The original was a slapstickcomedy aimed primarily at children. The second series straddles a variety of genres, including swashbuckling adventures with elements of fantasy, mystery, and science fiction, while retaining slapstick humor offset by dashes of satire and political and cultural commentary. The second more modern version had artwork in the style of Archie Comics by former Archie artist Stan Goldberg.[2]
Publication history
The first Mendy and the Golem series followed the exploits of Mendy Klein, who found a Golem in their father's synagogue. The Klein siblings and their Golem (named Sholem) get into all sorts of scrapes, and walk out of them with a moral based on Jewish texts.
In the second series, the Kleins have created a modern-day Golem with the assistance of the venerable Reb Zushe, an aging Rabbinicalscholar. This version of the characters originated as a series of comic strips, Mendy's Fun Page that ran weekly in Jewish newspapers in North America and Australia, beginning in 1997.
Mendy and the Golem Vol. 2, #3 (#9) (March 1983). Cover art by Dovid Sears.
1981 series
Billed as "The World's Only Kosher Comic Book", Mendy Enterprises' Mendy and the Golemfirst appeared in 1981 available for $1.00. Written by Leibel Estrin and drawn by Dovid Sears, the comic book featured the offbeat misadventures of Mendy, an Orthodox Jewish boy, and his pet Golem. Other characters include Mendy's parents, Rabbi Yaakov and Sara Klein; Mendy's sister, Rivky; and a host of colorful supporting characters such as Moshe the Mayven; the Lone Stranger and his faithful friend Toronto; Captain Video; Dr. Hardheart and his evil robot Oy Vayder; and Professor Nemo.
The artists and creators also frequently break the fourth wall and make various appearance's, sometimes to explain Hebrew words, explain/add to the joke, or react to something that was said, most notably in Vol 16 War and Peace which starts off with 6 pages of the editors, publishers, and artists talking about creating that very issue.
Twenty issues were made, but only nineteen issues were produced and printed.
Vol 1 Mendy And The Golem
Vol 2 Sholom's Wheel Of Fortune
Vol 3 Whos New At The Zoo
Vol 4 School Daze
Vol 5 Write Makes Might
Vol 6 As Time Goes Bye
Vol 7 Sholom Doesn't Have A Prayer
Vol 8 Wrong Route To Your Roots
Vol 9 Home On The Ssstrange
Vol 10 Double-Trouble
Vol 11 2002 A Spaced-Out Odyssey
Vol 12 I Spy A Crooked Guy
Vol 13 Sholom's Secret Mission
Vol 14 The Most Dangerous Game Of All
Vol 15 Don't Shoot The Basketball Player
Vol 16 War And Peace
Vol 17 A friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed
Vol 18 Return Of The Bad Guy
Vol 19 The Last Laughs On You
Vol 20 'Wherever I go, Ego" [volume 19 had a teaser on the back for the next volume, as they all did, however it was never printed]
2003 series
A new Mendy and the Golem series appeared in 2003, published by The Golem Factory. Under editor-in-chief Tani Pinson, it was written by Matt Brandstein and featured art by Stan Goldberg, Ernie Colón and Joe Rubinstein.
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