Religion: Jewish
Name: Jerry Robinson
Classification:
supporting character
based on a real person
First Appearance: Detective Comics (vol. 1) #47 (Jan. 1941): "Money Can't Buy Happiness"
Creators: Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos
Number of Appearances: 1
Occupation: columnist, gossip columnist
Gender: male
In panel 6 on page 5 of the Batman story in Detective Comics #47, a newspaper's society page is shown. The Society page (or perhaps simply the "Society" column) was written by "Jerry Robinson," which is apparently the name of the newspaper's gossip columnist.
The headline on the page reads: "Diane Midas Makes Debut: Deb's coming out party costs $50,000. Most lavish of all debuts."
Obviously this newspaper writer's name is taken from the name of Batman comic book inker Jerry Robinson.
It may be too generous to call Jerry Robinson an actual "character" in this story. This might properly be understood as little more than a little jest or "inside joke" as part of an illustration in one panel. In any case, the character of "Jerry Robinson" is never seen in this story nor is he mentioned outside of this single illustration.
Obviously there is nothing in this story that suggests that newspaper columnist "Jerry Robinson" is Jewish. But because the "character" is based on real-life Jewish comic book artist Jerry Robinson, the "character" is classified as Jewish as well.
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Robinson
- http://mobile.aish.com/jewlariousFeatures/jewlariousFeaturesDefault/Is_the_Joker_Jewish$.asp
- http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/interviews/robinson_1.shtml
- http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=34504
- https://www.comics.org/issue/1235/