List of fictitious Jews
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This list comprises fictitious people/characters who are Jewish.
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[edit] TV, literary and game characters
[edit] A-D
- Bobbi Adler, Grace Adler's mother, from Will and Grace.[1]
- Grace Adler, from Will and Grace.[2]
- Scott Adler, from Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series of novels.[citation needed]
- Matt Albie, from Aaron Sorkin's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.[3]
- David Alroy, hero of Benjamin Disraeli's novel Alroy[4]
- Abby and Len Ardin, from the comic strip Edge City.[5]
- Barabas the Jew from the play The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe.[6]
- The Baudelaire orphans from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events [7]
- Arnold Beckoff, drag queen from Torch Song Trilogy.[8]
- Mick Belker, from Hill Street Blues.[9]
- Ostap Bender, from The Twelve Chairs and The Little Golden Calf.[10]
- Benjamin, a wandering Jew from the novel A Canticle for Leibowitz.[11]
- Jake Berenson, leader of the Animorphs in the Animorphs book series.[12]
- Harold Berman from the Cartoon Hey Arnold!.[citation needed]
- Bernie and Verna Bernbaum from Miller's Crossing.
- Harry Bernstein, wooden legged, gammy eyed pirate from the novels by Brian Blessed
- Mel Bernstein, Miami PD chief narcotics detective in Scarface.[citation needed]
- Beth, a minor character from the diary-book Go Ask Alice.
- Avery Bishop, from Tru Calling.[citation needed]
- Samuel Blaustein, interpreted by the comedian Marcos Plonka, himself a Jew.[13]
- Avram Blok, from The Therapy of Avram Blok and other novels by Simon Louvish.[14]
- Leopold Bloom, from the novel Ulysses by James Joyce.[15]
- Sean Blumberg, from the TV show Felicity.
- Betty Boop, from Talkartoons and Betty Boop.[16][17][18][19]
- Toot Braunstein, from the animated series Drawn Together.
- Chaim Breisacher, from Doktor Faustus by Thomas Mann.[20]
- Kent Brockman, from The Simpsons (was Kenny Brocklestein in a flashback episode).[21]
- Lennie Briscoe, from Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Trial by Jury (Half Jewish).[22]
- Kyle Broflovski, from South Park[23] and his parents, Gerald and Sheila Broflovski
- Ephram Brown, from Everwood (Jewish mother, raised Jewish).[24]
- Brad Carlton, Young and the Restless ("real" name is George Kaplan, mother, Rebecca Kaplan, is a concentration camp survivor).[25]
- Bridge Carson, from the Power Rangers.[26]
- Mordechai Jefferson Carver, from The Hebrew Hammer.[27]
- Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, from the ABC series Pushing Daisies
- Charlie Citrine, from Saul Bellow's novel Humboldt's Gift.
- Clancy, from Blue Heelers.[citation needed]
- Balthazar Cohen from Barbara Nadel's Inspector Ikmen series.
- Brian Cohen, from Monty Python's Life of Brian.[28]
- Mark Cohen, from RENT.[29]
- Rachel Cohen, from The Simpsons. Lisa Simpson's Jewish imaginary friend, from the episode "Today, I am a Clown" (Season 15).[30]
- Sandy Cohen, from The O.C..[31]
- Seth Cohen, from U.S. show The O.C. (Jewish father, raised & identifies).[32]
- Gengis Cohn, from the novel The Dance of Gengis Cohn by Romain Gary[33]
- Robert Cohn, from the novel The Sun Also Rises/Fiesta by Ernest Hemingway.[34]
- Dr. Lisa Cuddy, from House.[citation needed]
- Stretch Cunningham, from All in the Family.[35]
- Ziva David, from U.S. show NCIS
- Peter Decker, from Faye Kellerman's Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novels.[36]
- Daniel Deronda, hero of novel of same name.[37]
- Joan Diamond, from Beverly Hills, 90210.[citation needed]
- Stefan Dobrowski, from Jumpin' The Shark.[citation needed]
- Dolph, from The Simpsons.[38]
- Queer Duck Duckstein, duck from Queer Duck.[39]
- Duffman, from The Simpsons.[40]
[edit] E-K
- Dr. Einstein, from Arsenic and Old Lace.[citation needed]
- Hal Emmerich, from Metal Gear Solid. [4][5]
- Dana Fabish, From "The Squeaker"
- Fagin, from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.[41]
- Maggie Feller, from "In Her Shoes"
- Rose Feller, from "In Her Shoes"
- Fiedler, from The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre.[42]
- Fran Fine, from The Nanny[43]
- Barton Fink from Barton Fink.
