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The creators of the original Superman comic book were Jewish. mucifer Jun 2013 #1
Intro of the article underpants Jun 2013 #3
HI friends MichaelKelley Jun 2013 #29
Okaaaaayyy, Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #2
They are right on this as far as JC Maximumnegro Jun 2013 #7
It was the same way in Superman: The Movie n/t MicaelS Jun 2013 #19
Well, Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #20
Prometheus also had Phlem Jun 2013 #4
Meh, as pop culture Jesuses go NoGOPZone Jun 2013 #5
'El' is Hebrew for god REP Jun 2013 #10
It's also a common transcription of the Arabic word for 'the' NoGOPZone Jun 2013 #11
Why not Spanish, then? REP Jun 2013 #13
sure, whatever make you happy NoGOPZone Jun 2013 #15
Al Jor'El Initech Jun 2013 #14
Republican propaganda AFJROTCcadetEcho Jun 2013 #6
and there are the same number of letters in JFK as there in Abe ... zbdent Jun 2013 #8
I read a good piece years ago about Superman as the Golem Recursion Jun 2013 #9
Superman has always been presented as a Christ Figure. baldguy Jun 2013 #12
Or Jor-El's speech to Kal-El in the Richard Donner 'Superman'. Aristus Jun 2013 #16
Yeah, the imagery has never exactly been subtle. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2013 #17
Absolutely correct, this is nothing new. MicaelS Jun 2013 #18
Apparently some real christians aren't very happy with that idea - "Superman is the Antichrist" sibelian Jun 2013 #21
Ummm...Jesus was a Jew. Jus' saying! Behind the Aegis Jun 2013 #22
Nope, try this graphic. Man of Blue Steel.... uppityperson Jun 2013 #23
Yeah, the producer is a nutter me b zola Jun 2013 #24
I haven't seen it yet LostOne4Ever Jun 2013 #25
There's article posted up above.. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #27
Our gods wear Spandex... Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #26
33 is a secret reference to Rolling Rock Kolesar Jun 2013 #28
I actually thought it was rather obvious. Deep13 Jun 2013 #30
Any comic book fan above the age of six could had said the same thing MrScorpio Jun 2013 #31
With less symbolism, and grossly, you could say the same about Ilsa Jun 2013 #32
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