Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

Welcome to Funny; They Don’t Look Jewish, “Where Judaism appears in the panels.” Our purpose is to find characters, stories and issues of comics that explore explicitly Jewish content.

In this episode Brandon and Henry wrap of their coverage of DC's The Golem!

Comics and TV covered in this episode:

Swamp Thing (Vol. 2) #153, Apr 1995

• “River Run, Chapter 2: Twilight of the Gods”
  • Written by Mark Millar
  • Penciled by Chris Weston
  • Inked by Kim DeMulder
  • Colored by Tatjana Wood
  • Lettered by Comicraft
  • Edited by Stuart Moore and Julie Rottenberg

Hellblazer #167, Oct 2001

• “Highwater, Conclusion”
  • Written by Brian Azzarrello
  • Penciled and inked by Marcelo Frusin
  • Colored by Zylonol
  • Lettered by Clem Robins
  • Edited by Will Dennis

Superboy, Season 3: Ep 14 - The Golem

• January 19, 1991
• Director: 
• Robert Wiemer
• Writer: 
• Paul Stubenrauch 
  • “An elderly Jewish man creates the mythical creature Golem to protect him from racial bigotry. But when Golem goes on a rampage, Superboy has to step in and save the day.”

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Welcome to Funny; They Don’t Look Jewish, “Where Judaism appears in the panels.” Our purpose is to find characters, stories and issues of comics that explore explicitly Jewish content.

In this episode Brandon and Henry move over to the "Distinguished Competition" of Marvel and cover DC Comics' The Golem! 

Comics covered in this episode:

Recap of Golems covered in DC:

• Golem (Moyshe Nakhman) - from Suicide Squad and Hayoth, already covered in episodes 15 and 16
• Golem II - first appeared in Ragman #2 (covered in Episode 7), but goes on to:
  • Ragman: Cry of the Dead #4-6 (1993)
  • Primal Force #0-14 (1994)
    • #14, Golem resurrected with TRUTH on forehead
• Golem (of Jewish legend) - Batman #551 (1998), covered in Episode 8
• Golem III - JSA Returns: Thrilling Comics #1 (May 1999)

Detective Comics #631, Jul 1991

• “The Golem of Gotham, Part 1”
  • Written by Peter Milligan
  • Penciled by Jim Apara
  • Inked by Mike DeCarlo
  • Colored by Adrienne Roy
  • Lettered by John Costanza
  • Edited by Dennis O’Neill and Kelley Puckett

Detective Comics #632, Aug 1991

• “The Golem of Gotham, Part 2”
  • Written by Peter Milligan
  • Penciled by Jim Aparo
  • Inked by Mike DeCarlo
  • Colored by Adrienne Roy
  • Lettered by John Costanza
  • Edited by Dennis O’Neill and Kelley Puckett
     

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Brandon and Henry continue the coverage of the various Golems in Marvel Comics! 

Comics  (and more) covered:

Invaders #13, Nov 1976

• “The Golem Walks Again” 
  • Written by Roy Thomas and Ed Summer
  • Penciled by Frank Robbins
  • Inked by Frank Springer 
  • Colored by George Roussos
  • Lettered by John Costanza
  • Edited by Roy Thomas

Invaders (Vol. 2) #2, Apr 1993

• “Havoc in Hollywood!” 
  • Written by Roy Thomas
  • Penciled by Dave Hoover
  • Inked by Brian Garvey 
  • Colored by Paul Becton
  • Lettered by Pat Brosseau
  • Edited by Mike Rockwitz

4 #22, Sep 2005

• “The Yancy Street Golem”
  • Written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
  • Penciled by Valentine DeLandro
  • Inked by Frank Springer 
  • Colored by Avalon's Dan Kemp
  • Lettered by VC's Dave Sharpe
  • Edited by Warren Simons

The Simpsons: Season 18, Episode 4 - Treehouse of Horror XVII: "You Gotta Know When To Golem

Written by Peter Gaffney and Directed by David Silverman and Matthew C. Faughnan

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3 Golems for the price of one! Henry and Brandon do a deep dive into Marvel's The Golem across time! 

Comics covered:

The Incredible Hulk #134, Sep 1970

• “Among Us Walks… the Golem”
  • Written by Roy Thomas
  • Penciled by Herb Trimpe
  • Inked by Sal Buscema
  • Lettered by Artie Simek
  • Edited by Stan Lee

Strange Tales #174, Mar 1974

• “There Walks the Golem!”
  • Written by Len Wein
  • Penciled by John Buscema
  • Inked by Jim Mooney
  • Colored by Glynis Wein
  • Lettered by Dave Hunt
  • Edited by Roy Thomas

Strange Tales #176, Jul 1974

• “Black Crossing”
  • Written by Mike Friedrich
  • Penciled & Inked by Tony DeZuniga
  • Colored by Linda Lessmann
  • Lettered by Marck
  • Edited by Roy Thomas

Strange Tales #177, Sep 1974

• “There Comes Now Raging Fire!”
  • Written by Mike Friedrich
  • Penciled by Tony DeZuniga
  • Inked by Steve Austin
  • Colored by Bill Mantlo
  • Lettered by Tom Orzechowski
  • Edited by Roy Thomas

Invaders #12, Oct 1976

• “To the Warsaw Ghetto” 
  • Written by Roy Thomas
  • Penciled by Frank Robbins
  • Inked by Frank Springer 
  • Colored by Phil Rachelson
  • Lettered by Joe Rosen
  • Edited by Roy Thomas

Come back next time for the conclusion!

