Episode 2 - The Thing - Part 2

enMarch 20, 2019

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Fantastic Four Vol. 6 #5, (Legacy 650), 2018 Creators: Written by Dan
Slott Drawn and inked by Aaron Kuder Colored by Marte Gracia & Erick
Arciniega Lettered by VC's Joe Caramagna 4 out of 9 covers feature
Ben in Jewish regalia! Esad Ribic cover - Ben in tallis and kippa
holding Alicia, surrounded by heart and doves Mark Brooks variant -
Ben in tallis and kippa holding Alicia in wedding dress Elizabeth
Torque variant - Ben in tallis and kippa kissing Alicia under the
chuppah Alex Ross variant - Ben in kippa kissing Alicia, surrounded
on either side by superhero battles
In an interview with CBR, Dan slott reveals he was building to Ben proposing to Alicia in the Thing #25, but was told the wedding
would have to be in FF (then written by J Michael Straczynski
First, a flashback with art by Mike and Laura Allred, very touching story about Sue teaching Ben to dance for the wedding
while flashing back to playing matchmaker Then bachelor party
with art by Adam Hughes. Serpent Society burst out of cakes
Wedding in Benson, AZ??? Rabbi Lowenthal traveled with everyone
to officiate Meet Aunt Petunia and Uncle Jake, who says kids
being teenagers is meshugana Benson?? Don’t think there’s many
Jews in Benson. The nearest synagogue is a 37 minute drive south
(Temple Kol Hamidbar in Sierra Vista) Finally get to the wedding
There is a chuppa. Ben wears a tallis “Alicia Reiss Masters and
Benjamin Jacob Grimm” both sound more Jewish with their middle
names (Jacob Reiss was her deceased father, Phillip Masters her
stepfather) Doom interrupts with a worldwide projection announcing
Galactus has returned and he'll defend earth, but nobody better
enter Latverian airspace. The FF immediately think they need to
spring into action “Remember what the rabbi said” Alicia asks Ben
to have patience. Definitely what happens, people lose their
identities, become just THE rabbi LITERAL CHUPPAH Reed uses a
coronal displacement device (a 4-minute time bubble) to give those
under the chutzpah time to finish the wedding while everybody else
is frozen Amazing literalization of the chuppah as sacred time.
Time literally freezes under the canopy They give vows. Not a
traditionally Jewish thing, but more popular these days Typical I
do moment No harei at, no ketubah, no sheva brachot Rabbi
Lowenthal: “It is said that, at our weddings, the crash of a glass
ends the hush of mythic time under a huppah… allowing the world and a
new beginning to come rushing in. Never before has that been more
true.” Seems entirely taken from Anita Diamant's The Jewish Wedding
Now, which is reprinted on myjewishlearning. Pretty sure Dan just
googled chuppah She writes “The crash of glass ends the hush of
mythic time under the huppah, and the world rushes in. Everyone
exhales, claps and shouts, “Mazel tov!” The celebration begins”
Bubble snaps as they shout mazel tov, team rushes off in just married
fantasticar
Marvel Holiday Special 1994 The Thing in “Losin’ The Blues” Creators: Written by Greg Wright Drawn by Mike Manley Colored by
Greg Wright Lettered by Brad Joyce Wright- early 90’s work like
Deathlok and Morbius the Living Vampire Thing saves a group of
ice skaters from a Christmas tree about to smash them Young girl
named Amy starts asking lots of questions complaining about Xmas
and Trees Intersperse their conversation with Ben stopping various
crimes - a Salvation army robbery, a jewelry store robbery. People
keep yelling at Ben for causing damage as he saves “I'm Jewish.
They don't have a million Hanukkah specials on TV, or big sales,
or tons of decorations. People think Hanukkah’s like eight days of
Christmas, and it isn't! It wouldn't be so bad if Christmas stuff
wasn't everywhere for three months, you know. I'm proud if my
religion, but this stuff makes me feel--like--less or something.”
Goes on yo explain how she doesn't see peace or goodwill, just
fighting over presents Punk kids steal Amy's coat. Ben goes to
offer her his, but a homeless person gives his coat first.
Supposed to be sweet, but it's super creepy Ben gives his coat to
the homeless man, who managed to convince Amy the season is about
goodwill She gives Ben some felt as a Hanukkah present she just
had lying around Ben offers to get all three hot cocoa Funny, I
remembered the first time I read this story that it felt like Ben had
never heard of Hanukkah before. But it comes across as him playing
cou, leaving Amy room to articulate her own position. It could fit in
with a narrative of Ben as someone who turned his back on his Judaism
Marvel Holiday Special 2004 “The True Meaning of...” Creators: Written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Drawn by Duncan Rouleau Inked by
Aaron Sowd Colored by Morry Hollowell Lettered by Clem Robins
Franklin has to write a report for school on what his family does for
the holidays, so he dictates it to HERBIE Thing identifies himself
and Shadowcat as the only two openly Jewish superheroes Bull. Even
if Moon Knight is still secretive and Magneto is evil at the time,
there's Sabra Celebrates Hanukah with Mr. Sheckerberg and orphans
Franklin offers to host the Hanukkah party at the Baxter building,
Ben reveals Reed and Sue have offered. But he's not interested He
likes that it's low key
“This is personal. Between me and God. You understand?” Ben doesn't strike me as religious.
Franklin finally talks to Reed about whether he believes in God Ends with an equation of all religious holidays as the same
“Christmas and Hanukkah and Kwanzaa...other holidays like Ramadan”
Frustratingly shallow read of holidays
Marvel Holiday Comic 2011 “Chinese Food for Christmas” Creators: Written by Jamie S. Rich Drawn by Paco Diaz Colored by
Jean-Francois Beaulieu Lettered by Jeff Eckleberry Jamie is
currently group editor for Batman comics FF era Ben
Ben on the phone with Kitty Pryde, who is teasing him about his pumpkin spice eggnog latte and the fact Sasquatch and Moon
Knight will eat all the sesame chicken
Thing also brings up stereotypical Jewish drink, manischewitz Ben is hunting down this monster that keeps stealing Xmas
decorations “It may be Christmas time for the gentiles, but for
you...it's clobberin’ time!”
Turns out the monster is stealing everything for orphan children whose charity Christmas was canceled
Ben invites them to Jewish Christmas Weird that he asks if they have heard of Hanukkah (they have, and they know it's over)
instead of whether they know what Jews do on Christmas All the
Jewish superheroes celebrating together:
Moon Knight, Songbird, Shadowcat, Thing, Sasquatch, Wiccan Gold, Langkowski, Kaplan Wiccan is lighting a hanukkiyah, which is
cool except… He's not lit the central shanah candle We established
Hanukkah is over!
Marvel Two-in-One #8 (1975) - Thing and Ghost Rider team up Ghost Rider witnesses Three Wise Men recreation Thing insists that
Mr. Fantastic celebrate Christmas with his family while he goes to
investigate. Interpretive room for him being Jewish

