List of Jewish comic book characters
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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
- Atom Smasher
- Colossal Boy
- Doctor Manhattan
- The Kane family
- Batman (Bruce Wayne){{Cite web |last=Green |first=Avi |date=2024-09-26 |title=Should Comic Readers Acknowledge Bruce Wayne's Jewish Ancestry? |url=https://bleedingfool.com/blogs/should-comic-readers-acknowledge-bruce-waynes-jewish-ancestry/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=Bleeding Fool |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Zalben |first=Alex |date=2024-02-28 |title=DC Remembers Batman Is Jewish In Latest Issue Of The Penguin |url=https://comicbookclublive.com/2024/02/28/dc-remembers-batman-is-jewish-best-selling-comic-of-2023-revealed-matt-bors-relaunches-the-toxic-avenger-comic-book-club-news-for-february-28-2024/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=Comic Book Club |language=en-US}}
- Batwoman (Kate Kane)
- Martha Wayne{{cite web|url= https://comicbookclublive.com/2024/02/28/dc-remembers-batman-is-jewish-best-selling-comic-of-2023-revealed-matt-bors-relaunches-the-toxic-avenger-comic-book-club-news-for-february-28-2024/|title=DC Remembers Batman Is Jewish, Best-Selling Comic Of 2023 Revealed, Matt Bors Relaunches The Toxic Avenger|work=Comic Book Club News|date=28 February 2024|accessdate=3 March 2025}}The Penguin #7 (2024)
- Alice (Beth Kane)
- Hal Jordan
- Harley Quinn
- Morgan Edge
- Nite Owl
- Nyssa Raatko
- Phantom Stranger
- Ragman
- Seraph
- Sandman
- Whistle
Marvel Comics
Other comic presses
- Dark Horse Comics
- The Escapist
- First Comics
- Reuben Flagg
- Image Comics:
- Masada
- Judaica Press{{Cite web|url=http://comicsalliance.com/the-awesome-powers-of-the-jewish-hero-corps/|title=The Awesome Superpowers of the Jewish Hero Corps|website=ComicsAlliance|date=26 August 2010 |access-date=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.
- Dreidel Maidel
- Kippah Kid
- Magen David
- Matzah Woman
- Menorah Man
- Minyan Man
- Shabbos Queen
- Malibu Comics
- Prime
- Mendy Enterprises/The Golem Factory
- Mendy Klein
- Rivkie Klein
- Yaakov Klein
- Sara Klein
- Reb Zushe
- New England Comics
- Arthur
- Wildstorm Comics
- Sublime
See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040220151327/http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/jew.html The Jewish Supers List]
- [http://www.geocities.com/safran-can/JWISHC.HTM Jews in Comics bibliography]
- [http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com/ Jewish Comics blog]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050922005456/http://www.hadassah.org/news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2003/03_JUN/art.htm Thwak! To Our Enemies]
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