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This image released by Sony Pictures Animation shows Miles Morales as Spider-Man, voiced by Shameik Moore, left, and and Spider-Gwen, voiced by Hailee Steinfeld, in a scene from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.' (Sony Pictures Animation via AP)
June 17, 2023, 12:08 am
New Spider-Man film yanked from Arab theaters, apparently over transgender flag
No explicit ban announced, but Saudi Cinema group says it won’t approve any film that contradicts nation’s media content regulations
By NICK EL HAJJ
Stan Lee, creator of comic-book franchises such as 'Spider-Man,' 'The Incredible Hulk' and 'X-Men,' smiles during a photo session in his office in Santa Monica, California, April 16, 2002. (Reed Saxon/AP)
May 28, 2020, 8:31 pm
Silver Surfer as Rabbi Eliezer? Stan Lee book unmasks superheroes’ Jewish roots
Released April 21, Liel Leibovitz’s biography posits that not only are many superheroes Members of the Tribe, but their philosophies are bound up in tradition, too
By Jordan Hoffman
Two young men wearing Spider-Man costumes at the Icon Festival in Tel Aviv, October 19, 2016. (Dan Ofer/JTA)
April 24, 2019, 11:22 am
Scared of arachnids? Go watch Spider-Man, Israeli study says
Researchers from Bar-Ilan and Ariel universities use short clips from superhero movies as positive stimulus in exposure therapy
By ToI Staff
US comic book writer Stan Lee attends a talk show during the Tokyo Comic Con in Chiba, a suburb of Tokyo, Japan, on December 2, 2016. (Behrouz MEHRI / AFP/ File)
November 12, 2018, 9:59 pm
Stan Lee, architect of the contemporary comic book, dies at 95
Top writer and publisher at Marvel created Spider Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four and others, revolutionizing entertainment industry in decades-long prolific career
By ANDREW DALTON and Dave Zelio
Producer-writer Stan Lee attends the Los Angeles Global Premiere for Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War on April 23, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney/AFP)
June 14, 2018, 8:52 pm
Restraining order issued against caregiver of Marvel’s Stan Lee
Former attorney says collector inserted himself into life of 95-year-old Jewish co-creator of Spider-Man amid battle over his fortune
By AFP
The biggest little superhero, Paul Rudd in 'Ant-man' (YouTube screenshot)
July 12, 2015, 2:28 pm
Paul Rudd is your friendly neighborhood Jewish superhero
Quintessential nice guy comedian says he turned to humor as a way to fit in among non-Jewish classmates in Kansas
By Lisa Klug
2014 was the year of Scarlett Johansson. Here, she's devastatingly intelligent in the action film 'Lucy.' (Universal Pictures)
December 31, 2014, 11:06 am
Five best Jewish moments in movies of 2014
From particle physics to cheerfully idiotic action pictures, this blockbuster year also includes an Oscar nod
By Jordan Hoffman
Andrew Garfield, nice Jewish boy and the star of 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2.' (Courtesy)
April 16, 2014, 6:16 pm
Nu, of course Spider-Man is Jewish
So says the latest actor to play him, Andrew Garfield, while detailing his own Jewish roots
By ToI Staff
Trying on a yarmulke at Kippa Man on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, December 7, 2006. (photo credit: Daniel Fleisch/Flash90)
March 19, 2013, 12:48 pm
Spider-Man, Batman beat Kippa Man
Jerusalem yarmulke vendor to pay compensation for improper use of intellectual property on religious headgear
By Gavriel Fiske
Marvel Comics hired Brian Michael Bendis to kill Peter Parker, left, Spider-Man's old alter ego. In his place, Bendis created a half-black, half-Hispanic hero who angered conservative commentators. (Courtesy of Marvel Comics via JTA)
February 17, 2013, 1:12 pm
Jewish artist kills Spider-Man, brings him back to life
Before hitting it big at Marvel Comics, cartoonist upset rabbis with his artwork, eked out a living with bar mitzvah caricatures
By Michael Orbach
Trying on a yarmulke at Kippa Man on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, December 7, 2006. (photo credit: Daniel Fleisch/Flash90)
September 19, 2012, 12:11 pm
Batman, Spider-Man join forces in court
Claiming blatant and frequent copyright infringement in Israel , Warner Brothers teams up with Marvel in the fight against small Jerusalem vendor Kippa Man
By Alon Diamant-Cohen
Trying on a yarmulke at Kippa Man on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, December 7, 2006. (photo credit: Daniel Fleisch/Flash90)
September 13, 2012, 1:30 pm
Spider-Man takes on Kippa Man
Marvel sues famous yarmulke seller over rights to superhero design
By Stuart Winer
Knipl cover (photo credit: Courtesy Ben Katchor)
August 10, 2012, 5:13 pm
Even Picasso could be found reading them
From box office hit Stan Lee to Pulitzer prize winner Art Spiegelman, Jews have played cutting-edge roles in the comic book industry
By Graham Lawson
A 'Superman' takes flight in Tel Aviv. (photo credit: Boaz Oppenheim/File/Flash90)
May 19, 2012, 9:06 pm
A bird, a plane? No, a bitter security staffer!
Top secret defense workers hire superhero actors to protest worsening pay and conditions
By ToI Staff
Stan Lee (Courtesy)
April 29, 2012, 7:07 pm
A marvel in comics
Creator of superheroes from Spider-Man to the X-Men, nearly nonagenarian Stan Lee discusses how Judaism influenced his work and his creation of a surprise best-seller with the first ‘fully ethnic platoon’ in comics
By Jordan Hoffman
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