![]() ![]() Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two ethnically and religiously Jewish Americans, created Superman and published his first adventures in 1938’s Action Comics. While there aren’t many Jewish superheroes, most popular mainstream characters were created by Jewish Americans, and they often have intrinsically Jewish qualities and metaphors as a result. Every Superman comic and adaptation contains Jewish symbolism due to this, but Man of Steel adds new metaphors with elements like the Codex. Superman’s creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster gave Superman numerous metaphorically Jewish qualities that are now essential to the character and mythos. ![]() Superman, like most mainstream superheroes found in DC and Marvel Comics, was created by Ashkenazi Jewish Americans, whose ancestors escaped religious and ethnic persecution in Europe and emigrated to the United States. Man of Steel contains numerous overt examples of Christian imagery and symbolism, like Jesus figures in other Snyder movies, but it also, whether intentionally or not, includes Jewish metaphors as well. Man of Steel has numerous examples of real-world religious and cultural symbolism, but the Kryptonian Codex implanted in Kal-El adds additional elements of Jewish symbolism to the film. ![]()
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