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Specifically Avengers: the Childrens' Crusade. There's the mayor of Rio, who's tied to an evangelical outfit based out of Brazil, a friend to the would-be tyrant Jair Bolsonaro...and he decided to pick a fight with a book fair - specifically the 19th International Book Biennial of Rio de Janeiro - over the trade collection of that mini-series, translated into Portuguese. And by going after an Avengers book, Marcelo Crivella has therefore targeted Marvel and Disney.

The biggest newspaper in Brazil decided to throw it right back in the bigots' faces.

Further info in these links. The first of which is from CBC News circa 2016, filed by Matt Kwong. It's included for some historical context.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-evangelical-christianity-prosperity-theology-rio-de-janeiro-1.3706704

https://www.themarysue.com/rio-de-janeiro-mayor-bans-wiccan-and-hulking-kiss/

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/09/09/brazils-biggest-newspaper-puts-marvel-gay-kiss-its-cover-in-defiance-of-brazilian-mayor/

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