Weird Religious Tract Number 14: "Superman Returns!" by Jews For Jesus

Tory Davis writes:

Hand it to Jews For Jesus for having the weakest comic religious tracts. Written attempts by JFJ to proselytize usually involve pamphlets with inane comic characters and childish themes. Usually when members of the group pass out their lame literature to me, I take it and tell them I'm a "Hindu for Buddha,"

This tract is a little more interesting. While its content is weak like all the other JFJ lit, "Superman Returns!" appears to be a one-time-only event-related publication. The only time I've seen it passed out was on June 28, 2006 outside the world premiere of Superman Returns in the Westwood area of Los Angeles (JFJ have an an office in Westwood Village). The appropriated cover art is the Silver Age Man of Steel. I think the artwork is by longtime DC artist Curt Swan.

An interesting weird religion note from the premiere: During and after the screening, I was outside the theaters scamming for tickets to the premiere after-party (I succeeded and had a blast at the party; I saw Kevin Spacey's bald spot!). When the screening was over and attendees were leaving the theater, I gave a quick "Hi John-Roger!" to nutjob cult leader John-Roger (1934-2014) who was a guest of producer Jon Peters (for more on John-Roger and his relationship with the Hollywood crowd, read his New York Times obituary). I knew of John-Roger (born Roger Delano Hinkins) because of his highly-publicized feud with author Peter McWilliams and his public-access TV show in LA (here's a clip).  John-Roger seemed surprised that I recognized him.

Below are the back of the pamphlet and a couple of Simpsons references to Jews for Jebus.

Back of pamphlet

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