- Dharma Finkelstein, from Dharma and Greg.[44]
- Max Fischer, from Rushmore.[citation needed]
- Greg Focker, from the American film Meet the Parents and the sequel Meet the Fockers.[45]
- Francine Frensky, from the children's animated series Arthur on PBS
- Friedman, (first name not given), from Joan of Arcadia.[46]
- Professor Frink (Professor Jonathon Nerdelbaum I. Q. Frink, Jr), from the television program The Simpsons.[citation needed]
- Ellenor Frutt, from The Practice.[citation needed]
- Monica Geller, from U.S. sitcom Friends.[47]
- Paris Geller, from Gilmore Girls.[48]
- Ross Geller, from U.S. sitcom Friends.[49]
- Jason Gilbert, Jr, from Erich Segal's The Class.[50]
- Nat Ginzburg, from Oz.[citation needed]
- Les Glass and his seven children, from the Glass family, a series of short stories by Jerome David Salinger.[51]
- Ari Gold, from Entourage.[52]
- Dave Gold, from The War at Home.[53]
- Henry Goldblume, from Hill Street Blues.[54]
- Dave Goldman, from Gentleman's Agreement.[55]
- Mort Goldman, from Family Guy, Jewish neighbor of Peter Griffin, husband of Muriel Goldman and father of Neil Goldman; also owner of Goldman's Pharmacy.
- Neil Goldman, from Family Guy, son of Mort Goldman and Muriel Goldman.
- Muriel Goldman, from Family Guy, wife of Mort Goldman and mother of Neil Goldman.
- Armand Goldman, from the film The Birdcage.[56]
- Val Goldman, from the film The Birdcage.[57]
- Saul Goldman, from Harry Turtledove's Timeline-191 books.[citation needed]
- Dr. Sol Goldman, from The Evidence (TV series).[citation needed]
- Anthony Goldstein, from Harry Potter. [58]
- Emmanuel Goldstein, in Nineteen Eighty-Four.[59]
- Mickey Goldmill, from Rocky
- Jeremy Goldstein, from Oz.[60]
- Jeremy Goodwin, from the TV Series Sports Night.[61]
- Natalie Green, from The Facts of Life.[62]
- Sheldon Grossbart, from Defender of the Faith by Philip Roth.[63]
- Menocu, "only half-Jewish", from Mr. Show with Bob and David[citation needed]
- Avi Halaby, from Cryptonomicon[citation needed]
- Harold, birthday celebrant from The Boys in the Band.[64]
- Flora Hamburger-Blackford, from Timeline-191.[citation needed]
- Karen Hill from Goodfellas.[65]
- Daniel Hirsh, family doctor from Sunday Bloody Sunday.[66]
- Mr. Harold Hooper, from Sesame Street (Will Lee, who played the character, was Jewish in real life).[67]
- Lemuel Idzik, from Oz.[citation needed]
- Louis Ironson, court clerk from Angels in America.[68]
- Andrei Ivanov, from Babylon 5.[69]
- Susan Ivanova, from Babylon 5.[70]
- Isaac the Jew, and his daughter Rebecca, from the novel Ivanhoe.[71]
- Isak Jacobi and his family, from the movie Fanny and Alexander.[72]
- Jacob Two-Two from Jacob Two-Two "only Half-Jewish".[73]
- Jankiel from Pan Tadeusz.[74]
- Jessica, daughter of Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.[75]
- Eugene Jerome, from Brighton Beach Memoirs.[76]
- Rebecca Kaplan, from the Young and the Restless.[77]
- Garry Kasner, from King of the Hill.[78]
- Morrie Kessler from Goodfellas.[79]
- Sid Kibbitz from Doonesbury. [80]
- Sam Klein PI in mysteries by Allan Levine
- Doctor Isaac Kleiner, fictional scientist from the video game Half-Life, an archetypal absent-minded genius
- David Kleinfeld, from Carlito's Way.[81]
- Rocco Klein from Clockers.[82]
- Rabbi Joseph Koslov, from Babylon 5.[83]
- Benya Krik, from Isaak Babel's The Odessa Tales.[84]
- Krusty the Clown, from The Simpsons real name Herschel Krustofsky..[85]
- Hyman Krustofsky, father of Krusty the Klown.[86]
[edit] L-R
- Rina Lazarus, from Faye Kellerman's Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novels.[87]
- Isaac Edward Leibowitz, from the novel A Canticle for Leibowitz.[88]
- Asher Lev, from My Name is Asher Lev, by Chaim Potok.[89]
- Jim Levenstein, from the American Pie series of movies
- Maurice Levy, attorney on the HBO drama The Wire.[90]
