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An undated photo shows three editions of the 'Superman' comic book. (AP Photo/ Ed Bailey)
March 15, 2025, 8:34 am
Truth, justice and Yiddishisms: How superhero comics tell the tale of American Jews
Marvel and DC were both started by 2nd-generation Jewish immigrants eager to break comic industry’s glass ceiling, share their families’ stories and punch Hitler right in the kisser
By Miriam Eve Mora
Kaplan poses under the JewCE logo at JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, November 10, 2024. (Jay Deitcher)
December 4, 2024, 5:03 pm
He wrote the history of Jews in comics. Now he’s making Jewish comics history
At the annual JewCE con in Manhattan, Arie Kaplan, who exposed the industry’s Jewish roots, discusses the rise of overtly Jewish characters and what an Oct. 7 comic might look like
By Jay Deitcher
Oversized Superman comic book pages displayed on a fence outside of what was once artist Joe Shuster's boyhood home in Cleveland, Ohio in 2013. (AP/Tony Dejak, File)
April 9, 2024, 8:26 pm
Comic featuring Superman’s first appearance sells for $6M
Auction company selling 1938 rare copy hails edition as ‘most important comic ever published’ for creating superhero still used in comic strips and movies today
By AP
Kevin 'Kasper' Cole temporarily succeeded T'Challa, the original Black Panther. (Marvel Comics via JTA)
June 11, 2023, 2:42 am
How Marvel’s short-lived but overtly Jewish Black Panther flew under the radar
Decades after the character’s 1966 debut, writer Christopher Priest created a twist in the storyline that some may find surprising
By Eric Schulmiller
Leah Ai Tian is the hero of 'The Last Jewish Daughter of Kaifeng.' (FairSquare Comics via JTA)
May 20, 2023, 4:18 am
Asian-Jewish superhero fights 1970s Chinese mob in new comic book
First character of her kind in the medium battles to save parents, members of China’s Kaifeng Jewish community
By Julian Voloj
A first edition Superman comic from 1939 is placed with copies of the US Constitution and a variety of holy books for use in the swearing-in ceremonies of new US House members, at the Capitol in Washington, January 3, 2023, the opening day of the 118th Congress. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
January 4, 2023, 12:28 pm
New US lawmaker to swear in on rare Superman comic book
Robert Garcia to pay homage to his immigrant background, having learned English from superhero stories; comic inspired by Jewish writers’ experiences growing up in migrant families
By ToI Staff
Comics illustrator Aline Kominsky-Crumb appears during an interview at the Society of Illustrators in New York on March 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
December 2, 2022, 4:35 am
Aline Kominsky-Crumb, who transformed comics as a feminist artist, dies at 74
Jewish illustrator who married Robert Crumb embraced his art form and helped shape it with raw accountability and subverted stereotypes
By Ron Kampeas
Detail from 'I'm Still Alive,' by Roberto Saviano, illustrated by Asaf Haunka. (Courtesy Boom! Studios)
November 12, 2022, 2:39 am
Hunted by the mafia, Italian author teams up with Israeli artist in graphic memoir
In new cooperative work ‘I’m Still Alive,’ Roberto Saviano and Israeli Asaf Hanuka depict the author’s life on the run since famously exposing the Camorra crime syndicate
By Giovanni Vigna
Comic book artist Uri Fink drew and posted his Sabraman retort on Twitter to Marvel's Sabra character in an upcoming 2024 film. (courtesy, Uri Fink/Twitter)
October 6, 2022, 9:58 am
Sabra may get Marvel role, but she’s a superficial character, say comic book artists
Uri Fink, whose Sabraman superhero may have inspired Marvel’s own, says patriots are problematic protagonists
By Jessica Steinberg
A portrait of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from the graphic novel 'Political Power: Volodymyr Zelensky'(Courtesy)
From the WebJune 3, 2022, 1:18 pm
Zelensky transformed into comic hero in new graphic novel on his life
‘Political Power: Volodymyr Zelensky’ tracks his rise from comedian to wartime leader resisting Russia, includes drawing of him reading from the Torah, UK’s Jewish News reports
Picture of a wounded soldier in the besieged Mariupol steel factory distributed May 10, 2022, by Ukraine's Azov Regiment via social media. (Via Twitter)
May 16, 2022, 1:52 pm
Daily Briefing May 16: In besieged Mariupol, Jews fight alongside infamous Azov Unit
Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben David speaks about two troubling new reports; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman updates us on the Ukraine war and Lebanon’s recent elections
By ToI Staff
Neal Adams poses in his office in New York, April 14, 2008. (Nicholas Roberts/AFP via Getty Images/ via JTA)
May 12, 2022, 3:48 am
Remembering Neal Adams, a comic book legend who championed Holocaust awareness
The man who revolutionized how comics are drawn is remembered for his activism – particularly on behalf of artists in an industry that has historically had many Jewish influencers
By Rafael Medoff
Lily Renée Phillips. (Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres/CC) and one of her characters, Señorita Rio, who fought Nazis. (Lily Renée Collection/via JTA)
March 14, 2021, 11:51 pm
Overlooked Jewish female artist from comics’ golden age escaped real WWII peril
Vienna-born Lily Renee Phillips fled Austria after the 1938 Anschluss, escaped to England on a Kindertransport and reunited with her parents in New York in 1940
By Karen Chernick
Gracia Nasi in Antwerp in a scene from 'The Wandering Jewess,' story by Gianluca Piredda and art by Leo Sgarbi. (Courtesy Piredda)
November 21, 2020, 9:15 am
Life of 16th-century heiress, philanthropist and crypto-Jew hits Italian comics
The true story of Gracia Nasi, whose courage and charity helped countless hidden Jews like herself during the Inquisition, is retold in ‘The Wandering Jewess’
By Giovanni Vigna
File: Oscar Isaac attends the 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' European Premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square on December 18, 2019 in London (Mike Marsland/WireImage)
October 27, 2020, 4:15 am
Oscar Isaac in talks to play Marvel rabbi’s son-turned superhero
Protagonist of ‘Moon Knight’ leaves religion for a life of vigilante justice, including tracking down and punishing anti-Semites
By PHILISSA CRAMER
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