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Surprise! Brandon & Henry return, unannounced, for this "emergency pod" as they discover a NEW Jewish Moon Knight story! Keep listening for appearances by Kitty Pryde and The Thing! All of our favorites in one episode!

Comics covered:

Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1

• “Reese”
• Written by Jed MacKay
• Penciled by Alessandro Cappuccio
• Colored by Rachelle Rosenberg
• Lettered by VC’s Cor Petit
• Edited by Tom Brevoort

X-Men (Vol. 6) #25

• “From the Shadows”
• Gerry Duggan
• Penciled by Stefano Caseli
• Colored by Marte Gracia
• Lettered by VC’s Clayton Cowles
• Designed by Tom Muller & Jay Brown
• Edited by Jordan D. White

Spidey & His Amazing Friends (Disney Channel show)

"An UnBEElievable Rosh Hashanah"

Season 2, Episode 27b

Air date: September 15, 2023

Written by Alexa Harzan

Directed by Darren Bachynski

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This was a big one! This summer we had the privilege and honor of speaking with DC Comics legend, Paul Kupperberg. Paul was kind enough to speak to us about Episode 23 - Metropolis Mishpacha, where we covered Supergirl and her landlady Ida Berkowitz! Paul of course was the author of these stories. We talk about religion in comics, Jewish representation, the Holocaust, and Colossal Boy's colossal bris!

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Welcome to Funny; They Don’t Look Jewish, “Where Judaism appears in the panels.”

Our purpose is to find characters, stories and issues of comics that explore explicitly Jewish content.

Brandon and Henry are back to finish the deep dive in our newest favorite Jewish super-hero, SERAPH!

Comics covered:

Super Friends #41, December 1980

• "Dry Earth… Stolen Waters”
  • Written and Penciled by Bob Oksner
  • Colored by Jerry Serpe
  • Lettered by John Costanza
  • Edited by Julius Schwartz

Super Friends #46, April 1981

• "Echo of Evil!”
  • Written and Penciled by Bob Oksner
  • Colored by Jerry Serpe
  • Lettered by John Costanza
  • Edited by Julius Schwartz

DC Comics Presents #46, June 1982

• "The Wizard Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead”
  • Written by E. Nelson Bridwell
  • Penciled by Alex Saviuk
  • Inked by Pablo Marcos
  • Colored by Gene D’Angelo
  • Lettered by John Costanza
  • Edited by Julius Schwartz

Justice League Quarterly #8 (1992)

Written by Kevin Dudley

“The Real Return of the Global Guardians”

Doomsday Clock #5 (May 2018)

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Welcome to Funny; They Don’t Look Jewish, “Where Judaism appears in the panels.” Our purpose is to find characters, stories and issues of comics that explore explicitly Jewish content.

This time we're covering DC's Global Guardian, the Israeli SERAPH! Brandon and Henry take a look at several issues of DC's Super Friends, including arguably the most Jewish moment in all of super hero comics!

Comics covered in Episode 24

Super Friends #7, July 1977

• "The Warning of the Wonder Twins!”
  • Written by E. Nelson Bridwell 
  • Penciled by Ramona Fradon
  • Inked by Bob Smith
  • Edited by Dennis O’Neil

Super Friends #25, July 1979

• "Puppets of the Overlord”
  • Written by E. Nelson Bridwell
  • Penciled by Ramona Fradon
  • Inked by Bob Smith
  • Colored by Gene D’Angelo
  • Edited by Julius Schwartz

Super Friends #38, August 1980

• "The Seraph’s Day of Atonement”
  • Written by E. Nelson Bridwell
  • Penciled by Bob Oksner
  • Inked by Kim Demulder
  • Colored by Jerry Serpe
  • Lettered by Milt Snapinn
  • Edited by Julius Schwartz

Special shout out and thank you to Rob Kelly, The Fire and Water Network's For All Mankind podcast for alerting Henry to Seraph's Judaism. You can check out Henry on For All Mankind here: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/fam38/

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Join us on a trip to Sweet Home Chicago and the Big Apricot, Metropolis for an adventure with Supergirl and Shabbat dinner with Superman!

This is a SUPER exciting episode for us. Henry FINALLY gets to discuss his true loves, Superman and Supergirl with Brandon. 

