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Behind the Cowl: Batman and Bob Kane

By Dr. Andrew Fogel, Visiting Scholar 2025-2026

Behind the Cowl: Batman and Bob Kane

In 1939, Batman debuted in Detective Comics issue twenty-seven with a May cover date. The comic book hit newsstands, according to copyright records, on March 30. Eighty-seven years later, copies of this rare piece of Americana sell for nearly two million dollars. Batman helped build the comic book industry and laid the…

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Look Who’s Coming To Dinner!

Look Who’s Coming to Dinner!

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Mipaām
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Today’s cartoon in Yiddish appeared 1906 in New York in  דיא ווארהייט.

This newspaper in particular and others are made available online by
the National Library of Israel on the website Historical Jewish Press – עיתונות
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How the Czar Takes a Bath

How the Czar Takes a Bath…

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Mipaām
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Today’s cartoon in Yiddish appeared 1905 in New York in דיא ווארהייט. This newspaper in particular and others are made available online by
the National Library of Israel on the website Historical Jewish Press – עיתונות
יהודית היסטורית

Microfilmed
and print copies of newspapers and…

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Missing in Action

Missing in Action…

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Mipaām
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Today’s cartoon in Hebrew appeared in Israel in 1943 in על המשמר.

This newspaper in particular and others are made available online by
the National Library of Israel on the website Historical Jewish Press – עיתונות
יהודית היסטורית

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and print copies of newspapers and other material…

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Lessons of History…

Lessons of History…

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Mipaām
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Today’s cartoon in Hebrew appeared in Israel in 1943 in על המשמר.

This newspaper in particular and others are made available online by
the National Library of Israel on the website Historical Jewish Press – עיתונות
יהודית היסטורית

Microfilmed
and print copies of newspapers and other material…

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