- Nora Lewin, from Law & Order.[citation needed]
- Max Lieberman, Viennese psychiatrist in mysteries by Fred Talis
- Harvey Lipschultz, from Boston Public.[91]
- Jonathan Levinson, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Daniel Luria, from Erich Segal's Acts of Faith.[92]
- Deborah Luria, from Erich Segal's Acts of Faith.[93]
- Josh Lyman, from the U.S. drama The West Wing.[94]
- Sam Manson, from Danny Phantom.[95]
- Melanie Marcus, lawyer from Queer as Folk[96]
- Leo Markus, the husband of Grace Adler, from Will and Grace.[97]
- Marvin, husband from Falsettos.[98]
- Karl Mayer and Julie Mayer, Desperate Housewives characters
- Max, concentration camp prisoner from Bent.[citation needed]
- Lenny Meyer, from Pi.[99]
- Meyer Meyer, a permanent character in Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series of novels.[100]
- Myrna Minkoff, from the novel A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.[101]
- Rhoda Morgenstern, from The Mary Tyler Moore Show.[102]
- John Munch, from Homicide: Life on the Street, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.[103]
- Nate, child detective from Nate The Great children's books by Marjorie W. Sharmat
- Old Jewish Man from The Simpsons.[104]
- Bree Osbourne, from the film Transamerica, (Jewish father).[105]
- Matt Parkman, from the TV series Heroes.[citation needed]
- Rhonda Pearlman, Assistant State's Attorney from The Wire.[106]
- Tommy Pickles, from Rugrats & All Grown Up! Mother Didi is Jewish, father Stu is Christian.[107]
- Dil Pickles, from Rugrats & All Grown Up!. Mother is Jewish, father is Christian [108]
- Didi Pickles, from Rugrats & All Grown Up!.[109]
- Grace Polk, from Joan of Arcadia.[110]
- Alexander Portnoy, from Portnoy's Complaint.[111]
- Posner, student from The History Boys.[112]
- Rachel, Animorphs character.[12]
- Alex Reiger from Taxi
- Yossel Reisen, from Great War and Settling Accounts (this is actually the name of 2 characters).[citation needed]
- Riah from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens.[113]
- Judge Joe Rifkind, from 100 Centre Street.[citation needed]
- Bell & Manny Rosen, from The Poseidon Adventure.[114]
- Ken Rosenberg from the Grand Theft Auto computer game series.[citation needed]
- Willow Rosenberg, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.[115]
- Rainbow Rosenbloom from The Dyke and the Dybbuk, by Ellen Galford.[116]
- B. J. Rosenthal, central character in novels by David B. Feinberg.[117]
- Henry Roth, from the film 50 First Dates.[118]
- Hyman Roth, from the film The Godfather Part II[119]
- Dan Rydell, from the TV Series Sports Night.[120]
[edit] S-Z
- Joseph Samuels, murder victim in Crossfire.[121]
- Blair Sandburg, from the UPN television series The Sentinel.[122]
- Jenny Schecter, fiction writer from The L Word.[123]
- Adam Schiff, from Law & Order.[124]
- Brian Schwartz, from Porky's.[125]
- Jerry Seinfeld, from Seinfeld.[126]
- Yoine Shagal, innkeeper and vampire in Roman Polanski's film Dance of the Vampires[127]
- Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.[128]
- Isaac Sidel, from Jerome Charyn's Isaac Quartet[129]
- David Silbermann, from Silbermann by Jacques de Lacretelle.[130]
- David Silver, from Beverly Hills, 90210.[131]
- Addie Singer & her family, from Unfabulous.[132]
- Mark Slackmeyer and his father Phil, from Doonesbury.[133]
- Rabbi David Small, from Harry Kemelman's Friday the Rabbi Slept Late and sequels[134]
- Jane Smith, from Mr. & Mrs. Smith.[135]
- Lemony Snicket, pseudonym for the writer of A Series of Unfortunate Events.[136]
- Amanda Sommers, from Ugly Betty (Jewish father)
- Walter Sobchak, from The Big Lebowski (converted).[137]
- Buddy Sorrell, from The Dick Van Dyke Show.[138]
- Arthur "Spud" Spudinski, from American Dragon: Jake Long(Celebrates Christian Holidays).[citation needed]
- Mark Spector/the Moon Knight, a Marvel Comics superhero.
