List of Jewish comic book characters
This is a list of fictional Jewish comic book characters. Characters on this list range from secular with Jewish parentage to fully practicing. These are characters specific to comic-book universes; characters from TV or film universes are not present on this list, nor are characters from autobiographical/memoir comics such as Maus and American Splendor.
DC Comics
[edit]- Atom Smasher
- Colossal Boy
- Doctor Manhattan
- The Kane family
- Hal Jordan
- Harley Quinn
- Morgan Edge
- Nite Owl
- Nyssa Raatko
- Phantom Stranger
- Ragman
- Seraph
- Sandman
- Whistle
Marvel Comics
[edit]- Arnie Roth
- Doc Samson
- Dominic Fortune
- Gertrude Yorkes
- Iceman
- Kitty Pryde
- Legion
- Magneto
- Mettle
- Moon Knight
- Polaris
- Robert Grayson
- Sabra
- Sasquatch
- Shadow Knight
- Songbird
- Thing
- Vance Astrovik
- Wiccan
Other comic presses
[edit]- Dark Horse Comics
- First Comics
- Image Comics:
- Masada
- Judaica Press[5][6]
- Dreidel Maidel
- Kippah Kid
- Magen David
- Matzah Woman
- Menorah Man
- Minyan Man
- Shabbos Queen
- Malibu Comics
- Mendy Enterprises/The Golem Factory
- Mendy Klein
- Rivkie Klein
- Yaakov Klein
- Sara Klein
- Reb Zushe
- New England Comics
- Wildstorm Comics
- Sublime
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b The Penguin #7 (2024)
- ^ Green, Avi (2024-09-26). "Should Comic Readers Acknowledge Bruce Wayne's Jewish Ancestry?". Bleeding Fool. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ Zalben, Alex (2024-02-28). "DC Remembers Batman Is Jewish In Latest Issue Of The Penguin". Comic Book Club. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "DC Remembers Batman Is Jewish, Best-Selling Comic Of 2023 Revealed, Matt Bors Relaunches The Toxic Avenger". Comic Book Club News. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "The Awesome Superpowers of the Jewish Hero Corps". ComicsAlliance. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ^ The superheroes on this list published by Judaica Press form the Jewish Hero Corps, an educational comic released in 2010 targeted at Jewish children. To date, only two issues have been released.