Up, Up, and Oy Vey!
Subtitle: How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero
Publisher: Leviathan Press
Published: June 19, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781881927327
Subjects: Literary Criticism; Comics & Graphic Novels; Graphic Novels; History: World; General; Comics & Graphic Novels / Graphic Novels / Superheroes; History & Criticism; Judaism - General; Comic books, strips, etc.; History; History and criticism; Jewish influences; Social aspects
First sentence: Before Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man, there were the superpatriarchs and supermatriarchs of the Bible and heroic figures named Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, and Samson not to mention the miracle-working prophet Elijah and those Jewish wonder women Ruth and Esther just to name a few.