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Kevin “Kasper” Cole temporarily succeeded T'challa, the original Black Panther. (Photo/Marvel Comics)
Posted inComics

20 years ago, Marvel introduced a Jewish Black Panther

by Eric Schulmiller June 7, 2023June 7, 2023

(JTA) — Like some Jewish baseball fans, many dedicated Jewish comic book readers keep a running roster of Jewish heroes that have appeared in the “major leagues” of the comic […]

"Camp Pock-A-Wocknee and the Dyn-O-Mite Summer of ‘77" is the first graphic novel by Eric Glickman
Posted inComics

Jewish summer camp nostalgia comes to comics in ‘Camp Pock-a-Wocknee’

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward January 23, 2023January 23, 2023
Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector in a very Jewish episode of "Moon Knight.
(Photo/Marvel Studios-Gabor Kotschy)
Posted inTV & Film

The slowly emerging Jewish identity of Moon Knight 

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
Rebecca Schuchat is the artist behind our new comic strip, "Where's My Timbrel?"
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‘Where’s My Timbrel?’ Our new comic strip draws on artist’s Bay Area Jewish life

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
Art Spiegelman, author of "Maus," poses in Paris, March 20, 2012. (Photo/JTA-Bertrand Langlois-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

The great ‘Maus’ giveaway is on as comic shops, professors and churches counter Tennessee school board’s ban

by Andrew Lapin and JTA February 2, 2022February 2, 2022
From the cover of Rutu Modan's new graphic novel, "Tunnels."
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Dig into Jerusalem’s subterranean history with new nonfiction and graphic novel

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman November 18, 2021November 23, 2021
From the cover of the first issue of "Whistle."
Posted inComics

She’s 16. She’s Jewish. She’s Gotham’s newest superhero.

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward September 2, 2021
(From left) Masada, Batwoman, Sabra, Scarlet Witch and Shadowcat /Collage by Alma
Posted inCulture

Batwoman and four other female Jewish superheroes you should know

by Cali Halperin and JTA October 23, 2019October 23, 2019
(From left) President of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige, director Taika Waititi, Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth at San Diego Comic-Con, July 20, 2019 (Photo/JTA-Alberto E. Rodriguez-Getty Images for Disney)
Posted inFilm

Natalie Portman will become Thor in upcoming Marvel movie

by JTA and J. Staff July 23, 2019July 23, 2019
The cover of the first issue of Captain America, published in 1941, famously features Captain America giving Hitler what for.
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When comic books were the best way for teens to learn about the Holocaust

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten May 10, 2018May 10, 2018

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