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American film producer
Alan Zelenetz Nationality American Area(s) Writer
Alan Zelenetz is an American film producer and
comic-book writer best known for co-creating the series
Alien Legion for the
Marvel Comics imprint
Epic Comics and a founder of
Ovie Entertainment . Zelenetz also wrote several issues of Marvel's
Moon Knight series, several issues of
Thor and a run of
Conan the King (issues #16–28).
Biography
Before becoming a film producer, he was a junior high school principal at the
Yeshiva of Flatbush , an Orthodox Jewish school in Brooklyn, and
Solomon Schechter High School of New York .
[1] One of the science teachers under his supervision was the father of
Darren Aronofsky , director of
Pi (1998) and
Requiem for a Dream (2000).
Alan Zelenetz quit his job as a high school principal and worked his way through a position at Marvel. He did some volunteer proofreading work for a while, and then started to write for Thor , Conan the Barbarian , and Moon Knight . For Moon Knight , he introduced the Jewish identity of the character in the storyline.
[1] In 1982, in Thor Annual #10 , Zelenetz introduced the first
Nigerian hero, Shango (recruited by Thor to confront Demogorge), in the history of Marvel.
[2]
While working for Marvel Comics, Zelenetz was the main author and researcher for The
Official Handbook of the Conan Universe ,
[3] a guide to the
Hyborian Age , the fictional setting of the
Conan the Barbarian stories.
He is also director of ICI, the Institute for Curricular Initiatives in New York City.
[4]
Selected filmography
Pi (1998) (Judaica advisor)
Darkon (2006) (producer, executive producer;)
The Funeral Party (2007) (co-producer)
Andorra scheduled in (2007) (producer)
Selected comics bibliography
Alien Legion (1984) #1-20
Alien Legion (1987) #1
Amazing High Adventure #4
The Avengers vol. 1 #224
Bizarre Adventures #32
Conan the Barbarian #145
Conan the King #20-27
Epic Illustrated #30
Official Handbook of the Conan Universe
King Conan #16-19
Kull the Conqueror #1-10
Kull the Vale of Shadow
Marvel Age Annual #1
Marvel Fanfare vol. 1 #13, #34-37
Marvel Graphic Novel #15, #25
Master of Kung Fu vol. 1 #123-125
Moon Knight vol. 1 #18, #21–22, #27, #32 (backup stories); #36-38 (main stories)
Moon Knight vol. 2 #1-4
The Savage Sword of Conan #83, #86, #88, #95
Thor vol. 1 #329–336, Annual #10-13
What If? vol. 1 #35, #39, #41
References
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a
b PJ Grisar (February 23, 2022).
"He made Moon Knight Jewish. He doesn't care if Disney+ has other ideas" . Forward.com .
Archived from the original on March 19, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2022 .
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"Nigerian Characters in the Marvel universe" . Bookshy . August 2017.
Archived from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022 .
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The Official Handbook of the Conan Universe
Archived September 24, 2015, at the
Wayback Machine , as mentioned in Comicvine
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"Born in Another Time" . Jewishideas.com .
Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2022 .
External links
Preceded by
Thor writer 1983 (with
Bob Hall in early 1983)
Succeeded by
International National Other