This seems kind of inevitable, doesn’t it? Amadeus Cho, co-star of “Incredible Hercules” and star of the upcoming “Heroic Age: Prince of Power” miniseries, has finally signed up for Twitter.
Check out his shenanigans at twitter.com/AmadeusCho .
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Amadeus Cho headlines “Heroic Age: Prince of Power” in May
Today Marvel announced that the “Incredible Hercules” saga would continue in May 2010 via the “Heroic Age: Prince of Power” miniseries, starring Amadeus Cho, Herc’s best friend and the Marvel Universe’s most incorrigible teen genius.
The mini will be co-written by “Incredible Hercules” regulars Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente with pencils by beloved “Thorcules” artist Reilly Brown. A number of websites have featured interviews with the creators — here are a few excerpts:
Marvel:
“Keep your eyes open for Amadeus’ big-brained colleague Bruce Banner and a certain long haired individual of the Norse persuasion whose name starts with a T and ends with a-oh, heck, he’s on the cover,” Pak gives up. “We’re talking about Thor! The Odinson plays a massive role throughout this storyline. An extra bonus is that [artist] Reilly Brown, who knocked the ‘Replacement Thor’ storyline out of the park, is back on board for PRINCE OF POWER.’ He draws an incredible Thor-and his upgrade of Amadeus’s look is swoon-worthy.”
Pak: Fred and I have made an extra special effort to make Prince of Power new-reader-friendly. Yes, we’re paying off some major things we set up earlier in the series and launching an insane new era in the “Incredible Hercules” saga (just wait ’til you see how this baby ends!). But if you’ve been tempted to check the book out, this is a great place to start.
Van Lente: Remember, kids: If you read one title about a wiseass teen genius billionaire myth-slayer this year, let it be PRINCE OF POWER.
“At certain points during our ongoing storyline, we’ve had stories that are just larks. Like the ‘Replacement Thor’ storyline in ‘Incredible Hercules’ where Herc dressed up as Thor and Thor dressed up as Herc and mayhem ensued. Storylines like that are a little bit more wacky fun, even though they’re still building our characters,” Pak continued. “And at other times we’ve had storylines where the stakes seem higher and the feel is a bit more epic. Our ‘Secret Invasion’ tie in was a storyline like that, and I think we’re entering that kind of a phase again. So the emotions and the stakes are sky high. At the same time, we are continuing the vibe and feel that we’ve had in our stories all throughout.”
IGN:
IGN Comics: Is there anything else you’d like to add about Prince of Power at this point?
Brown: There are going to be notable appearances by other major Marvel heroes, like Banner and especially Thor, who I’m excited to work with. There’s also going to be a whole lot of villains and classical monsters who are going to need to be designed/redesigned, which is something I always love doing. This is going to be a fun book to work on, and I think readers will really enjoy it.
Van Lente: You can’t have a great hero without being complemented by a great villain. In this case we have a couple: Amadeus starts out fighting a classic Marvel foe that actually battled Hercules when he was with the Champions of Los Angeles, so he gets to prove his mettle that way.
Then also in #1 Cho encounters his arch-nemesis, and befitting the book’s pedigree he’s an Incredible Hulk villain we haven’t seen since Peter David and Dale Keown/Gary Frank’s classic run back in the 1990s, when he was supposedly killed… But has been known to run around with pantheons, or should I say Pantheon…
Greg, stop me if you think I’m being too subtle.
Pak: They’ll never figure this one out.
Greg Pak is AngryAsianMan.com’s Angry Reader of the Week
AngryAsianMan.com has featured Greg Pak as its Angry Reader of the Week! Here’s an excerpt:
I’m in the business of escapist entertainment. But I’d argue that the greatest escapist literature doesn’t just let us avoid our problems; it gives us a safe space to explore new ways to deal with our real world challenges. One of the reasons I’ve been so drawn to the Hulk, for example, is that he’s insanely fun because we can all vicariously enjoy his anger and smashing. But what makes him a truly great character is that his stories almost always explore the price of all that anger and smashing. There’s a process of emotional discovery in those stories that’s incredibly attractive to me as a reader and a writer.
