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Jewish super-heroes, villains, and other characters

Jewish super-heroes and other comic book characters

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 Show only: 161 Jewish heroes | 57 Jewish villains | 31 Jewish clergy | Also: Jewish comic book excerpts 

Number of characters in this sub-list: 509 (out of a total of 36,945 in the database).  Records 1 through 50 displayed below.

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Affiliation
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Pub. #
app.
The Queen of Sheba The Queen of Sheba real/historical person
CBR Scale: M African primal-indigenous religion; Jewish (convert)
[1st app: Old Testament (848 B.C.)] DC 15
Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone) supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Catholic (lapsed); Kabbalah (convert)
[1st app: Madonna (1984)] Warner Brothers 463
Kirk Douglas real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Conservative Judaism
[1st app: The Eddie Condon Floor Show - Season 1, Episode 17 (23 Apr. 1949)] Winters Hollywood Entertainment Holdings Corporation NBC 187
Moon Knight Moon Knight (Marc Spector) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)
CIA; Marvel Knights... 
The Avengers; United States Marine Corps
Marvel 423
Quicksilver Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) villain hero
CBR Scale: I Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers... 
The Ultimates; X-Factor
Marvel 944
Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) hero
CBR Scale: M Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress
A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants... 
Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates
Marvel 1,624
The Acidic Jew The Acidic Jew (Moshe Chomsky) hero
CBR Scale: D Hasidic Judaism
[story later re-worked in "Common Grounds"] Avernus Comics 2
Ethel Kravits supporting character
CBR Scale: D Hasidic Judaism
[late wife of mafia enforcer Louis Kravits] Marvel 1
Shadows (Louis Kravits) supporting character
CBR Scale: D Hasidic Judaism
Mafia
[hired Heroes for Hire to retrieve stolen diamonds]
Marvel 2
16th century Golem 16th century Golem hero
CBR Scale: D Jewish
[
1st app: Strange Tales #177 (Dec. 1974): "There Comes Now Raging Fire"
]
Marvel 1
A Jew in Communist Prague A Jew in Communist Prague (Jonas Fink) lead character
CBR Scale: M Jewish
[1st app: A Jew in Communist Prague (vol. 1) (Apr. 1997)] NBM Publishing 3
a Merica Jew a Merica Jew hero
CBR Scale: D Jewish
[1st app: Apoloblogology (10 Apr. 2008)] Blogger Hero Machine, etc. 1
Benjamin Abramov supporting character
CBR Scale: U Jewish
[1st app: Moon Knight (vol. 1) #17 (Mar. 1982)] Marvel 1
Achilles Achilles (Helmut) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish
Pantheon Marvel 17
Abraham Adamson Abraham Adamson supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #174 (June 1974)] Marvel 3
Jason Adamson Jason Adamson supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #174 (June 1974)] Marvel 4
Rebecca Adamson Rebecca Adamson supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #174 (June 1974)] Marvel 4
Marte Allon Marte Allon supporting character
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[Colossal Boy's mother; President of Earth] DC 27
Wynn Allon supporting character
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[Colossal Boy's father] DC 13
Alter Tse'Elon Alter Tse'Elon (Yedida Tse'Elon) villain
CBR Scale: M Jewish
[led Israeli army; tried to capture Yorick Brown] DC Vertigo 20
Ambush Bug Ambush Bug (Irwin Schwab) hero
CBR Scale: U Jewish
Justice League of Anarchy DC 52
American Flagg! American Flagg! (Reuben Flagg) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish
Plexus Rangers First Comics 68
Ann Landers Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer) supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[1st app: Chicago Sun-Times (2 Mar. 1943)] Creators Syndicate 3
The Anointed One hero
CBR Scale: D Jewish
League DC 3
another old Jewish lady supporting character
CBR Scale: D Jewish
[1st app: American Splendor (vol. 1) #12 (1987)] Harvey Pekar Comics 1
Anthony usps supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[1st app: Mendy and the Golem] Mendy Enterprises 8
Archie the Gruesome supporting character
CBR Scale: M Jewish
[yamulke-wearing would-be ally of Captain America] Marvel Timely 1
Bea Arthur Bea Arthur real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[1st app: Washington Square - Season 1, Episode 11 (9 May 1957)] NBC Marvel 178
Asa Asa hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[1st app: "Melisada" story in Haaretz Shelanu magazine (1971)] Haaretz Shelanu 1
Norma Astrovik supporting character
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[mother of Justice (Vance Astro)] Marvel 13
Atom Smasher Atom Smasher (Albert Rothstein) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Conglomerate; Infinity, Inc.... 
The Justice League
DC 223
Atsum Atsum (Ofer Muklabi) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish
Tremendous Blue Sky Ofer Zanzuria 1
Paul Auster Paul Auster real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[known for blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction] Marvel 29
Meyer Banciewicz supporting character
CBR Scale: M Jewish
[grandfather of Marvel Boy (David Bank)] Marvel 1
Banjo supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[Joker impersonated comedian "Banjo" (based on Harpo Marx)] DC 1
Irving Bank supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[Marvel Boy's father] Marvel 2
Barry supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: A Jewish
[looks like Larry King] Marvel 1
Abraham Beame Abraham Beame supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[1st app: Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #28 (Dec. 1974)] Marvel 9
Bedlam Bedlam (Pvt. Bermuda Schwartz) hero
CBR Scale: U Jewish
X-Force Marvel 2
Brian Michael Bendis Brian Michael Bendis real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[1st app: The New Avengers (vol. 1) #15 (Mar. 2006)] Marvel 5
Benny Benny hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Lagoon Company Shogakukan Madhouse 11
Jack Benny Jack Benny real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[1st app: The Marvels Project #1 (Oct. 2009)] Marvel 473
Bob Benson villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[tried to kill Dazzler on set of "Chiller" music video] Marvel 2
Jake Berenson Jake Berenson hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Animorphs Scholastic 80
Tom Berenson Tom Berenson hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish
Animorphs Scholastic 69
Rosie Berger supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[Boogieman's mother] DC Milestone Media 4
Frank Berkowitz supporting character
CBR Scale: U Jewish
[1st app: The Man of Steel #4 (Nov. 1986)] DC 8
Carl Bernstein Carl Bernstein real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[broke Watergate story] Marvel 55
Sammy Bernstein supporting character
CBR Scale: M Jewish
[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #275 (Nov. 1982)] Marvel 4
Beth Zion Hospital Beth Zion Hospital supporting character group
CBR Scale: I Jewish
[Duncan Carlisle's wife Nina was treated there] CBS 1

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