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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 344

DC Comics

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
David Corenswet, left, on Aug. 16, 2022, at the Tudum Theater in Los Angeles, and Rachel Brosnahan right, on June 12, 2023, at the 16th annual Chanel Tribeca Artists Dinner at Balthazar in New York. (Chris Pizzello, left, Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, right)
June 28, 2023, 2:33 pm
The Jewish roots of DC’s newest ‘Superman’
Actor David Corenswet, whose father came from a prominent Jewish family, is set to play the role in the upcoming DC Studios film, alongside Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane
By ToI Staff and AP
Gal Gadot in a scene from 'Fast and Furious.' (Universal Pictures)
December 23, 2022, 9:46 pm
Gal Gadot said returning to Fast & Furious franchise after hiatus
Israeli actress will reprise her role as Gisele Yashar, a character she played in several movies before being killed off
By ToI Staff
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in a scene from 'Wonder Woman 1984.' (Clay Enos/Warner Bros Pictures via AP)
December 8, 2022, 12:27 pm
Gal Gadot’s future as ‘Wonder Woman’ thrown into question
New heads of DC Studios at Warner Bros reportedly axe third installment of franchise, day after Gadot tweets about the superhero’s ‘next chapter’
By Amy Spiro
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
A cover image released by DC Comics of "Flash Facts" by Mayim Bialik (left), and Mayim Bialik (right), as she speaks at AT&T's SHAPE: "The Scully Effect is Real" panel on June 22, 2019, in Burbank, California. (Derek Charm/DC Comics via AP, left, and AP Photo)
June 25, 2020, 7:04 pm
Bialik and Batman: Actor teams up with DC for science books
‘Big Bang Theory’ actress, a neuroscientist, will collaborate with comic writers and illustrators on story collection featuring superheroes exploring scientific mysteries
By AP and ToI Staff
(Collage by Alma via JTA)
October 28, 2019, 7:29 pm
These 5 female Jewish superheroes are busting villains in a universe near you
Meet Sabra, Masada, Kitty Pryde and other underrated badass women of the Tribe making the leap from comics to the big screen
By Cali Halperin
From 'Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel' by Jordan B. Gorfinkel and Erez Zadok (Courtesy Erez Zadok)
April 16, 2019, 11:42 am
New Haggadah told in graphic novel format is a comic book lover’s seder sidekick
Jordan B. Gorfinkel, a DC Comics alum, and Erez Zadok, of ‘Bundle of Joya’ fame, partner to create a Passover story to read and see, in Hebrew and English
By Jessica Steinberg
The cover of the first 'Second Coming' comic, from DC Comics unit Vertigo, depicts a Jesus Christ, right, who returns to Earth and fights for good alongside the superhero Sun-Man, left. (Screen capture, DC Comics website)
February 20, 2019, 8:12 pm
DC Comics drops plans for Jesus superhero series after complaints
Author Mark Russell blasts pressure from ‘fundamentalists’ who have ‘twisted his teachings of mercy for the powerless into a self-serving tool of the powerful’
By AFP
An image from the cover of 'The Joe Shuster Story: The Artist Behind Superman,' by Julian Voloj and illustrated by Thomas Campi. (Super Genius/via JTA)
October 6, 2018, 5:20 am
The tragic tale of Superman’s Jewish creators, told in graphic novel form
‘The Joe Shuster Story’ by Julian Voloj and Thomas Campi portrays the children of Eastern European immigrants and how they nearly attained the wealth they dreamed of
By Gabe Friedman
'We Spoke Out: Comic Books and the Holocaust' features 18 comics that dealt with the Holocaust. (IDW Publishing/Yoe Books, JTA Collage)
May 5, 2018, 11:26 am
How comic books taught American kids about the Holocaust
The authors of a new book say a surprising number of mainstream comics addressed the genocide during the ’50s and ’60s, when it was not often being taught in schools
By Josefin Dolsten
Gal Gadot in a scene from the movie 'Wonder Woman' (Clay Enos/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)
March 11, 2018, 3:46 pm
Gal Gadot welcomes Kristen Wiig to ‘Wonder Woman’ sequel
‘SNL’ veteran cast in role of villain Cheetah in film, meant to debut in late 2019; Israeli actress ‘excited’ about new costar
By ToI Staff
24-year-old American film actor Christopher Reeve stands before the Manhattan skyline dressed as the comic-book hero of the film 'Superman'. (Keystone/Getty Images)
February 17, 2018, 5:30 am
DC Comics’ newest writer is poised to make Superman Jewish again
Brian Michael Bendis, who moved from Marvel, will start drawing new comic books with the iconic superhero in May
By Marcy Oster
Zachary Levi (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 28, 2017, 6:10 pm
Zachary Levi to star in new DC Comics film ‘Shazam!’
The non-Jewish actor, who has been typecast by his Jewish-sounding name, will take the role of a boy who can transform into adult superhero
By ToI Staff
Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) in the trailer for 'Justice League,' released on October 8, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 9, 2017, 9:44 pm
‘Justice League’ trailer with Gal Gadot stresses hero unity
Wonder Woman and Batman assemble the metahumans to prevent Steppenwolf and his army of Parademons from destroying the world
By ToI Staff
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