What is the meaning of the Hebrew characters that appear when a soul is absorbed into Ragman's suit?

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Ragman is my favorite superhero. For me, he is one of the best Jewish superheroes. A mystic vigilante created by Joe Kubert and Bob Kanigher who first appeared in 1976 in a short-lived comic-book series named after him. He lives in Gotham City.



Ragman can absorb souls into his costume. With each new soul added, a rag is added. He can call upon the souls in his costume to lend him their attributes or power. So far, I have found at least in two DC Batman issues (Batman Legends from the Dark Knight #51 Snitch - 1993 and Batman Meets the Vengeful Ragman #551 - 1998) that when the soul absorption happened, the pencillers David G. Klein and Kelley Jones used seared Hebrew characters.



Can anyone tell me the meaning of those characters?



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  • Not a step....?
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  • It's clearly emmet (אמת), a reference to the Golem of Prague?
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  • Ah yes, mentioned here; adherents.com/lit/comics/Ragman.html
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  • on the subject of hebrew characters in comics, I've noticed that in one iron man comic dr strange creates a pentagram with diffferent symbols in parts of it, and one of section contains gods name in hebrew
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Ragman is my favorite superhero. For me, he is one of the best Jewish superheroes. A mystic vigilante created by Joe Kubert and Bob Kanigher who first appeared in 1976 in a short-lived comic-book series named after him. He lives in Gotham City.



Ragman can absorb souls into his costume. With each new soul added, a rag is added. He can call upon the souls in his costume to lend him their attributes or power. So far, I have found at least in two DC Batman issues (Batman Legends from the Dark Knight #51 Snitch - 1993 and Batman Meets the Vengeful Ragman #551 - 1998) that when the soul absorption happened, the pencillers David G. Klein and Kelley Jones used seared Hebrew characters.



Can anyone tell me the meaning of those characters?



Soul absorption by Ragman






dc translation ragman







share|improve this question























  • Not a step....?
    – Valorum
    4 hours ago










  • It's clearly emmet (אמת), a reference to the Golem of Prague?
    – Adamant
    4 hours ago











  • Ah yes, mentioned here; adherents.com/lit/comics/Ragman.html
    – Valorum
    4 hours ago










  • on the subject of hebrew characters in comics, I've noticed that in one iron man comic dr strange creates a pentagram with diffferent symbols in parts of it, and one of section contains gods name in hebrew
    – Antheloth
    10 mins ago












up vote
3
down vote

favorite









up vote
3
down vote

favorite











Ragman is my favorite superhero. For me, he is one of the best Jewish superheroes. A mystic vigilante created by Joe Kubert and Bob Kanigher who first appeared in 1976 in a short-lived comic-book series named after him. He lives in Gotham City.



Ragman can absorb souls into his costume. With each new soul added, a rag is added. He can call upon the souls in his costume to lend him their attributes or power. So far, I have found at least in two DC Batman issues (Batman Legends from the Dark Knight #51 Snitch - 1993 and Batman Meets the Vengeful Ragman #551 - 1998) that when the soul absorption happened, the pencillers David G. Klein and Kelley Jones used seared Hebrew characters.



Can anyone tell me the meaning of those characters?



Soul absorption by Ragman






dc translation ragman







share|improve this question















Ragman is my favorite superhero. For me, he is one of the best Jewish superheroes. A mystic vigilante created by Joe Kubert and Bob Kanigher who first appeared in 1976 in a short-lived comic-book series named after him. He lives in Gotham City.



Ragman can absorb souls into his costume. With each new soul added, a rag is added. He can call upon the souls in his costume to lend him their attributes or power. So far, I have found at least in two DC Batman issues (Batman Legends from the Dark Knight #51 Snitch - 1993 and Batman Meets the Vengeful Ragman #551 - 1998) that when the soul absorption happened, the pencillers David G. Klein and Kelley Jones used seared Hebrew characters.



Can anyone tell me the meaning of those characters?



Soul absorption by Ragman






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  • Not a step....?
    – Valorum
    4 hours ago










  • It's clearly emmet (אמת), a reference to the Golem of Prague?
    – Adamant
    4 hours ago











  • Ah yes, mentioned here; adherents.com/lit/comics/Ragman.html
    – Valorum
    4 hours ago










  • on the subject of hebrew characters in comics, I've noticed that in one iron man comic dr strange creates a pentagram with diffferent symbols in parts of it, and one of section contains gods name in hebrew
    – Antheloth
    10 mins ago
















  • Not a step....?
    – Valorum
    4 hours ago










  • It's clearly emmet (אמת), a reference to the Golem of Prague?
    – Adamant
    4 hours ago











