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David Corenswet in 'Superman.' (Courtesy Warner Bros. Discovery)
July 9, 2025, 12:53 am
The new Superman movie doesn’t fly in the face of convention – and that’s a good thing
While it might vaguely touch on politics, the latest film featuring the Big Blue Boy Scout is light, clever and lands at just the right moment when it hits US theaters July 11
By Jordan Hoffman
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
Shira Haas attends the 'Captain America: Brave New World World' premiere at TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California, on February 11, 2025. (Jesse Grant / Getty Images via AFP)
February 13, 2025, 1:26 pm
Shira Haas as Sabra can’t shield us from disappointment in new ‘Captain America’ flick
Now in US theaters, Marvel’s 35th movie may just be its worst, while featuring — after no small amount of controversy — the franchise’s first Israeli hero
By Jordan Hoffman
Screenshot of Shira Haas as Ruth Bat-Seraph in the trailer for Captain America: Brave New World. (MCU, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 14, 2024, 9:46 am
Marvel rewrites Shira Haas’s Israeli character, dropping Mossad link
Superhero agent known in the comics as Sabra rewritten as former Black Widow and US government official
By ToI Staff
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
The Marvel character Sabra first appeared in a comic strip in 1980. (Wikimedia Commons/Design by Mollie Suss via JTA)
September 13, 2022, 3:48 am
Excitement, and backlash, quickly follow news of Marvel’s Sabra superhero arrival
Set for release in 2024, new flic to feature Israeli actress Shira Haas as Sabra, an Israeli hero who debuted with a cameo in a 1980 ‘Incredible Hulk’ comic
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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
Michael Chabon at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, October 14, 2018. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Hammer Museum via JTA)
December 11, 2019, 10:24 am
Michael Chabon adapting superhero novel for TV
Showtime network to air miniseries based on ‘Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay,’ about Holocaust survivors who create an anti-fascist fantasy hero
By JTA
(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
Ruby Rose participates in The CW "Batwoman" panel during the Summer 2019 Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Aug. 4, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
August 6, 2019, 9:29 am
Actress hopes Jewish lesbian Batwoman will empower young people
Showrunner says scene referencing Judaism of Ruby Rose’s character was cut from pilot, but they are ‘trying to find ways of incorporating that without it being a huge thing’
By ToI Staff
Director Taika Waititi hands the Thor hammer to Natalie Portman during the "Thor Love And Thunder" portion of the Marvel Studios panel on day three of Comic-Con International on July 20, 2019, in San Diego. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
July 21, 2019, 9:06 am
Natalie Portman is Marvel’s next ‘Thor’
After completing 23-movie ‘Infinity’ arc, the superhero film franchise is entering ‘Phase Four’ with star-studded ambition, and some newbies
By Lindsey Bahr
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
Brie Larson in a still from 'Captain Marvel' (YouTube screenshot)
March 7, 2019, 9:58 am
Mazel tov! Ahead of International Women’s Day, Marvel cinema births a (s)hero
With an insider’s peek at the feminist film, our movie maven thinks up an elaborate ‘Captain Marvel’ back story in which the plot is a complex Jewish allegory. Work with him here
By Jordan Hoffman
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
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)
November 13, 2018, 7:59 am
A universe of flawed heroes: Stan Lee was ahead of his time
The editor of Marvel Comics, who died Monday at 95, delivered characters who saved the world but also face the same struggles as their fans
By Ted Anthony
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