In 2000, author Michael Chabon made the connection between Judaism and superheroics the basis for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay. In his puny narcissism, George sought inspiration from the paragon of selflessness.” One episode saw the cast encounter alternate reality versions of themselves, a nod to the Bizarro World storylines in the comic.Īs series writer Peter Mehlman explains: “For his all-too-human problems, Jerry looked to someone from Krypton. More recently, Superman served as a recurring motif in the classic sitcom Seinfeld (1989-98), perhaps the finest Jewish comedy of all, frequently invoked to provide a ludicrous counterpoint to the characters' entirely selfish and petty motivations. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby at Marvel, also Jewish, would continue to develop their own range of heroic outsiders in the "silver age" of comics in the 1960s.
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