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Posted by: kdc

I have some interesting friends, one of whom forwarded me this message:

I thought you might enjoy the link below which
talks about the connection between Judaism and
comics.  I enjoy telling people that Superman's
Kryptonian name is Kal-El which in Hebrew means
"all that is God" according to the link.

As I grew up without a TV in my home, comics were the source of my four color entertainment when growing up. While I suffered for my choices as a child (and teen and 20someething), I'm now reaping the benefits as a parent.

Seems like every huge movie these days is from comic books (Superman Returns, Spiderman, Batman Begins, Men in Black, Incredible Hulk) and since I was an unrepentant geek, I know nearly every little detail about the slightest cameo appearance in every movie (Peter Parker's run-in w/the one-arm professor in Spiderman 2? That's Curt Conners, who will someday become the Lizard. Batman's march through Arkham before the mental patients are freed in Batman Begins? I can name most of them). Not sure I'm proud of retaining all of that arcane information, but that makes me the coolest Dad on earth for my 8-year-old, so it's worth it.

Plus, I just might be able to sell some of those old comics to pay for his college someday.

How about you? Any comic book memories?