When Jimmy Blew the Shofar: Midrash and Musical Invective in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954-74) captured the imagination of younger readers drawn to colourful images and preposterously inventive stories. As the 1960s progressed and the first of the baby boomers entered their teens, the formula became out of date. DC Comic's middle-aged writers str...
| Published in: | Journal of religion and popular culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2016]
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| In: |
Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Superman's pal, Jimmy Olsen
/ Midrash
/ Shofar
/ The Beatles (Music group)
/ Fan
/ Youth culture
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BH Judaism CD Christianity and Culture |
| Further subjects: | B
Hebrew Bible
B Superman B Shofar B Beatles B Leo Dorfman B Silver Age Comics B youth culture B DC Comics B Jimmy Olsen B Samson |
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| Summary: | Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954-74) captured the imagination of younger readers drawn to colourful images and preposterously inventive stories. As the 1960s progressed and the first of the baby boomers entered their teens, the formula became out of date. DC Comic's middle-aged writers struggled to keep pace with the emerging youth culture and usually wound up insulting their tastes and predilections. A prime example is The Red-Headed Beatle of 1,000 B.C.! (1964), which simultaneously taps into, and disparages Beatles fandom. However, beneath the insult is a midrashic-like telling of Samson's backstory and intriguing speculations about the uses of the shofar in the world of the Bible. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.28.1.3328 |