- Nikolai Stanislofsky, from Oz.[139]
- Jessica Stein, journalist from Kissing Jessica Stein.[140]
- Lilith Sternin, from Cheers and Frasier.[141]
- Ron Stoppable, from Kim Possible (Celebates Christian Holidays).[142]
- Jamie Stringer, from The Practice.[143]
- Slappy Squirrel, from Animaniacs.[citation needed]
- Svengali, from the novel Trilby.
- Charles Swann, from In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust.[144]
- Royal Tenenbaum, from The Royal Tenenbaums ("half-Hebrew").
- Lionel Tannenbaum, from Down at the Dinghy by Jerome David Salinger.[145]
- Tevye, as well as most of the other cast in Fiddler on the Roof.[146]
- Timon and family, from Rome, HBO series. [147]
- The Tsaddik from The Tsaddik of the Seven Wonders, by Isidore Haiblum.[148]
- Alexander Vogel, from Oz.[149]
- Dr. James Wilson from House.[150]
- Meyer Wolfsheim, from The Great Gatsby.[151]
- World's Oldest Woman, from Histeria!.[citation needed]
- Dr. Cristina Yang, from Grey's Anatomy.[152]
- Charlotte York-Goldenblatt, from Sex and the City (converted).[153]
- Walter Wolf, from Animaniacs.[citation needed]
- Yarmulke Jake Weisman, from In Justice.[154]
- Lord Zedd, supervillain from the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.[155]
- Arnold Zelman, from Oz[citation needed]
- Toby Ziegler, from the U.S. drama The West Wing.[156]
- Artie Ziff, from The Simpsons.[157]
- Andrea Zuckerman, from Beverly Hills, 90210.[158]
- Nathan Zuckerman, character in many Philip Roth novels.[159]
- The Wise Men of Chelm, from Jewish folklore.[160]
[edit] Comic books and heroes
[edit] Superheroes and villains of Jewish religion
- the Acidic Jew (Moshe Chomsky).[161]
- Atom (Ray Palmer) (DC Comics).[162]
- Atom Smasher (formerly Nuklon of Infinity, Inc.) (DC Comics).[163]
- Captain Underpants alias Principal Benny Krupp.[164]
- Colossal Boy of the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC Comics).[165]
- Doc Samson (Marvel Comics).[166]
- Fathom of the Elementals, by Bill Willingham.[167]
- Justice (formerly Marvel Boy of the New Warriors) (Marvel Comics).[168]
- Masada (Team Youngblood).[169]
- The Monolith (DC Comics).[170]
- Prime (Malibu Comics).[171]
- Ragman (DC Comics) Ragman (miniseries) #1 Oct. 1991 DC Comics.[172]
- Sabra (Marvel Comics).[173]
- Seraph of the Global Guardians (DC Comics).[174]
- Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) of the X-Men (Marvel Comics).[175]
- The Thing (Marvel Comics) A former non-practicing Jew who recently (and belatedly) had his Bar Mitzvah[176][177]
- Volcana (Marvel Comics).[178]
- Batwoman Kate Kane (DC Comics).
- Shaloman[179][180][181][182][183]
- Miss Perfect Marissa Stone Aka Larissa Silver (USLA leader) All four of her grandparents were Jewish, her parents converted to Scientology. She converted back to Judaism, but by all accounts she is reform.
