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2009.01.28 – “Incredible Hercules” #125

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“Incredible Hercules” #125, written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente with art by Salva Espin and Clayton Henry, hits comic book stores on January 28. Here’s the solicit from Marvel.com:

“LOVE & WAR” – Conclusion!
MS. FANTASTIC! X-23, the WOLVERINE! Mary-Jane Parker, the Spectacular SPIDER-WOMAN! Emma “WHITE PHOENIX” Frost! These are the AVENGERS of the United States of Amazonia now that the World Axis has shifted — and they’ve got the last fighter for men’s liberation, Hercules, in their sights! Click here for a Marvel.com interview with Pak and Van Lente about the issue.

“Incredible Hercules” ranks #7 in CBR’s 100 Best Comics of 2008

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“Incredible Hercules,” written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente, has been named the 7th best comic series of 2008 by Comic Book Resources, the highest ranked Marvel comic book on the list. Here’s an excerpt from the article:

Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente took a flagship Marvel book and character and summarily replaced him with a small time Avenger and his teenage sidekick. Surprising everyone, in doing so they created one of the most charming and oddly moving superhero books of the year. – Reviewer Benjamin Birdie

Click here to read the whole thing and see the whole list.

2009.01.02 – “Incredible Hercules” #124

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“Incredible Hercules” #124, written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente, hits comic book stores on January 2. Here’s the solicitation text from Marvel.com:

“LOVE AND WAR” (Part 4)
Hercules, Namora and Athena rush to Washington, D.C., to stop the Mad Amazon Artume from shifting the Axis Mundi and placing the whole world under her control. But now Artume has both Amadeus Cho and the mightiest of the Titans, ATLAS, at her beck and call — and Atlas hasn’t forgiven Herc for ripping him off during the Eleventh Labor!

Greg Pak on Amadeus Cho in the LA Times “Hero Complex” blog

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Corina Knoll has interviewed Greg Pak about his Amadeus Cho character for the LA Times “Hero Complex” blog. Here’s an excerpt:

CK: Let’s talk about why you wanted to create a Korean American character.
GP: I’ve always thought it was particularly fun when you take a genre or story that doesn’t have anything to do with Asian American issues and then you cast that story with Asian American characters. Sometimes it allows for almost a more subtle kind of commentary that can come out of almost surprising or unexpected ways. We didn’t throw Amadeus out there like, “Here is the latest and greatest Asian American character: It’s Asian Man!” The hook was, this is a great conflicted character with a fun attitude, a good sort of Marvel-esque tragic back story, a big learning curve ahead of him and some dramatic potential.
CK: So why the name “Amadeus”?
GP: I thought of Asian American families giving their kids crazy names like Stanford and Harvard, and I just thought it was a fun idea that this family would name their kid Amadeus because they want or know he’s going to be a genius.

Click here to read the whole thing.

Pak Talks Comics: Reader Q&A

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Greg Pak’s latest “Pak Talks Comics” column is up at BrokenFrontier.com. Here’s an excerpt:

Scott H.: Now that Herc and Amadeus are back on Earth, will we see Amadeus searching for the real Kirby?
GP: Funny you should ask — “Incredible Hercules” #126, which hits comic book stores in February 2009, will include a story called “The Search for Kirby” that involves — you guessed it! — the search for Kirby! I’m particularly thrilled to report that Takeshi Miyazawa, the brilliant artist who illustrated the very first Amadeus Cho story back in “Amazing Fantasy” (v2) #15, is on board for this new tale. I just saw the layouts, and they’re every bit as subtle, funny, and moving as we’ve come to expect from Tak’s work.

Click here to read the whole thing!

Comixtreme loves “Incredible Hercules” #123

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Adam Chapman has posted a rave review about “Incredible Hercules” #123 at Comixtreme.com. Here’s an excerpt:

This book is such a joy to read each and every month, a testament to the fact that Pak/Van Lente are one of the best writing teams in the comic book business today. They’ve taken Hercules, one of Marvel’s biggest oafs, and paired him with one of their newest, youngest characters, Amadeus Cho, and made them a fantastic buddy team-up, which is engaging each and every month.

Click here to read the whole thing.
“Incredible Hercules” #123 was written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente with pencils by Clayton Henry and Salva Espin.