Why are there no Israeli superheroes?
Source: haaretz.com
Around 30 years ago, the cartoonist and illustrator Uri Fink appeared in People magazine. Fink, who was just 15 at the time, earned this mention thanks to his comic book superhero, Sabraman.
“It was at the time of the upbeat Camp David days,” recalls Fink, “and the item about the whiz kid and his Hebrew superhero got a lot of feedback. News agencies interviewed me and that’s how I made it into newspapers around the world. I even got into the nudist paper, ‘Gallery’ which I peeked at in my mother’s newspaper shop on Ben Yehuda Street in Tel Aviv.”
In the comic books Fink released, Sabraman is drawn carelessly. His body was not muscular, as would be expected of a superhero, but a Star of David was perched on his chest. According to Fink, “Sabraman is an immature attempt to cope with the issue of superheroes.”
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The Marvel Universe’s noir New York by Francesco Francavilla
Source: io9.com
Dardevil’s heroic credentials were tarnished in the recent Shadowland miniseries, so Marvel’s released teaser images by io9 favorite Francesco Francavilla auditioning a new Man Without Fear. My money’s on Kraven or Falcon as the scion to Hell’s Kitchen.
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