[edit] Superheroes and villains of Jewish ethnicity (only)
- Harley Quinn (DC Comics).[184]
- Iceman (Marvel Comics) - half-Jewish.[185]
- Moon Knight (Marvel Comics) Moon Knight (1st series) #37 May 1984 Marvel Comics.[186]
- Sandman (Golden Age) (DC Comics) - half-Jewish.[187]
- The Collector (Shoshana Radelburg), a member of the Moon Marauders, first appeared in Strange Attractors no. 5 (1994)[citation needed]
- Gertrude Yorkes of the Runaways (Marvel Comics) - Jewish family, currently agnostic.[188]
- The Escapist.[citation needed]
- Dr Manhattan (Watchmen) Real name Jonathan Osterman. His father appears as a stereotypical Jewish watch-maker. Jon himself expresses agnostic attitudes.[citation needed]
- Magneto (Marvel Comics) - born Jewish and as a boy was a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz, but turned his back on his human ethnicity and religion and has for years only identified himself as a mutant, though his experiences with anti-Semitism seem to be a major influence on his quest to fight against anti-mutant oppression.[189][190][191]
- Scarlet Witch -- Wanda Maximoff -- self-identifies with the Roma people, raised by Roma, her mother Magda was Roma, and an Auschwitz survivor, but her father Magneto was born Jewish.[192]
- Quicksilver (comics) -- Pietro Maximoff -- he has not so completely identified himself with the Roma, but like his twin sister Wanda Maximoff, was raised by the Roma and his mother was Roma, while his father is the Jewish Magneto.[193]
- Nyssa Raatko -- Jewish mother, non-practicing.[194]
- Sublime (Wildstorm Comics) - Jewish mother and raised in a Jewish household but non-practicing.[citation needed]
- The Thing (Fantastic Four).[195][196]
- Zim Markus Zimmerman USLA half-Jewish His is of Jewish heritage His mother was Irish There is no telling whether religion ever played a major role in his life is questionable. He was however have a barmitzvah. He is Agnostic, but leans towards polytheism.
- Psycho Janus Stine USLA Probably of fully Jewish heritage, went to Yashiva for about a week before transferring to The High school of the Performing Arts.
[edit] Other comic characters who are not superheroes
- Arthur (The Tick).[197]
- Jonathan August (Albino Comics).[citation needed]
- Isadore "Izzy" Cohen (Private in "Sgt.Fury and his Howling Commandos") (Marvel Comics).[citation needed]
- Indie Rock Pete, from Diesel Sweeties.[198]
- Reuben Flagg (American Flagg!).[199]
- Aurora Rabinowitz, from Tomb of Dracula (Marvel Comics).[citation needed]
- Bernie Rosenthal, ex-girlfriend of Captain America (Marvel Comics).[200]
- Thea, bookstore clerk from Dykes to Watch Out For.[citation needed]
- Two-Gun Kid (Marvel Comics).[201]
- Riff in Sluggy Freelance[202]
[edit] Not primarily associated with comic books
- The Hebrew Hammer (Mordechai Jefferson Carver) (Movie) (2003).[203]
- Captain Hero (Drawn Together) (Many characters in Drawn together will do Jewish things like sit Shiva or break a glass at weddings. Producer Matt Silverstein and several writers are Jewish).[citation needed]
- Jewcano (Minoriteam).[204]
[edit] Also of Note
There also exists a team of Judaicly themed superheroes known as "The Jewish Hero Corps", printed by Leviathan press. They include Menorah Man, Yarmulke Youth, Matzah Woman, Driedel Maidel, Magen David, Minyan Man, and Shabbas Queen. They are not commonly recognized as actual characters primarily because only one issue of the comic is known to have been produced at this time.[205]
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- ^ Doonesbury@Slate - The FAQ
- ^ Rabbi Small (Harry Kemelman)
- ^ Movie Spoiler for the film - MR & MRS SMITH
- ^ j. - Persnickety views
- ^ The Big Lebowski (1998) - Memorable quotes
- ^ Doing Jewish In Toronto
- ^ Out o' Time (Oz)
- ^ Kissing Jessica Stein (2001) - Plot summary
- ^ GNS Character Profiles - Dr Lilith Sternin
- ^ Religion of Comic Book Characters (esp. Super-Heroes)
- ^ http://www.boston-legal.org/script/TP08x06.pdf
- ^ In Search of Lost Time, ISBN 0679600280
- ^ J.D. Salinger - MSN Encarta
- ^ Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - Plot summary
- ^ HBO: Rome: Episode Guide: Summary: Season 2: Episode 16
- ^ J's Pages +++ Book List: April-October 2000
- ^ Oz (an Episode Guide)
- ^ House: Damned If You Do - TV.com
- ^ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Summary Chp. 4
- ^ Happy Rosh Hashanah, Cristina! at We’ve moved to www.racialicious.com - update your bookmarks!
