Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

Episode 29 - DC's The Golem (Part 1)

Episode Summary

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!

Episode Notes

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