Book Villains
Raise Canadian Ire

Montreal (JTA) — A comic
book that depicts Quebec
separatists as the "bad
guys" is being compared to
anti-Semitic hate literature
in a controversial debate
making headlines here.
Angry Quebec separatists
have denounced the premier
issue of Justice League Task
Force, a comic published by
the New York- based D.C.
Comics.
Denis Lazure, a member of
Quebec's National
Assembly, has demanded
that the book be banned,
likening it to hate literature
against Jews.
"If we withdraw hate lit-
erature against Jews, we can
get literature against the
people of Quebec
withdrawn," said Mr.
Lazure, who belongs to the
Parti Quebecois, the provin-
cial party that seeks
Quebec's secession from
Canada.
At the heart of the dispute
is the June-dated comic that
features a green-skinned
Martian Manhunter at the
head of an elite group of
superheroes dedicated to
fighting "radicals who want
Quebec to secede from
Canada."
The separatists use a toy
warehouse to plot their
deeds and distribute
weapons to violent groups
throughout the province.
The comic has become the
latest focal point for
separatists' anger in their
battle against federalism.
Quebec Jewish leaders are
not amused by the com-
parison of the comic with an-
ti-Semitic or racist hate lit-
erature.
Stephen Scheinberg,
chairman of B'nai Brith
Canada's League for Human
Rights, said that "it
trivializes real hate pro-
paganda.
"I don't know why the
Jews had to be dragged into
this story," Mr. Scheinberg
told the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency. "And I'm not sure
why hate propaganda had to
be dragged into it either."
Mr. Scheinberg pointed
out that Mr. Lazure's com-
ments about banning the
book were also inaccurate,
since Quebec has not pros-
ecuted anyone for
distributing hate propagan-
da.
The government also has
not ordered any such
publications withdrawn

from shelves, despite B'nai
Brith requests, "even when
we had a case of the Pro-
tocols of the Elders of Zion
distributed by a bookstore in
Quebec," said Mr.
Scheinberg.
"Such an erroneous com-
parison, of an attempt at
humor and adventure with
an attempt by those who
wish to harm Jews or blacks,
is absurd," Mr. Scheinberg
said.
Max Bernard, chairman of
the Community Relations
Committee of the Canadian
Jewish Congress' Quebec
Region, "To call this hate
literature demeans the
kinds of things that we as
Jews have to tolerate.
"I don't see the Denis
Lazures of this world rise up
and decry the (Ku Klux
Klan) hate literature that
was distributed in Quebec,"
he added.
D.C. Comics, which is sell-
ing the comic for $1.25, is

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The separatists

use a toy
warehouse to plot
their deeds and
distribute
weapons.

owned by Time Warner Inc.,
the media conglomerate.
Patricia Jeres, D.C.'s
manager of marketing and
communications, said in
New York, "I would never
advocate book-banning."
However, she added, "I
understand (the separatists')
concerns. I will see what we
can do to address them."
The controversy has
boosted sales. A mere day
after the negative publicity,
some Montreal specialty
shops were selling the book
for $25 and retailers were
scouring Ontario for extra
copies.
The possibility of banning
copies from Canada is being
investigated. Federal
Justice Minister Pierre Blais
denounced the book and
asked that a copy be sent to
federal officials immedi-
ately.
"There's nothing worse
than putting something in
people's minds about hating
and being mean-spirited,"
said Ms. Blais. "It's not the
kind of cartoons I would put
in my children's hands."

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