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| Two Jewish teenagers, Jerry Siegel (writer) and Joe Shuster (artist), created the man of steel in the early 1930s. |
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| The circumstances around Superman's escape from Krypton mirror the Kindertransports of the 1930s, which involved thousands of German Jews putting their children alone on trains to Great Britain to escape Nazi rule. |
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| Superman's personal history parallels Moses's background. For example, Superman's life is saved by his parents, who put their child in a tiny spaceship and send him to an alien planet to be raised by others. Similarly, Moses's mother placed her son in a small basket to escape Pharaoh's death decree, and Moses is raised in an alien culture, until he assumes his true identity. |
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| Superman's name on Krypton was "Kal-El," which resembles the Hebrew transliteration of "All is God." |
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| In an effort to fit into his new world, Superman assumed an alter ego, Clark Kent. Likewise, many Jewish immigrants to America changed their names to blend more easily into society and avoid persecution. Notable examples from the constellation of Jewish comic-book inventors include: Stan Lee (Stan Lieber) and Jack Kirby (Jack Kurtzberg), who created Spider-Man, X-Men, and the Fantastic Four; and Bob Kane (Robert Kahn) who created Batman, the dark knight. |
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