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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 Jim Mooney
- Colored by Glynis Wein
- Lettered by Dave Hunt
- Edited by Roy Thomas

Strange Tales #176, Jul 1974

“Black Crossing”
- Written by Mike Friedrich
- Penciled & Inked by Tony DeZuniga
- Colored by Linda Lessmann
- Lettered by Marck
- Edited by Roy Thomas

Strange Tales #177, Sep 1974

“There Comes Now Raging Fire!”
- Written by Mike Friedrich
- Penciled by Tony DeZuniga
- Inked by Steve Austin
- Colored by Bill Mantlo
- Lettered by Tom Orzechowski
- Edited by Roy Thomas

Invaders #12, Oct 1976

“To the Warsaw Ghetto”
- Written by Roy Thomas
- Penciled by Frank Robbins
- Inked by Frank Springer
- Colored by Phil Rachelson
- Lettered by Joe Rosen
- Edited by Roy Thomas

Come back next time for the conclusion!

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Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

enFebruary 26, 2024

Episode 26 - A Very Jewish New Year

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 Tom Brevoort

X-Men (Vol. 6) #25

“From the Shadows”
Gerry Duggan
Penciled by Stefano Caseli
Colored by Marte Gracia
Lettered by VC’s Clayton Cowles
Designed by Tom Muller & Jay Brown
Edited by Jordan D. White

Spidey & His Amazing Friends (Disney Channel show)

"An UnBEElievable Rosh Hashanah"

Season 2, Episode 27b

Air date: September 15, 2023

Written by Alexa Harzan

Directed by Darren Bachynski

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Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

enJanuary 17, 2024

Paul Kupperberg Interview

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 bris!

Please check out Paul's website and shop for all things KUP! https://www.paulkupperberg.net/

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Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

enSeptember 14, 2023

Episode 25 - Seraph - Part 2

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
- Colored by Jerry Serpe
- Lettered by John Costanza
- Edited by Julius Schwartz

Super Friends #46, April 1981

"Echo of Evil!”
- Written and Penciled by Bob Oksner
- Colored by Jerry Serpe
- Lettered by John Costanza
- Edited by Julius Schwartz

DC Comics Presents #46, June 1982

"The Wizard Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead”
- Written by E. Nelson Bridwell
- Penciled by Alex Saviuk
- Inked by Pablo Marcos
- Colored by Gene D’Angelo
- Lettered by John Costanza
- Edited by Julius Schwartz

Justice League Quarterly #8 (1992)

Written by Kevin Dudley

“The Real Return of the Global Guardians”

Doomsday Clock #5 (May 2018)

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Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

enJuly 25, 2023

Episode 24 - Seraph - Part 1

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 covered in Episode 24

Super Friends #7, July 1977

"The Warning of the Wonder Twins!”
- Written by E. Nelson Bridwell
- Penciled by Ramona Fradon
- Inked by Bob Smith
- Edited by Dennis O’Neil

Super Friends #25, July 1979

"Puppets of the Overlord”
- Written by E. Nelson Bridwell
- Penciled by Ramona Fradon
- Inked by Bob Smith
- Colored by Gene D’Angelo
- Edited by Julius Schwartz

Super Friends #38, August 1980

"The Seraph’s Day of Atonement”
- Written by E. Nelson Bridwell
- Penciled by Bob Oksner
- Inked by Kim Demulder
- Colored by Jerry Serpe
- Lettered by Milt Snapinn
- Edited by Julius Schwartz

Special shout out and thank you to Rob Kelly, The Fire and Water Network's For All Mankind podcast for alerting Henry to Seraph's Judaism. You can check out Henry on For All Mankind here: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/fam38/

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Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

enMay 17, 2023

Episode 23 - Metropolis Mishpocha!

