Marvel Comics is giving ink to an unprecedented team-up of Asian and Asian American heroes, also known as the new Agents of Atlas. - NBCAsianAmerica
and newbies like Wave, the newest Filipino superhero, will team up in a stand-alone, five-part comic book series starting this summer, the publishing giant told The Associated Press Thursday.
The cover of the first issue in "Agents of Atlas," Marvel Comics' five-part standalone comic book series set to roll out in Aug. 2019. Marvel Comics is giving ink to an unprecedented team-up of nearly a dozen of its mightiest Asian and Asian American heroes.The roster of 10 super-powered pan-Asian champions made their debut as a team earlier this month in"The War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas.
The man leading the heroic charge is veteran comic book writer Greg Pak. Pak is credited with ushering in a new era of Asian characters in co-creating Amadeus Cho, a Korean American genius teen. The character first appeared in 2005. A decade later, he absorbed the Hulk's powers and started going by Brawn.
"It's always been my dream to do a team book using a bunch of Asian and Asian American heroes," said Pak, who thinks there's more appetite for representation with the success of the movie"Crazy Rich Asians." ''There's literally never been a better time in my memory with more opportunities for doing work that specifically includes Asian and Asian American characters.
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