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Judah Maccabee, also known as The Hammer of God, is a fictional warrior in the First Comics multiverse, appearing mostly in Nexus. He is a Thune, bearing a somewhat simian physiognomy. Judah is a skilled martial artist and a freelance adjudicator. He was gifted with the power of fusionkasting (drawing energy from stars for a variety of effects) and has an indestructible sword which absorbs energy and amplifies his power. First Comics was an American publisher of comic books. ... October 1997 issue of Nexus Nightmare in Blue - Issue #4 Nexus was a comic book series created by writer Mike Baron and penciler Steve Rude in 1981. ... Families Cebidae Aotidae Pitheciidae Atelidae Cercopithecidae Hylobatidae Hominidae The simians (infraorder Simiiformes) are the higher primates very common to most people: the monkeys and the apes, including humans. ...


He is friend and occasional comrade-in-arms to John Gaunt, better known as GrimJack. When Gaunt was killed, Judah declared that Gaunt's tavern, Munden's Bar, was under his protection. The comic book GrimJack was a comic book that ran from 1984 through 1991. ...


Judah likes nothing so much as bowling in his leisure time. Bowling ball and two pins Ten-pin bowling lane Bowling is a game in which players attempt to score points by rolling a ball along a flat surface to knock down objects called pins. ...


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After this, Judah captured Mt. Zion, purged the temple of Hellenistic cult paraphernalia, reconstructed the sanctuary according to Torah prescriptions and reconsecrated it to the worship of YHWH [Dec. 164 BCE].
Judah was repelled, however, in his attempt to drive the Syrian garrison from the rest of Jerusalem and was defeated near the village of Beth Zechariah, southwest of Jerusalem [162 BCE].
Though Judah himself never held an official political position other than ad hoc general of the Jewish rebellion, he had a major influence on the direction of later history by initiating an alliance with the republic of Rome against the Greek Syrian empire.
NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Judah Maccabee (383 words)
Judah Maccabee, also known as The Hammer of God, is a fictional warrior in the First Comics multiverse, appearing mostly in Nexus.
Judah Maccabee was a fearless leader, a brilliant battlefield tactician and a man capable of inspiring thousands to take up arms in the battle for the preservation of Judaism.
When at last the Jews captured Jerusalem, rededicated the Temple and witnessed the miracle of the oil, it was with Judah Maccabee as the leader of the Hasmonean family and at the head of the Jewish army of liberation.
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