International rescue!  Heard the one about the Indian shop
owner, the Jewish mail clerk and the Chinese laundry owner? Will
Hodgkinson investigates Minoriteam - the new superheroes
embracing racial stereotypes to fight corruption  Time was when
superheroes conformed to a few trusted guidelines. They dressed
up in costumes, wore capes, had special powers and saved the
world from untimely destruction. They certainly didn't suffer
from self-doubt or have existential crises. Then, in the
mid-1980s, Alan Moore invented a team of flawed, ageing
superheroes called The Watchmen, and Frank Miller redrew Batman
as a brooding, vengeful sociopath, and an era of innocence was
gone forever.  Now it seems that superhero culture has entered a
new phase. The surprise hit of America's autumn television
schedule is Heroes, which features an indestructible
cheerleader, a flying politician and a tortured artist who can
see into the future every time he takes a shot of heroin. Recent
superhero movies include Bryan Singer's X2 (200