Comics covered:

Mrs. Berkowitz and Blackstarr

Supergirl (Vol. 2) #13, November 1983

• “Echoes of Times Gone By”
  • Written by Paul Kupperberg
  • Penciled by Carmine Infantino
  • Inked by Bob Oksner
  • Colored by Tim Ziuko
  • Lettered by Ben Oda
  • Edited by Julius Schwartz

Supergirl (Vol. 2) #14, December 1983

• “Star Light, Star Bright… Blackstarr Rises Tonight”
  • Same creative team
  • Written by Paul Kupperberg
  • Penciled by Carmine Infantino
  • Inked by Bob Oksner
  • Colored by Tim Ziuko
  • Lettered by Ben Oda
  • Edited by Julius Schwartz

Supergirl (Vol. 2) #15, January 1984

• “Starfall”
  • Written by Paul Kupperberg
  • Penciled by Carmine Infantino
  • Inked by Bob Oksner
  • Colored by Tim Ziuko
  • Lettered by Andy Kubert
  • Edited by Julius Schwartz

Josef Schuman

First Appearance - Action Comics #831, page 9, page 13

 Action Comics (Vol. 1) #833, November 2005

• “Depths”
  • Written by Gail Simone
  • Penciled by John Byrne
  • Inked by Nelson, Norm Rapmund, Lary Stucker 
  • Colored by Guy Major
  • Lettered by Rob Leigh
  • Edited by Eddie Berganza

Action Comics (Vol. 1) #835, January 2006

• “A Contagion of Madness”
  • Written by Gail Simone
  • Penciled by John Byrne
  • Inked by Nelson (DeCastro) 
  • Colored by Guy Major
  • Lettered by Phil Balsman
  • Edited by Eddie Berganza

Perry White refers to Shabbat Dinner:

SUPERMAN: LEVIATHAN RISING SPECIAL #1

• “Superman: Leviathan Rising”
• Written by
  • Brian Michael Bendis
  • Greg Rucka
  • Matt Fraction
  • Marc Andreyko
• Penciled and Inked by
  • Yanick Paquette

Superman in the Warsaw Ghetto:

Superman (Vol. 2) #54, April 1991

• “Time and Time Again (Part 3 of 7): The Warsaw Ghetto”
  • Written by Jerry Ordway
  • Penciled by Jerry Ordway
  • Inked by Dennis Janke 
  • Colored by Glenn Whitmore
  • Lettered by John Costanza
  • Edited by Mike Carlin and Dan Thorsland

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Welcome to Funny; They Don’t Look Jewish, “Where Judaism appears in the panels.”

Our purpose is to find characters, stories and issues of comics that explore explicitly Jewish content.

Brandon and Henry are back (again) after a long hiatus in a SUPER-SIZED episode. We are covering CAPTAIN AMERICA's Jewish friends. So strap in, turn on your "CA: The First Avenger" soundtrack and learn about America's @$$'s buddies!

Captain America’s Amazing Jewish Friends - Bernie Rosenthal (Cap 247, Jul 1980), Anna Kappelbaum

Captain America #237, June 1979

• "From the Ashes…"
  • Plotted by Chris Claremont
  • Scripted by Roger McKenzie
  • Penciled by Sal Buscema
  • Inked by Don Perlin
  • Colored by George Roussos
  • Lettered by Elaine Heinl
  • Edited by Roger Stern

Captain America #245, February 1980

• "The Calypso Connection"
  • Written by Roger McKenzie
  • Penciled by Carmine Infantino & Joe Rubinstein
  • Lettered by Jim Novak
  • Colored by Carl Gafford (“Gaff”)
  • Edited by Jim Salicrup
  • Cover by Frank Miller

Captain America #275, November 1982

• “Yesterday’s Shadows” 
  • Written by J.M. DeMatteis
  • Penciled by Mike Zeck
  • Inked by John Beatty
  • Colored by Don Warfield
  • Lettered by John Morelli
  • Edited by Mark Gruenwald

Captain America #276, December 1982

• “Turning Point!” 
  • Written by J.M. DeMatteis
  • Penciled by Mike Zeck
  • Inked by John Beatty
  • Colored by Bob Sharen
  • Lettered by John Morelli
  • Edited by Mark Gruenwald

Captain America #284, August 1983

• “Diverging...” 
  • Written by J.M. DeMatteis
  • Penciled by Sal Buscema with finishes by Kim DeMulder
  • Colored by Bob Sharen
  • Lettered by Diana Albers
  • Edited by Mark Gruenwald

Captain America #289, January 1984

• “Bernie America, Sentinel of Liberty” 
  • Written by J.M. DeMatteis
  • Penciled by Mike Zeck
  • Colored by Bob Sharen
  • Lettered by Diana Albers
  • Edited by Mark Gruenwald

Captain America #317, February 1986

• “Death Throws” 
  • Written by Mark Gruenwald
  • Penciled by Paul Neary
  • Inked by Dennis Janke
  • Colored by Ken Feduniewicz
  • Lettered by Diana Albers
  • Edited by Michael Carlin

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