Wasn't one of Superman's original writers or artists jewish and simply needed to come up with some appropriate names? Hebrew sounds nicely foreign to most.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:42 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Superman vs Spiderman > > > I had a College history professor contend that Superman had Jewish > roots. My memory is foggy but I remember that the two creators were > Jewish, and that Kal-el is actually a Jewish word for something but I > forget what. There were also discussions on what his > father's name was > (jor-el I think) and some significance with Superman Vs. Ubermensch. > Any thoughts? > > Michael Corrigan > Programmer > Endora Digital Solutions > 1900 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > Lombard, IL 60148 > 630/627-5200 x-136 > 630/627-5255 Fax > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jon Hall > To: CF-Community > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 11:38 AM > Subject: Re: Superman vs Spiderman > > > If those are the parameters, Harry Potter would beat the crap outta > both of > them :) > > jon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:29 PM > Subject: RE: Superman vs Spiderman > > > > > Ok, time for the age old question, who would win in a fight, > > > Superman or Spiderman? > > > > Come on, this is obvious > > > > Spiderman will win > > > > The reason - Superman the Movie was made in 1978 and even though > it's > > had 23 years to rack up sales, the Spiderman movie has had a much > larger > > hype machine, so expect the box office sales to go > through the roof > > > > Add to that the merchandising, books and stuff, Spiderman > will win > hands > > down... > > > > You did mean a fight in the box-office sales, right? <g> > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
