List of Jewish superheroes
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This is a list of Jewish superheroes.
Contents
List of characters[edit]
Main list[edit]
Each of these characters are all three of the following (1) Jewish in practice, not just Jewish in background, (2) superheroes, and (3) primarily associated with comic books. Exceptions to each of these are noted separately below.
- Atom Smasher (formerly Nuklon of Infinity, Inc.) (DC Comics)
- Colossal Boy of the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC Comics)
- Doc Samson (Marvel Comics)
- Justice (formerly Marvel Boy of the New Warriors) (Marvel Comics)
- Masada (Team Youngblood)
- The Monolith (DC Comics)
- Nite-Owl II (DC Comics Alan Moore's The Watchmen)
- Prime (Malibu Comics)
- Ragman (DC Comics)—Ragman (miniseries) #1 Oct. 1991 DC Comics
- Sabra (Marvel Comics)
- Seraph of the Global Guardians (DC Comics)
- Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) of the X-Men (Marvel Comics)
- Songbird of the Thunderbolts (formerly Screaming Mimi) (Marvel Comics)
- The Thing (Ben Grimm) of the Fantastic Four (Marvel Comics)
- Volcana (Marvel Comics)
- The Escapist
- Matthew Hoffbrand—an Israeli cartoon invention for inspiring Zionism
- Wiccan—born to Reform Jews Jeff and Rebecca Kaplan, raised Jewish; reincarnated grandson of Magneto (Marvel Comics)
Non-Jewish in practice, though Jewish in backgrounds[edit]
- Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)—never stated in the comics, but has speculated to be by various people, including Andrew Garfield [1]
- Iceman (Marvel Comics)—half-Jewish
- Moon Knight (Marvel Comics) Moon Knight (1st series) #37 May 1984 Marvel Comics
- Sandman (Golden Age) (DC Comics)—half-Jewish
- Phantom Stranger (DC Comics)—possibly Jewish
- Gertrude Yorkes of the Runaways (Marvel Comics)—Jewish family, currently agnostic
- Magneto (Marvel Comics)—born Jewish and as a boy was a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz, but turned his back on his human ethnicity and religion and has for years only identified himself as a mutant [2]
- Scarlet Witch—Wanda Maximoff—self-identifies with the Roma people, raised by Roma, her mother Magda was Roma, and an Auschwitz survivor, but her father Magneto was born Jewish
- Quicksilver (comics)—Pietro Maximoff—he has not so completely identified himself with the Roma, but like his twin sister Wanda Maximoff, was raised by the Roma and his mother was Roma, while his father is the Jewish Magneto.
- Nyssa Raatko—Jewish mother, non-practicing
- Polaris—daughter of Magneto
- Sublime (Wildstorm Comics)—Jewish mother and raised in a Jewish household but non-practicing
Other comic characters who are not superheroes[edit]
- Reuben Flagg (American Flagg!)
- Harvey Pekar (American Splendor)
- the main characters in Maus
- Bernie Rosenthal, ex-girlfriend of Captain America (Marvel Comics)
- Two-Gun Kid (Marvel Comics)
- Arthur (The Tick)
- Jonathan August (Albino Comics)
- Aurora Rabinowitz Marvel Comics Tomb of Dracula
- Isadore "Izzy" Cohen (Private in "Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos") (Marvel Comics)
Not primarily associated with comic books[edit]
- The Hebrew Hammer (Mordechai Jefferson Carver) (Movie) (2003)
- Ron Stoppable (sidekick to Kim Possible) (Television) (2002-2005)
- Captain Hero (Drawn Together)
- Jewcano (Minoriteam)
Also of note[edit]
There also exists a team of Judaicly themed superheroes known as "The Jewish Hero Corps", printed by Leviathan press. They include Menorah Man, Yarmulke Youth, Matzah Woman, Driedel Maidel, Magen David, Minyan Man, and Shabbas Queen. They are not commonly recognized as actual characters primarily because only one issue of the comic is known to have been produced at this time.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Weinstein, Simcha, Up Up and Oy Vey : How Jewish History, Culture And Values Shaped The Comic-Book Superhero (Baltimore : Leviathan, 2006)
External links[edit]
- The Jewish Supers List
- Jews in Comics bibliography
- Jewish Comics discussion forum
- Jewish Comics blog
- Hebrew Hammer IMDB link
- Thwak! To Our Enemies
