They were both Jewish. http://www.nashville.com/~al.schroeder/siegel.htm His name was originally Kal-L. He didn't become Kal-EL till the 'silver age'. http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/1185/jfiles/krypton_biblio.html
At 03:28 PM 1/28/02, you wrote: >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> >> > >> >> > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