- ^ 'Sex and the City' Celebrates Judaism by Samuel G. Freedman
- ^ Peter Jacobson (I)
- ^ Power Rangers: The Wedding (3) - TV.com
- ^ The West Wing: Toby Ziegler
- ^ In the episode "The Ziff Who Came To Dinner", Marge asks Ziff if he knows why no one like him. Ziff replies, "Antisemitism?"
- ^ To be or not to be ... Jewish
- ^ Contemporary Jewish Museum - San Francisco California
- ^ The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
- ^ "The religion of the Acidic Jew (Moshe Chomsky)"
- ^ [1] "True or False ... The smallest Jewish hero in all the comic books is the Atom ... True. The Atom is also the smallest member of the Justice League of America.
- ^ Religion of Comic Book Characters (esp. Super-Heroes)
- ^ In Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman, Mr Krupp's aborted marriage ceremony to Ms Ribble was being conducted by a rabbi, and Mr Krupp was wearing a yarmulke
- ^ http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-
- The God of Cartoons By; Paul Palnik Creative Light Press. www.1800cartoon.com
- ^ The religion of Doc Samson (Dr. Leonard Samson) Hulk's friend
- ^ My Comic Book Writings
- ^ [2] "Justice is a member of the new Warriors who, like Sabra, is Jewish. Justice snaps Sabra back to reality by getting her to think of her dead son, who Justice resembles. He does this by reciting the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead." Accessed 17 Dec 2006
- ^ The religion of Masada (Deborah Konigsberg)
- ^ Scoop - Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! - The Monolith #1
- ^ The religion of Prime (Kevin Green), Jewish superhero
- ^ j. - Cool characters entice kids: Jewish superheroes work wonders in American comics
- ^ [3] "Justice is a member of the new Warriors who, like Sabra, is Jewish." Accessed 17 Dec 2006
- ^ The religion of Seraph (Chaim Lavon), an Israeli superhero
- ^ The religion of Kitty Pryde, Shadowcat of the X-Men
- ^ The religion of The Thing (Ben Grimm) of the Fantastic Four
- ^ Blog@Newsarama » This Monster, This Man
- ^ The religion of Volcana (Marsha Rosenberg)
- ^ Superdickery.com
- ^ Shaloman
- ^ WFMU - Shaloman
- ^ Shaloman
- ^ The religion of Shaloman (Israeli super-hero)
- ^ Veteran superhero Benjamin J
- ^ The religion of Iceman (Bobby Drake) of the X-Men
- ^ The religion of Moon Knight (Marc Spector)
- ^ The religion of Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
- ^ The religion of Gertrude Yorkes ("Arsenic" of the Runaways)
- ^ "The religion of Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)"
- ^ Quesada, Joe. "New Joe Fridays Week 28" URL last checked 2007-01-14.
- ^ Meth, Clifford. Protocols of the Elders of Marvel. URL last checked 2007-01-14.
- ^ "The religion of Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)"
- ^ "The religion of Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)"
- ^ Religion of Comic Book Characters (esp. Super-Heroes)
- ^ The religion of The Thing (Ben Grimm) of the Fantastic Four
- ^ In "Thing II#8", he celebrated his bar mitzvah after a rabbi informed him of a technicality; that the 13th anniversary of the event which transformed him into The Thing was near, which was the 13th year of his new life, and he could celebrate his Bar Mitzvah then. Ordinarily, he would only have been able to celebrate it at 13 or at 83, 13 years after his 70th birthday.
- ^ Tick vs. Dot and Neil's Wedding
- ^ diesel sweeties: pixelated robot romance web comic
- ^ The Continuity Pages: Howard Chaykin
- ^ The religion of Bernie Rosenthal: Captain America's girlfriend
- ^ The religion of The Two-Gun Kid (Matthew Liebowicz)
- ^ Sluggy Freelance
- ^ The Hebrew Hammer
- ^ ::: Bravo :::
- ^ Leviathan Press web site Accessed 18 Nov 2006
