What do you get when you cross every little girl's best friend Barbie — seen here as Beach Fun Barbie — with a DC Comics superhero? Outraged activist groups, that's what. Religious mouthpiece Christian Voice — who, among other things, hates the gays — is less than pleased with Black Canary Barbie, which debuts in September with fishnets, a motorcycle jacket, black gloves, and boots.

Mattel says the new Barbie is just a riff on a superhero of the same name. To its credit, it got the look down perfectly.

The DC Comics version:

And introducing the new Black Canary Barbie:

[The Sun]