Who was sent off in a small vessel by his parents to save him from the death and destruction facing his people … then raised among people to whom he is an alien, but who do not suspect his secret identity … then grows up to become a liberator and champion of the oppressed, with the aid of miraculous superpowers? You could have answered either Moses or Superman. Comic book superheroes were the creations of the sons of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, all born between 1914 and 1922. It was a very Jewish sentiment to feel for the underdog and to champion "Truth, Justice and the American Way” that their families had come to the United States to find. The background stories of these Jewish artists gives some insight into their individual inspirations for their characters, and the ones that were to come after.
