Seraph: The most Jewish superhero

Even though I have been re-titling old public domain comics, I am not a big fan of the genre. Just today I learned about a truly Jewish superhero, Seraph, from the DC universe.Here he says hi to Superman.Seraph was introduced in Super Friends #38, see the bottom of the cover:His real name is Chaim Levon, a schoolteacher in Israel.His list of superpowers is based on Biblical...

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Y. Ben-David: Israel's Nighttime Superman (Judean Rose)

Y. Ben-David was the pseudonym of a man who was quiet and unassuming in his everyday life. A talented engineer, he eschewed the ways of the big names in his field, preferring to go about his work with diligence but without fanfare, as a relatively unknown, but loyal cog in the wheel. Like Clark Kent, however, he was leading a double life. Everyone thought Clark Kent...

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