Warning: contains spoilers for Non-Stop Spider-Man #4!
A recent Spider-Man comic appears to confirm Peter Parker's Jewish roots through an exchange with a ruthless anti-semitic villain. In Non-Stop Spider-Man #4, written by Joe Kelly with art by Chris Bachalo and colors by Marcio Menyz and Erick Arcinega, Spider-Man lives up to the series name with non-stop action, most notably in a fight with the classic comics antagonist Baron Zemo. As Spider-Man goes on the offensive, his various exchanges throughout the fight shed some light on Parker's heritage.
In Non-Stop Spider-Man, Peter Parker tracks down the people responsible behind the deaths of several students at prestigious schools and universities. At the same time, an "A Plus" designer drug is used by the Zapata Brothers, turning the two villains (often hired for their muscle and little else) into veritable geniuses. The two cases are related: somehow the drug transfers brainpower taken from intelligent people...and Spider-Man also leans those targeted are people of color.
Zemo and Wülf attempt to make a getaway in a private plane, but Spider-Man rips open the fuselage and confronts Zemo in the cabin. Zemo wastes no time in taunting Peter, bragging about his sword with a blade created by Norse craftsman, and a handle forged from gold taken from "...the subhumans processed in the war." At this, Peter lashes out in anger, charging at Zemo. "Take your racist, anti-Semitic crap and shove it! You're garbage!" Peter is right - this incarnation of Zemo is more villainous than his MCU counterpart - but clues in the issue suggest that Peter Parker is Jewish, and he's taking this fight personally.
This isn't the first instance in which Peter has been coded as Jewish. In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Peter B. Parker notably steps on a glass during his wedding - a Jewish tradition, meant to symbolize difficult moments and the many struggles in life (something quite familiar to Spider-Man). Actor Andrew Garfield, in a 2014 interview with Time Out, maintained that Spider-Man is Jewish, because, in part, "...he never feels like he's doing enough. And Peter suffers from self-doubt...he's neurotic. He's Jewish, it's a defining feature." Perhaps it is no accident that Jewish creator Stan Lee placed Peter's home in Forest Hills - a Queens neighborhood with a sizable Jewish population. Spider-Man's constant jokes during fights are also a Jewish trait: the wisecracks and one-liners are often self-deprecating, never truly mean-spirited, and are usually used as a coping mechanism to hide great pain.
Zemo certainly considers Spider-Man to be Jewish in Non-Stop Spider-Man, saying "You are a remarkable animal. A pity you are unclean." Zemo, a member of Hydra and a believer in Nazi rhetoric, would understandably loathe a Jewish superhero; the very idea means Nazis aren't superior at all. Peter Parker's Jewish roots still aren't entirely confirmed, but perhaps future writers will explore Spider-Man's heritage in issues to come.
Source: Timeout.com
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