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The latest news about Asian American comic book characters. For articles about specific characters, click on the titles in the "Categories" column on the left of this page. And for what may be the definitive list of Asian American comic book heroes, visit Reappropriate.com.

"Incredible Hercules" #116, written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente, hits comic book stores today. The book features the adventures of Hercules, the Lion of Olympus, and Amadeus Cho, incorrigible teen genius. Click here for an advance review and click here for a six page preview.

"Warbound" #5, another book written by Greg Pak, also hits stores today. Click here for a six page preview.

"Incredible Hercules" #115, the climactic end of the first story arc featuring the Greek god and boy genius Amadeus Cho and written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente, has nabbed a slew of rave reviews from ComicsBulletin.com, ComicsNewsI.com, PopCultureShock.com, and Newsarama.com. Here's an excerpt from the Newsarama review:

If it were just big, action-packed, melodramatic, funny fun The Incredible Hercules would still be well worth a reader's time, but co-writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente don't just stop there. This concludes the opening story arc of the Herc-hijacked book, and it does an incisive, even touching job of defining the characters of Hercules and Amadeus Cho. That it happens to also be a blast to read is just a bonus. This has very quickly become my favorite Marvel comic.
"Incredible Hercules" #115 hit stores on March 26. Tell your retailer to hold a copy for you today -- and preorder next month's "Incredible Hercules" #116!

Newsarama interviews Rick Remender about "All-New Atom" #21, starring Ryan Choi as the title character, which hits stores on March 5. An excerpt:

Ryan Choi is a scientific genius and a straight shooter with a strong moral compass who wants nothing more than to live up to the heroic legacy of his idol Ray Palmer the original Atom. Even though Ryan's been through some hard times he's still idealistic and positive about the future.

That's all going to change though.

When we first see Ryan in issue 21 he's just discovered something horrible is living inside his blood... a disease caused by the Atom belt. What it is could be the origin of his powers or it could be the first sighting of an alien plague holding catastrophic repercussions for the future of the DCU.

All Characters Entries

04.16.082008.04.16 - "Incredible Hercules" (with Amadeus Cho)
03.30.08"Incredible Hercules" #115 -- and Amadeus Cho -- score rave reviews
03.03.08Remender on what's next for Ryan Choi, the All-New Atom
03.01.082008.03.05 - "All-New Atom" #21
02.20.08Amadeus Cho has a blog...
02.19.08Comixtreme raves about "Incredible Hercules" #114 - and Amadeus Cho
02.19.082008.03.19 - Pak, Pham, Van Lente sign "Incredible Hercules" #115 in NYC
02.15.082008.02.20 - "Incredible Hercules" #114 (with Amadeus Cho)
02.14.08Pak's latest "Pak Talks Comics" pays tribute to colorist Stephane Peru
02.13.08Nifty Asian American comic book resources
02.11.08"All New Atom" gets a new writer
02.09.08Amadeus Cho in "Incredible Hercules"