🐱 Marvel Writer Spits in the Face of Fans, Does Not Care if MCU Erases Character's Heritage

Marvel Writer Spits in the Face of Fans, Does Not Care if MCU Erases Character's Heritage - Inside the Magic

Former 'Moon Knight' writer Alan Zelenetz reveals he does not care if Marvel erases Marc Spector's heritage, angering fans

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Marvel Studios’ next release Moon Knight coming to Disney+ on March 30, 2022, but it is easily being overshadowed by Marvel’s next Phase Four release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of the Madness (May 6, 2022). The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s next blockbuster is set to break the Marvel Multiverse as Moon Knight sets the stage for a darker, grittier, and grounded Marvel Universe starring Oscar Isaac (Star Wars) as Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Moon Knight.

Back when Oscar Isaac was cast as the titular Moon Knight fans began to wonder if the MCU would erase Marc Spector’s Jewish heritage. Marc is the son of a rabbi, who would go on to fight anti-semites and become an atheist – despite also believing he is the fist of Khonshu, the Egyptian God of the Moon.

Now, Alan Zelenetz who wrote Moon Knight (1985) and helped established Marc Spector as a Jewish superhero has said it does not matter if Marvel Studios erases that in the MCU. He told Jewish-American outlet The Forward:

“They’re certainly not bound by any origins. All of a sudden the Jews need to be represented. Moon Knight has to be Jewish — ‘Oh, we’re watching Marvel! The boycott is around the corner.’ I can smell blood in the water already! ‘How could they not make him Jewish? Oscar Isaac is not Jewish, even though he has the name ‘Isaac.’ And they’ve got an Egyptian director — what’s going on here?'”

It may be easy for Alan Zelenetz to give the okay to Kevin Feige to make any changes to the character. But Moon Knight belongs to more artists and writers and fans than him. Moon Knight was created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin, the character first appeared in Werewolf by Night #32 (1975).

And Moon Knight is by far the first time that theMarvel Cinematic Universe has drawn criticism for erasing Jewish culture. Baffling considering that the Marvel Comics it is based on was founded by Jewish artists like Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko.

Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) had both her Jewish and Romani heritages completely ignored in the MCU. Even Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland) was confirmed Jewish in Marvel Comics but it is never mentioned in any of his MCU appearances in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (201, Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). No Way Home featured three versions of Peter Parker with the additions of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, none confirmed as Jewish.

And Marvel fans care more than Alan Zelenetz does. Neil Kleid, who worked on Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt (2015) shared his disappointment on Twitter:

“But what’s worse is when a guy like #AlanZelenetz comes along—a Jew himself!—and says “oh, who cares?” I’ll tell you, Alan: my kids, who’ve seen every MCU film/show, waiting to see themselves represented on screen, in a toy, a costume they can wear. Don’t remove our Jewish heroes”

But what's worse is when a guy like #AlanZelenetz comes along—a Jew himself!—and says "oh, who cares?" I'll tell you, Alan: my kids, who've seen every MCU film/show, waiting to see themselves represented on screen, in a toy, a costume they can wear. Don't remove our Jewish heroes
— Neil Kleid (@neilkleid) February 24, 2022

Zelenetz seems concerned that “woke” Marvel fans will try to cancel Oscar Isaac for playing a Jewish character. But there have been no organized boycotts over his casting. Isaac is Jewish on his father’s side and for many fans, they were more excited for the MCU to finally bring Moon Knight to Disney+ authentically.

The next Marvel original series is coming in March. It is expected to have a tone more similar to Marvel’s Netflix shows like Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage. It will be rated TV-14 and co-star Ethan Hawke as Arthur Harrow. Directed by Mohamed Diab the official description of the series reads:

“Moon Knight follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.”

The next Marvel Studios releases are Ms. Marvel in Summer 2022, and She-Hulk to debut this year. In theaters, Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madnesscomes out on May 6, followed by Thor: Love and Thunder on July 8, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on November 11.

 

[Haramburger]

Stan Lee wasn't an artist. Steve Ditko wasn't Jewish. Please try harder next time if you wanna pretend to like comic books.

positively mogged

THIS is the gatekeeping we need and deserve

She has some gay dragon familiar thing now.

Lockheed? If by "now" you mean "40 years ago," then yes, Kitty has a gay dragon familiar "now."

 

[Marissa Moira]

Lockheed? If by "now" you mean "40 years ago," then yes, Kitty has a gay dragon familiar "now."

He wasn't gay 40 years ago.

 

[Well Intentioned]

Kitty Pryde, bitch.

...unless she's trans now thanks to Ellen Page...

(From one of the Nazi alternate universes.)

 

[Chris Chad]

I didn't see any of these faggots crying when every comicbook ginger became a nigger.

 

[Alligator Alcatraz]

Oscar Isaac is like the opposite of Antonio Banderas. Banderas' a white guy who's made a career playing Latinos, Isaac is a Latino who's known for playing white dudes.

Who cares, anyway?

Antonio Banderas is literally Spaniard. He might not be Latino, a term which is exclusive to those of Latin America, but he's Hispanic, an all-encompassing term used for peoples of Spanish descent.

Nobody cares that Nick Fury is black now for no reason for the past 10+ years.

Marvel cast Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury in a stroke of genius. Authoritative, aggressive roles are Jackson's bread and butter.

