The 99

Like superheroes and comics? How about multicultural ones? What if they're Muslim? In a world where certain ideologies are often twisted so that they are perceived as representative of one narrow and intolerant viewpoint, here's one astonishing and ambitious effort to change that.  Using the comic book platform, Naif Al-Mutawa's goal is to create a new moral framework within Islam for confronting evil. With his story of The 99, he and his team hope to "smash stereotypes and battle extremism" while entertaining its readers with stories of hope and positive moral lessons. Here, in this TED talk, Al-Mutawa explains his creative mission, drawing several comparisons to the creators of Superman:

http://www.ted.com/talks/naif_al_mutawa_superheroes_inspired_by_islam.html

Fighting the lack of multi-cultural representation within the comic book world industry since 2010...

 From TED:

Widad the Loving, Bari the Healer, Mumita the Destroyer and friends, all working together to fight evil -- the virtues of Islam are embodied in the characters of the thrilling new comic The 99. Naif Al-Mutawa, a clinical psychologist by training, created the characters with a team of artists and writers to showcase traditional, tolerant and enlightened Muslim values in the guise of good old-fashioned superheroes, ordinary mortals who acquire special powers and crisscross the globe on missions.

In a crossover comic series with the Justice League in 2010, The 99 were saving the world alongside all-American heroes like Superman, Batman, and a fully-clothed Wonder Woman. Al-Mutawa's creative team also launched an animated cartoon series on the US cable channel, The Hub.

Seeing that this is a comic inspired by Islam, you're not likely to see any representative LGBT characters-- but then, it's taken DC a while to out Batwoman. However, this is still quite an interesting and inspiring project that holds promise to be a good force in the world.