Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

Adventure Into Fear #20, November 1973 “Morbius the Living Vampire!” Written by Mike Friedrich Penciled by Paul Gulacy Inked by Jack Abel Colored by George Roussos Lettered by Tom Orzechowski Edited by Roy Thomas Tomb of Dracula #26, August 1974 “Where Lurks the Chimera!” Written by Marv Wolfman Penciled by Gene Colan Inked and Colored by Tom Palmer Lettered by John Costanza Edited by Roy Thomas T...

Hex #11, July 1986 “Night of the Batman” Written by Michel Fleisher Penciled by Mark Texeira Inked by Carlos Garzon and Pablo Marcos Colored by Bob LeRose Lettered by Augustin Mas Edited by Michael Fleisher Batman Chronicles #11, December 1997 “Berlin Batman” Written, penciled, and inked by Paul Pope Colored by Ted McKeever Lettered by Ken Lopez Edited by Darren Vincenzo and Jordan B. Gorfinkel Th...

Our Fighting Forces #150, September 1974 “Mark Our Graves” Written by Robert Kanigher Penciled and inked by John Severin Edited by Archie Goodwin War Is Hell #10, September 1974 “The Corridor” Written by Tony Isabella and Chris Claremont Penciled by Dick Ayers Inked by Frank Springer Colored by Petra Goldberg Lettered by David Hunt Edited by Roy Thomas Unknown Soldier #247, January 1981 “Season in...

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 we cover super heroes and characters appearing in non-DC or Marvel Comics! Characters The Acidic Jew - Common Grounds Vol. 1 #3 (Apr. 2004) American Flagg! (1985, 1988) #26 - Page 7 American Flagg! #50 ...

We breakdown all of the Jewish content both explicit and implicit. We do some deep dives into Fantastic Four lore in the comics then finally share what we want to see in a sequel.  Follow us at https://www.facebook.com/jewishcomicspod Subscribe to our youtube channel for a video version - https://www.youtube.com/@jewishcomicspod Please give us a rating and review at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p...

In this episode we cover some more minor character appearances! Harry The Fiddler, Emperor Norton (both from The Sandman), Louis "Shadow" Kravitz" (Heroes for Hire) and Ms Marvel's friend, Naftali! Comics and Characters covered: Harry the Fiddler Sandman (Vol. 2) #8, August 1989 “The Sound of Her Wings” Written by Neil Gaiman Penciled by Mike Dringenberg & Malcolm Jones III Colored by Daniel Vozzo...

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 Mil...

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...

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 Penci...

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 J...

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 T...

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 b...

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 C...

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...

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...

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...

Brandon and Henry revisit some more old friends! DC's Ragman and Marvel's Moon Knight! Special guest appearances by Batman and the Mishkan Chicago Davening Team!  Brandon and Henry gush over the wonderful writing of Sholly Fisch and also have one of their signature rants over BAD Jewish representation in comics.    Comics covered:  Ragman The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Vol. 1) #14 “Sm...

Brandon and Henry return after a brief hiatus and some special interview episodes with coverage of some heroes we've already covered!  What?! Already covered?! Since we've started the podcast there have been more instances of explicit Jewish content for characters we've covered. We'll be revisiting our favs, The Thing and Kitty Pryde! We also have a hot take on John Lennon's Imagine, call out some...

We are so thrilled to share with you our interview with Jerry Ordway from July 15, 2021. Jerry talked about a myriad of topics including, inclusion in comics, religious upbringing, editorial battles, Superman, Infinity Inc, Gangbuster, Bibbo, Proton (creator-owned) and so much more!  https://jewishcomicspod.simplecast.com/  https://twitter.com/JewishComicsPod  https://www.facebook.com/jewishcomics...

Live at Congregation B'Nai Tikvah's HANNUKON, Henry had the wonderful opportunity to interview Roy Schwartz, author of Is Superman Circumcised? The Complete Jewish History of the World's Greatest Hero. Henry and Roy talked about Siegel and Shuster, the birth of DC comics, Nazism, Jack The King Kirby, Passover, Richard Donner and more! Check it out. This was a good one!   You can find Roy at https:...

Brandon and Henry do a deep dive into future Black Adam star, Atom Smasher aka Nuklon aka Albert Rothstein. We welcomed our first guest, none other than the legendary creator JERRY ORDWAY!  In this very special episode we talked to the co-creator (along with Roy Thomas), Jerry Ordway! Jerry is best known for his lengthy run as the writer/artist on Superman but here we got to dig a little deeper wi...

1. Iceman #1, December 1984 Bobby Drake First appearance: X-Men #1 (Sep 1963) Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby 2. Arsenic -Gertrude Yorkes X-Men/Runaways (FCBD), May 2006 - art by Skottie Young 3. Mettle   Avengers Academy #5, October 2010 4. Sasquatch   The Infinity Crusade #1, June 1993 5. Wiccan Uncanny X-Men #526 (July 2010) (Allan Heinberg) Avengers: The Children’s Crusade (November 2010) N...

We'll be looking at: Sandman Mystery Theatre #39, June 1996 “The Mist: Act Three of Four” Written by Matt Wagner and Steven T. Seagle Penciled and inked by Guy Davis Colored by David Homung Lettered by John Costanza Edited by Karen Berger and Keri Kowalski Sandman Mystery Theatre #40 July 1996 “The Mist: Act Four of Four” Written by Matt Wagner and Steven T. Seagle Penciled and inked by Guy Davis...

Brandon and Henry wrap up their discussion of Rabbi Ramban! Possibly FTDLJ's favorite super-hero to date! We look at issues: Suicide Squad #63, Mar 1992 “True Minds” Written by John Ostrander and Kim Yale Penciled by Geof Isherwood Inked by Robert Companella and Andrew Pepoy Colored by Tom McCraw Lettered by Todd Klein Edited by Dan Raspler The Spectre (Vol. 3) #15, Feb 1994 “Old Blood” Written by...

We're covering Ramban! That's right Ramban, no not the medieval Jewish commentator but the DC hero appearing in Suicide Squad! RAMBAN! Suicide Squad #45, Sept 1990 “The Jerusalem Serpent” Written by John Ostrander and Kim Yale Penciled and Inked by Geof Isherwood Colored by Carl Gafford Lettered by Todd Klein Edited by Dan Raspler Suicide Squad #46, Oct 1990 “Choice of Evils” Written by John Ostra...