They are overseen by several Marvel editors. The two headliners are writer Al Ewing and artist Joe Bennett, working with inkers Ruy José and Belardino Brabo, colorist Paul Mounts, and letterer Cory Petit. Like all comics at a major publisher like Marvel, Immortal Hulk has an extensive creative team. In the background, the window depicts a Star of David and the store’s name, “Cronemberg Jewery”-without an “L.” Immortal Hulk #43/MarvelĪs critic Zach Rabiroff explained in the blog ComicsXF, “This is a visual play on the old and anti-Semitic trope of Jews running the diamond business: a centuries-old cliché rooted in stereotypes of Jewish merchants as unscrupulous profiteers willing to do business with shady criminals (which, indeed, the shop is doing in this scene).” He added that the addition of the word “Jewery” made this artistic choice an overt statement. The scene in question involves two characters having a conversation in a jewelry shop. It looked like a classic dog whistle: something subtle enough to fly under the radar among non-Jewish readers, while feeling obvious to anyone familiar with anti-Semitic tropes. The latest issue of Marvel‘s Immortal Hulk garnered negative attention on Wednesday after readers noticed anti-Semitic imagery in one of the panels.
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