![]() There is a great moment when Ray fears that Jean is dead and he, almost involuntarily, starts to pray. If you are going to write stories that are beyond mere kiddie stories about men in tights, religion will enter it at some point. I mean, no, I don't want some kind of sermon every time I pick up a comic, but if you were a writer trying to flesh out a character sooner or later you'd have to come up against his or her spiritual beliefs. I think don't ask don't tell is for the birds. I would rather comic companies take a "don't ask, don't tell" policy about religion. Ray reveals he's not religious, not Jewish, and completely ignorant about Hanukkah and the friend takes the opportunity to explain the history and the ritual.įrom: "Barry Allen is Jewish?" forum discussion, started on the Comic Bloc website ( viewed 20 July 2007): It was a Hanukkah story but in it, Ray is invited to the home of a friend of Jean's to celebrate Hanukkah (the friend being Jewish, not Ray). sorry to disappoint you but I read the story recently and that's not quite it. There was a reasonably good one in 1979 by Gerry Conway, but it only stands out because it established for all of one story that Ray Palmer is Jewish. So there's no need for a religious conversion. OM, I think you'll find that the Spectre II was Hal Jordan, not Ray Palmer. It was almost as if becoming the Spectre caused a conversion to Christianity. Even DeMatteis appeared to ignore that one in his Spectre run. However, I will say that good writers write good Christmas stories built on ideas that can be very universal. "Did you notice a piece of paper on which type-writing appeared, and which was in the typewriter?"From: "Stuart Moore's A Thousand Flowers: O Deadly Night" forum discussion, started 2 December 2003 on the Newsarama website ( viewed 28 June 2007):Īs a Jewish fan, I do get a bit tired of Christmas stories in all media, but I am certainly not hoping to see more Hanukkah stories. Yet that paper was served at a signal from the district attorney, and purely for the purpose of letting the Court and the spectators know publicly that I was being called as a witness before the Grand Jury. I hold in my hand a subpoena to appear before the Grand Jury, a subpoena which very apparently was held in the hands of a deputy sheriff and could have been served at any time prior to the convening of court. Mason said in slow, level tones, "Your Honor, that remark was uncalled for and unnecessary. Perry Mason nodded his head almost imperceptibly and then flashed her a swift wink. "Did you notice a portable typewriter on the table near that body?" The man approached Perry Mason, a folded paper extended.īurger nodded perfunctory thanks and turned to the witness.īurger went on, "I feel that I am violating no confidence, your Honor, in stating that this matter is one which is being investigated by the Grand Jury and it will be necessary for me to appear before the Grand Jury." JUDGE WINTERS nodded to the district attorney.īefore Mason could say anything Burger, raising his voice, said, "The defense can have no objection, because one of the first witnesses who will be called by the Grand Jury is none other than Perry Mason, the attorney for the defendants." "Your next witness," Judge Winters said to the district attorney. "On the fourteenth of this month did you have occasion to go to the house of Hartley Basset?" "Has the defense," asked Judge Winters, "any objections?" She raised a newspaper in her hand and gestured with it significantly. He caught the anxious, startled eyes of Della Street on the outskirts of the crowd. Perry Mason, holding the subpoena in his hand, turned to scan the faces of those in the courtroom. In view of this other matter, it will be necessary for me to ask for a brief adjournment of this hearing within approximately an hour." "Your Honor," the district attorney said, "there have been some rather startling, although not entirely unexpected, developments in connection with this case, and in connection with another matter which, while not directly involved, is nevertheless related to it.
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