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May 17, 2019

The Jews behind the Comic Books

The artists, writers, and businessmen who paved the way for the cinematic juggernaut.

Currently Avengers: Endgame is set to make more money at box offices worldwide than any other movie; it is only the most recent of the wildly successfully series of movies—22 so far—based on Marvel comic books. As John Podhoretz notes, the business decision that resulted in these films was made by three Jews. But the Jewish involvement in comic books goes back much farther:

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