The new Hulk has just been revealed – and he’s Asian! 😀 His name? Amadeus Cho. And he’s Korean-American, to be exact. Kudos to the Marvel people for creating a more diverse superhero team! 🙂
In case you haven’t heard of Amadeus Cho yet, he made his first appearance in 2006 in Amazing Fantasy #15, and has served as a sidekick to Hercules and The Hulk. As for his Hulk-look? Well, they’ve definitely given The Hulk more definitive Asian features – and we love the distinct look! What do you think?
Marvel has also revealed that Amadeus will be the only (male) Hulk in the new Marvel Universe. And, seeing as he’s younger than the other Hulks we’ve known in the past, it makes sense that they’re calling him ‘Totally Awesome’ now, huh?
The issue will be released in December 2015.
I think it’s terrible. I wish they would create compelling unique Asian superheroes and really focus on making them great instead of using race/ethnicity/gender-swaps as a “flavor of the week.”
“Look, Thor is a woman now!” “Wow, Hulk is Asian!” “Oh Emm Gee, Captain America is black!” All gimmicks, unfortunately.