You ask an important question, "On the other hand, how often do Jewish women (aside from Kitty Pryde of the X-Men) appear in comic books?", the answer to which I've been waiting to read in the pages of Hadassah Magzine or Lilith or on the JWA website. One of the best-known female Jewish cartoonists is Trina Robbins, who is also the foremost authority on the history of women in the comics industry (which includes quite a significant number of women). Alas, Trina has not yet written a history about Jewish women characters in comics or a history of specifically Jewish women cartoonists. Perhaps I will someday pen an essay or deliver a conference paper about the ways that Jewish women have been represented in comix during its 70-year history. In the meantime, if anyone would like to know more (maybe write an article herself), I'd be happy to share the info I have collected thus far. There are several great Jewish cartoonist non-superhero comics works that have been published in recent years, which include : jobnik! by Miriam Libicki, We Are On Our Own by Miriam Katin, Girl Stories by Lauren Weinstein, Unterzakhn (currently being serialized in The Forward) by Leela Corman, and How to Understand Israel in Sixty Days by Sarah Glidden (which will be published as a 200-page graphic novel by Vertigo). Among the more prominent Jewish superhero characters (besides Kitty Pryde) in comics are : Sabra (Marvel Comics), Judith (a member of the Hayoth team in the DC Comics line), Masada (Image Comics), Batwoman (DC) and Golani (Archie Comics). Although written by a man (Barry Deutsch), I highly reccommedn that you take a look at the webcomic (also available as a printed comic) Hereville at http://www.hereville.com. Hereville is described as "The Best Comic Book About Troll-Fighting Jewish Girls You’ll Read This Year".
You ask an important question, "On the other hand, how often do Jewish women (aside from Kitty Pryde of the X-Men) appear in comic books?", the answer to which I've been waiting to read in the pages of Hadassah Magzine or Lilith or on the JWA website. One of the best-known female Jewish cartoonists is Trina Robbins, who is also the foremost authority on the history of women in the comics industry (which includes quite a significant number of women). Alas, Trina has not yet written a history about Jewish women characters in comics or a history of specifically Jewish women cartoonists. Perhaps I will someday pen an essay or deliver a conference paper about the ways that Jewish women have been represented in comix during its 70-year history. In the meantime, if anyone would like to know more (maybe write an article herself), I'd be happy to share the info I have collected thus far. There are several great Jewish cartoonist non-superhero comics works that have been published in recent years, which include : jobnik! by Miriam Libicki, We Are On Our Own by Miriam Katin, Girl Stories by Lauren Weinstein, Unterzakhn (currently being serialized in The Forward) by Leela Corman, and How to Understand Israel in Sixty Days by Sarah Glidden (which will be published as a 200-page graphic novel by Vertigo). Among the more prominent Jewish superhero characters (besides Kitty Pryde) in comics are : Sabra (Marvel Comics), Judith (a member of the Hayoth team in the DC Comics line), Masada (Image Comics), Batwoman (DC) and Golani (Archie Comics). Although written by a man (Barry Deutsch), I highly reccommedn that you take a look at the webcomic (also available as a printed comic) Hereville at http://www.hereville.com. Hereville is described as "The Best Comic Book About Troll-Fighting Jewish Girls You’ll Read This Year".