  • Ah yes, mentioned here; adherents.com/lit/comics/Ragman.html
    – Valorum
    4 hours ago










  • on the subject of hebrew characters in comics, I've noticed that in one iron man comic dr strange creates a pentagram with diffferent symbols in parts of it, and one of section contains gods name in hebrew
    – Antheloth
    10 mins ago















Not a step....?
– Valorum
4 hours ago




Not a step....?
– Valorum
4 hours ago












It's clearly emmet (אמת), a reference to the Golem of Prague?
– Adamant
4 hours ago





It's clearly emmet (אמת), a reference to the Golem of Prague?
– Adamant
4 hours ago













Ah yes, mentioned here; adherents.com/lit/comics/Ragman.html
– Valorum
4 hours ago




Ah yes, mentioned here; adherents.com/lit/comics/Ragman.html
– Valorum
4 hours ago












on the subject of hebrew characters in comics, I've noticed that in one iron man comic dr strange creates a pentagram with diffferent symbols in parts of it, and one of section contains gods name in hebrew
– Antheloth
10 mins ago




on the subject of hebrew characters in comics, I've noticed that in one iron man comic dr strange creates a pentagram with diffferent symbols in parts of it, and one of section contains gods name in hebrew
– Antheloth
10 mins ago










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The 1993 version says "Emet", meaning "Truth".



The 1998 version is not actual Hebrew characters.



As Adamant says in the comments, this is a reference to the Golem of Prague, which had that word inscribed on its forehead to give it life. (Off topic, but the Golem has another relationship to comics in that it appears in Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, an excellent novel about two Jewish boys who create an iconic comics character in 1930s New York.)






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  • From Ragman #6 (Shreds - 1991); i.stack.imgur.com/OJsTY.png
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    The 1998 version is the same word, just more stylized, read from down to up, and probably flipped.
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The 1993 version says "Emet", meaning "Truth".



The 1998 version is not actual Hebrew characters.



As Adamant says in the comments, this is a reference to the Golem of Prague, which had that word inscribed on its forehead to give it life. (Off topic, but the Golem has another relationship to comics in that it appears in Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, an excellent novel about two Jewish boys who create an iconic comics character in 1930s New York.)






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  • From Ragman #6 (Shreds - 1991); i.stack.imgur.com/OJsTY.png
    – Valorum
    3 hours ago






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    The 1998 version is the same word, just more stylized, read from down to up, and probably flipped.
    – Adamant
    3 hours ago















up vote
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The 1993 version says "Emet", meaning "Truth".



The 1998 version is not actual Hebrew characters.



As Adamant says in the comments, this is a reference to the Golem of Prague, which had that word inscribed on its forehead to give it life. (Off topic, but the Golem has another relationship to comics in that it appears in Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, an excellent novel about two Jewish boys who create an iconic comics character in 1930s New York.)






share|improve this answer






















  • From Ragman #6 (Shreds - 1991); i.stack.imgur.com/OJsTY.png
    – Valorum
    3 hours ago






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    The 1998 version is the same word, just more stylized, read from down to up, and probably flipped.
    – Adamant
    3 hours ago













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up vote
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The 1993 version says "Emet", meaning "Truth".



The 1998 version is not actual Hebrew characters.



As Adamant says in the comments, this is a reference to the Golem of Prague, which had that word inscribed on its forehead to give it life. (Off topic, but the Golem has another relationship to comics in that it appears in Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, an excellent novel about two Jewish boys who create an iconic comics character in 1930s New York.)






share|improve this answer














The 1993 version says "Emet", meaning "Truth".



The 1998 version is not actual Hebrew characters.



As Adamant says in the comments, this is a reference to the Golem of Prague, which had that word inscribed on its forehead to give it life. (Off topic, but the Golem has another relationship to comics in that it appears in Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, an excellent novel about two Jewish boys who create an iconic comics character in 1930s New York.)







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  • From Ragman #6 (Shreds - 1991); i.stack.imgur.com/OJsTY.png
    – Valorum
    3 hours ago






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    The 1998 version is the same word, just more stylized, read from down to up, and probably flipped.
    – Adamant
    3 hours ago

















  • From Ragman #6 (Shreds - 1991); i.stack.imgur.com/OJsTY.png
    – Valorum
    3 hours ago






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    The 1998 version is the same word, just more stylized, read from down to up, and probably flipped.
    – Adamant
    3 hours ago
















From Ragman #6 (Shreds - 1991); i.stack.imgur.com/OJsTY.png
– Valorum
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From Ragman #6 (Shreds - 1991); i.stack.imgur.com/OJsTY.png
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The 1998 version is the same word, just more stylized, read from down to up, and probably flipped.
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