The Thing is Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s perfect union of the golem and the dybbuk
Tracing the tangled, Jewish origins of three iconic comic book characters
1922-2018
The closest thing the Marvel universe had to a real superhero is gone
Steve Ditko, a loner and a genius, died last month at 90. His spirit played a big part in guiding me back to religion.
It has so many superheroes! Most of them created by Jews! Time to nerd out!
He wasn’t as well-known as Stan Lee, but a very influential, and very Jewish, founding father of American comics
A new exhibit at the New-York Historical Society offers Jewish-inflected insight into superhero history—but misses some opportunities to broaden the discussion
Recent superhero movies—Green Lantern, Thor, Superman—are terrible. The solution? Hollywood should make these heroes more Jewish.
Two books scratch too hard at superheroes’ identities
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