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
- Penciled by Carmine Infantino
- Inked by Bob Oksner
- Colored by Tim Ziuko
- Lettered by Ben Oda
- Edited by Julius Schwartz

Supergirl (Vol. 2) #14, December 1983

“Star Light, Star Bright… Blackstarr Rises Tonight”
- Same creative team
- Written by Paul Kupperberg
- Penciled by Carmine Infantino
- Inked by Bob Oksner
- Colored by Tim Ziuko
- Lettered by Ben Oda
- Edited by Julius Schwartz

Supergirl (Vol. 2) #15, January 1984

“Starfall”
- Written by Paul Kupperberg
- Penciled by Carmine Infantino
- Inked by Bob Oksner
- Colored by Tim Ziuko
- Lettered by Andy Kubert
- Edited by Julius Schwartz

Josef Schuman

First Appearance - Action Comics #831, page 9, page 13

Action Comics (Vol. 1) #833, November 2005

“Depths”
- Written by Gail Simone
- Penciled by John Byrne
- Inked by Nelson, Norm Rapmund, Lary Stucker
- Colored by Guy Major
- Lettered by Rob Leigh
- Edited by Eddie Berganza

Action Comics (Vol. 1) #835, January 2006

“A Contagion of Madness”
- Written by Gail Simone
- Penciled by John Byrne
- Inked by Nelson (DeCastro)
- Colored by Guy Major
- Lettered by Phil Balsman
- Edited by Eddie Berganza

Perry White refers to Shabbat Dinner:

SUPERMAN: LEVIATHAN RISING SPECIAL #1

“Superman: Leviathan Rising”
Written by
- Brian Michael Bendis
- Greg Rucka
- Matt Fraction
- Marc Andreyko
Penciled and Inked by
- Yanick Paquette

Superman in the Warsaw Ghetto:

Superman (Vol. 2) #54, April 1991

“Time and Time Again (Part 3 of 7): The Warsaw Ghetto”
- Written by Jerry Ordway
- Penciled by Jerry Ordway
- Inked by Dennis Janke
- Colored by Glenn Whitmore
- Lettered by John Costanza
- Edited by Mike Carlin and Dan Thorsland

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Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

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Captain America’s Amazing Jewish Friends

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's @$$'s buddies!

Captain America’s Amazing Jewish Friends - Bernie Rosenthal (Cap 247, Jul 1980), Anna Kappelbaum

Captain America #237, June 1979

"From the Ashes…"
- Plotted by Chris Claremont
- Scripted by Roger McKenzie
- Penciled by Sal Buscema
- Inked by Don Perlin
- Colored by George Roussos
- Lettered by Elaine Heinl
- Edited by Roger Stern

Captain America #245, February 1980

"The Calypso Connection"
- Written by Roger McKenzie
- Penciled by Carmine Infantino & Joe Rubinstein
- Lettered by Jim Novak
- Colored by Carl Gafford (“Gaff”)
- Edited by Jim Salicrup
- Cover by Frank Miller

Captain America #275, November 1982

“Yesterday’s Shadows”
- Written by J.M. DeMatteis
- Penciled by Mike Zeck
- Inked by John Beatty
- Colored by Don Warfield
- Lettered by John Morelli
- Edited by Mark Gruenwald

Captain America #276, December 1982

“Turning Point!”
- Written by J.M. DeMatteis
- Penciled by Mike Zeck
- Inked by John Beatty
- Colored by Bob Sharen
- Lettered by John Morelli
- Edited by Mark Gruenwald

Captain America #284, August 1983

“Diverging...”
- Written by J.M. DeMatteis
- Penciled by Sal Buscema with finishes by Kim DeMulder
- Colored by Bob Sharen
- Lettered by Diana Albers
- Edited by Mark Gruenwald

Captain America #289, January 1984

“Bernie America, Sentinel of Liberty”
- Written by J.M. DeMatteis
- Penciled by Mike Zeck
- Colored by Bob Sharen
- Lettered by Diana Albers
- Edited by Mark Gruenwald

Captain America #317, February 1986

“Death Throws”
- Written by Mark Gruenwald
- Penciled by Paul Neary
- Inked by Dennis Janke
- Colored by Ken Feduniewicz
- Lettered by Diana Albers
- Edited by Michael Carlin

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Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

enSeptember 21, 2022

Episode 21 - Yep, Still Jewish: Heroes Revisited, Part 2

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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Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

enFebruary 17, 2022

Episode 20 - Yep, Still Jewish: Heroes Revisited, Part 1

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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Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

enJanuary 14, 2022

"Da Ordster" - Full Interview with JERRY ORDWAY!

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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Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

enDecember 20, 2021

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