Sometimes an actor carries a role so well, people associate the actor with the character more than the resource material. Much like Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man and Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther. Sometimes, an actor just does too good of a job that the actor can't be recast at all. When Robert Downey Jr did Make a Wish foundation visits to children, they recognize him as Iron Man not as himself or as any other film role he has played. That is the power of good acting.

 

[Cool kitties club]

Marvel cast Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury in a stroke of genius. Authoritative, aggressive roles are Jackson's bread and butter.

That and the fact that in the ultimate universe Mark Millar requested Nick Fury be drawn like Samuel L Jackson something he frequently did to help get his comics into the adaptation pipeline.

 

[Dysnomia]

Isaac isn't a Jewish surname? Color me surprised. I've never heard of him so I don't even know what he looks like.

Spitting in the face of Marvel fans? based

I clicked this thinking some Marvel writer had a meltdown at a con or something. Disappoint for centuries.

 

[deso2y]

>Related to the Moon
>Got his superpowers in Egypt

Das rite j*wish boi, MoonKnight is a Muslim KARABOGA now, now go jew someone out of their land.

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

Marvel cast Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury in a stroke of genius. Authoritative, aggressive roles are Jackson's bread and butter.

They cast him because in the Ultimate Avengers comic he was specifically drawn to look like Samuel L Jackson. I think Iron Man in there may have been drawn to look like RDJ too. They don't talk about it because the Ultimate universe is just Mark Millar writing every character as an unlikable asshole version of the normal Marvel character. The early aughts were a mistake.

 

[Snekposter]

Ah yes... Moon Knight.

I don't see anything wrong with him showing up in the MCU. God knows his lines are barely above the MCU in quality already.

 

[SuperShibuyaFighter]

What MCU Moon Knight now looks like to Jewish fans

 

[Retink]

Why are they making a Ms. Marvel movie? Didn't that franchise bomb horribly?

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

Lmao? Just lmao

 

[Haramburger]

Why are they making a Ms. Marvel movie? Didn't that franchise bomb horribly?

Stretchy paki, not Brie Larson.

 

[Retink]

Stretchy paki, not Brie Larson.
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I know, but didn't her comics bomb? I just remember that one guy covering it one Youtube years ago and the villain was a ginger Nazi or something. Hey, on the bright side they might actually cast a redhead instead of a black for once.

Why is Becky the only one being arrested when the darkies were part of her Nazi squad?

 

[Haramburger]

I know, but didn't her comics bomb? I just remember that one guy covering it one Youtube years ago and the villain was a ginger Nazi or something. Hey, on the bright side they might actually cast a redhead instead of a black for once.

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Why is Becky the only one being arrested when the darkies were part of her Nazi squad?

Of all the horrible new shit Marvel has done in print since 2014ish, Kamala Khan has the most potential. Spider Gwen seems to be taking a backseat/side role to Miles, Angela was dead on arrival and basically a lawsuit trophy to spite McFarlane, Squirrel Girl got fat and "T for Teen" demoted, and fake gay hulks are shit. They've been forcing Kamala in games, but she's going to be a hard sell after the lukewarm reception of her character in the Square Enix game. Normies are not going to pay to see brown nerdy girl nerd out to her heroes in a meta movie. Rudd's Ant Man already fulfills that role of "wow, I still can't believe I get to be here!" and he's actually likeable.

 

[Grand Wizard Wakka]

Antonio Banderas is from Spain. What the fuck are you talking about.
With that definition, i'm a white guy too only for having light skin and a mediterranean (more close to Spain & Italy heritage actually) face shape, you know.

According to Nick Fuentes, Meds are the real White Europeans and Anglos are barbarian niggers. Then again, also according to Nick Fuentes, girls are icky and going near them is faggy cringe but catboys deep throating dildos is based and trad.

Why is Becky the only one being arrested when the darkies were part of her Nazi squad?

Minorities aren't responsible for the culture of crime that whites have forced on them.

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

Ah yes... Moon Knight.
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I don't see anything wrong with him showing up in the MCU. God knows his lines are barely above the MCU in quality already.

Isn't Moon Knight supposed to be actually crazy? Why are they erasing the Neurodivergent by casting a neurotypical actor?

 

[Positron]

Well I'm offended.

Fans need a fucking good kicking, not a spit in the face.

Adult comic-book fans need to be stuffed inside a locker and shipped to Kiev.

 

[Retink]

Of all the horrible new shit Marvel has done in print since 2014ish, Kamala Khan has the most potential. Spider Gwen seems to be taking a backseat/side role to Miles, Angela was dead on arrival and basically a lawsuit trophy to spite McFarlane, Squirrel Girl got fat and "T for Teen" demoted, and fake gay hulks are shit. They've been forcing Kamala in games, but she's going to be a hard sell after the lukewarm reception of her character in the Square Enix game. Normies are not going to pay to see brown nerdy girl nerd out to her heroes in a meta movie. Rudd's Ant Man already fulfills that role of "wow, I still can't believe I get to be here!" and he's actually likeable.

Isn't the new Spiderman also the nerdy character with hero worship as well? I haven't seen any of his movies but he seems to idolize Tony Stark who makes all his gear. Also what about their new heroes like Snowflake, Safe Space, and Grandpa's Internet Dust Man? Or did they already cancel that one?

Minorities aren't responsible for the culture of crime that whites have forced on them.

Fucking whities! Really, I'd rather watch a movie about a Nazi redhead committing war crimes than whatever they're making.