Funny, They Don't Look Jewish! – Details, episodes & analysis

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 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

• “Small Miracles”
  • Written by Sholly Fisch
  • Penciled by Rick Burchett
  • Inked by Dan Davis
  • Colored by Guy Major
  • Lettered by Dezi Sienty
  • Edited by Jim Chadwick

•  Ragman (Vol. 3) #1-4 (2017-2018)
  • Written by: Ray Fawkes
  • Penciled and Inked by: Inaki Miranda
  • Colored by: Eva de la Cruz
  • Lettered by: Josh Reed
  • Edited by: Marie Javins and Diego Lopez

Moon Knight

Moon Knight #5 (Vol. 9, November 17, 2021)

• “Horoscope”
  • Written by: Jed Mackay
  • Penciled by: Alessandro Cappuccio
  • Colored by: Rachelle Rosenberg
  • Lettered by: VC’s Cory Petit
  • Edited by: Tom Brevoort

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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 creators for some bad Jewish representation and point the mirror at ourselves for our podcast title!

Thank you to Mishkan Chicago's Soundcloud for their recording of Debbie Friedman's "Mi Sheberach." Check them out at https://soundcloud.com/mishkan-chicago/mi-sheberach

Thank you Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein for a spicy take! 

Comics covered:

Fantastic Four #538 (June 2006)

• “Street Fighting”
  • Written by J. Michael Straczynski
  • Pencilled by Mike McKone
  • Inked by Andy Lanning, Kris Justice, and Cam Smith
  • Colored by Paul Mounts
  • Lettered by VC’s Russ Wooton
  • Edited by Tom Brevoort

Black Cat #4 (Sep 2019)

• “Yancy St. Shuffle”
  • Written by Jed MacKay
  • Pencilled by Travel Foreman
  • Colored by Brian Reber
  • Lettered by Ferran Delgado
  • Edited by Nick Lowe

Immortal Hulk #41 (December 2020)

• “The Man Downstairs”
  • Written by Al Ewing
  • Pencilled by Joe Bennett
  • Inked by Ruy Jose and Belardino Brabo
  • Colored by Paul Mounts
  • Lettered by VC’s Cory Petit
  • Edited by Will Moss

Age of X-Man: Apocalypse & the X-Tracts #1, 2, 4, 5 (Mar-July 2019)

• Written by Tim Seeley
• Pencilled by Salva Espin
• Colored by Israel Silva
• Lettered by VC’s Travis Lankam
• Edited by Jordan D. White

Marauders #11 (Aug 2020)

• “Pour One Out”
  • Written by Gerry Duggan
  • Pencilled by Stefano Caseli
  • Colored by Edgar Delgado
  • Lettered by VC’s Cory Petit
  • Designed by Tom Muller
  • Edited by Jordan D. White

Marauders #12 (Sep 2020)

• “The New Phase”
  • Written by Gerry Duggan
  • Pencilled by Matteo Lolli
  • Colored by Edgar Delgado
  • Lettered by VC’s Cory Petit
  • Designed by Tom Muller
  • Edited by Jordan D. White

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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! 

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Check out more from Mr. Ordway at https://ordstersrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/ and his amazing podcast  https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thepowercosmic

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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://www.royschwartz.com/ 

https://www.amazon.com/Superman-Circumcised-Complete-History-Greatest/dp/1476662908

And on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @realroyschwartz

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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 with him on Nuklon!

We also cover many issues:

Infinity Inc. #48, March 1988 

• “The Making of a Man”
  • Written by Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas
  • Penciled by Vince Argondezzi
  • Inked by Tony DeZuniga
  • Colored by Liz Berube
  • Lettered by Jean Simek
  • Edited by Roy Thomas

CONTENT WARNING: The next several issues were written by Gerard Jones. Jones is currently serving a 6 year prison sentence for, "Possession of images of child sexual abuse." Other than officially denouncing him, and making a brief mention we do not talk about him personally but we do cover his issues. 

Justice League America #95, January 1995 “Where the Wild Things Are”

Justice League America #109, March 1996  “All That Yazz”

Justice League America #110, April 1996  “New Devils for Old”

Justice League America #112, July 1996  “The Purge, Chapter 2: To Say Goodbye”

Justice League America #113, August 1996  “The Purge, Chapter 3: To All Our Company”

• Written by Gerard Jones
• Penciled by Chuck Wojtkiewicz (voit-KEV-itch)
• Inked by Bob Dvorak
• Colored by Gene D’Angelo
• Lettered by Clem Robins
• Edited by Brian Augustyn and Ruben Diaz

Justice League Unlimited #16, December 2005 

• “Smashing Through the Snow!”
  • Written by Adam Beechen
  • Penciled by Carlo Barberi
  • Inked by Jim Royal
  • Colored by Heroic Age
  • Lettered by Travis Lanham
  • Edited by Tom Palmer, Jr.

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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)
• New Avengers (Vol. 4) #3 (Nov 2015) (Al Ewing)

6. Doc Samson

• Incredible Hulk #143, September 1971
  • “Sanctuary!”
    • Written by Roy Thomas
    • Penciled by Dick Ayers 
    • Inked by John Severin
    • Lettered by Sam Rosen
    • Edited by Stan Lee
• Incredible Hulk #373, September 1990
  • “Mending Fences”
    • Written by Peter David
    • Penciled by Dale Keown 
    • Inked by Sam de la Rosa
    • Colored by Glynis Oliver
    • Lettered by Joe Rosen
    • Edited by Bobbie Chase
• Marvel Holiday Special 1992, January 1993
  • “Revisionist History”
    • Written by Peter David
    • Penciled by John Hebert
    • Inked by Mike Decarlo
    • Colored by Glynis Oliver
    • Lettered by Brady Joyce
    • Edited by Renee Witterstaetter

7. White Tiger - Casper Kole

• Black Panther Vol. 3 #56, May 2003 
• “Black and White Part 6: Ol’ Boy Enters the Life”
  • Written by Christopher Priest
  • Penciled by Jim Calafiore
  • Inked by Mark McKenna
  • Colored by Jennifer Schellinger
  • Lettered by Paul Tutrone
  • Edited by Mike Marts

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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
Colored by David Homung
Lettered by John Costanza
Edited by Karen Berger and Keri Kowalski

Vertigo Winter's Edge #1
“Spirit of the Season”
Written by Matt Wagner and Steven T. Seagle
Pencilled and inked by John K. Snyder III
Colored by Bjarne Hansen
Edited by Karen Berger

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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 John Ostrander
Penciled and Inked by Tom Mandrake
Inked by Robert Companella and Andrew Pepoy
Colored by Carla Feeny and Digital Chameleon
Lettered by Todd Klein
Edited by Dan Raspler and Peter Tomasi

The Spectre (Vol. 3) #16, Mar 1994
“Call for Blood”
Written by John Ostrander
Penciled by Jim Aparo
Inked by Kelley Jones
Inked by Robert Companella and Andrew Pepoy
Colored by Carla Feeny and Digital Chameleon
Lettered by Todd Klein
Edited by Dan Raspler and Peter Tomasi

The Spectre (Vol. 3) #17, Apr 1994
“Into the Dark Side”
Written by John Ostrander
Penciled and Inked by Tom Mandrake
Inked by Robert Companella and Andrew Pepoy
Colored by Carla Feeny and Digital Chameleon
Lettered by Todd Klein
Edited by Dan Raspler and Peter Tomasi

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