(Jewish Group) Every Jewish thing you need to know about Batman (and there's a lot of it)
“The Batman,” starring Robert Pattinson, is the 11th live-action film for the Caped Crusader. He’ll also return later this year in “The Flash,” where both Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck reprise their roles as alternate dimension versions of the character.
Batman is the property of DC Comics and parent company Warner Bros. He’s one of the most popular and profitable superheroes in the world. He’s also heavily Jewish.
His mythology may not borrow from scripture and Yiddishkeit like Superman’s does, particularly during the season of Purim — a holiday of costumes and masks, celebrating what may be the earliest case in literature of a heroic secret identity.
Batman (originally “The Bat-Man”) debuted in May 1939’s Detective Comics #27. He was created by artist Bob Kane (Robert Kahn) and writer Bill (Milton) Finger (who also co-created Green Lantern), in response to the runaway success of the first superhero, Superman, the year prior, by the same publishers. Batman became the yin to Superman’s yang, and pretty much every superhero since can be placed somewhere on the spectrum between the two.
Citizen Kane: American cartoonist Bob Kane, originator of Batman, sits on a couch in his apartment surrounded by Batman collectibles, including posters and action figures.
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