{"id":3123,"date":"2002-08-07T10:07:33","date_gmt":"2002-08-07T15:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2002-08-07T10:07:33","modified_gmt":"2002-08-07T15:07:33","slug":"a_jewish_thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/08\/07\/a_jewish_thing.html","title":{"rendered":"A Jewish Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a nice article about the recent revelation that the Fantastic Four’s “Thing” — Ben Grimm — is Jewish<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Evidently this was Lee and Kirby’s intent all along, but never voiced, presumably because in the early 60s it would have been, amazingly enough, too controversial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a nice article about the recent revelation that the Fantastic Four’s “Thing” — Ben Grimm — is Jewish. 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