Golems, shedim, giant shofar blasts (tekiah gedolah, indeed), the Ring of Solomon, giants beasts of the apocalypse, Nazi conspiracies abound in the intoxicatingly Jewish fantasia that is The Writer. In other words, the new Dark Horse comic cooked up by actor Josh Gad (The Book of Mormon, Frozen) and the Berkowitz Brothers — Ben and Max — is the Hebraic answer to Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson you never knew you needed in your life.

Told across four issues, all of which are now on sale, the epic saga of nebbishy comic book writer turned badass superhero Stan Siegel weaves together an impressive number of elements — both the widely known and deeply obscure — from Jewish history, folklore, mysticism, and trauma. It’s enough to turn the head of even the most devout Torah scholar. Head on below for my in-depth chat with the creators…just remember to kiss the mezuzah on your way in!