“Incredible Hercules” artist Reilly Brown auctions original art for Haiti
The fantastic Reilly Brown, fan favorite penciller of the “Incredible Thorcules” storyline that ran in “Incredible Hercules” #132, 134, and 136, is auctioning off some original art as part of the Heroes4Haiti initiative to benefit the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.
The auctions include the first appearance of Thorcules (Herc dressed as Thor, natch) from “Incredible Hercules” #132 and page 20 from “Cable & Deadpool” #50.
Click here to bid on the Hercules page.
Click here to bid on the Deadpool page.
And Reilly? You’re awesome.
IGN auctions every Hulk comic ever written by Greg Pak for Haiti relief!

IGN has begun its eBay auctions for Haiti relief — and Greg Pak has donated a signed copy of every comic book he’s written that involves the Hulk! Click here to view the auction.
The bundle includes every “Planet Hulk” and “World War Hulk” issue, the “1602: New World” mini, all of Pak’s “Skaar: Son of Hulk” comics, a few “Incredible Hercules” issues that feature the Hulk, and Pak’s current run on “Incredible Hulk” up to issue #606. Here’s the big list:
Every Hulk-related comic book ever written by “Planet Hulk” and “World War Hulk” writer Greg Pak — signed, plus extras!
“1602: New World” #1-5 – featuring the 1602 Banner and Hulk
“Amazing Fantasy” v2 #15 – First appearance of Amadeus Cho
“Incredible Hulk” #92-105 and “Giant Size Hulk” #1 – the “Planet Hulk” epic
“Planet Hulk Gladiator Guidebook”
“World War Hulk” #1-5
“Incredible Hulk” #106-111 – tie-ins to “World War Hulk”
“World War Hulk: Aftersmash”
“What If Planet Hulk”
“Marvel Spotlight: World War Hulk”
“World War Hulk: Gamma Files”
“Warbound” #1-5
“Incredible Hulk” #112, “Incredible Hercules” #126, and “Hulk vs. Hercules: When Titans Collide” – “Incredible Hercules” issues involving the Hulk
“Skaar: Son of Hulk” #1-12
“Skaar: Son of Hulk: Savage World of Sakaar”
“Hulk Family: Green Genes” #1
“Planet Skaar Prologue” #1
“Incredible Hulk” #601-606 – Pak’s current “Incredible Hulk” run, including the first installment of the “Fall of the Hulks” story
“Dark Reign: The List: The Hulk” #1
Extras include:
Black Bolt variant covers for “World War Hulk” #1
Sketch variant cover for “World War Hulk” #3
Frank 3rd printing variant for “Incredible Hulk” #106
Frank 2nd printing variant for “Incredible Hulk” #107
Garney 2nd printing variant for “Skaar” #1
McGuinness Hulk variant cover for “Skaar” #12
So what are you waiting for? Click here to bid today! All proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity.
“Incredible Hulk” #606 sells out, gets second printing!
Marvel has announced that “Incredible Hulk” #606, written by Greg Pak with pencils by Paul Pelletier, has sold out at Diamond. A second printing of the book with a new cover featuring Skaar and Doom will go on sale on February 24. “Hulk” #19 has also sold out and will also get a second printing.
Click here for more details from Marvel.
Pak and Van Lente interviewed for the KANE AM 1240 Popmedia Primecast
“Incredible Hercules” co-writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente have been interviewed by Dom Ducote and Dusty Crochet for the KANE AM 1240 Popmedia Primecast. Lots of talk about the art of collaboration and breaking into comics — and the Incredible Hulk.
Check it out!
Pakbuzz on Twitter
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More bloggers dig “Incredible Hulk” #606
The reason I’ve been buying this series is because it’s written with wit and intelligence, and just when you think you know where the story is going, writer Greg Pak throws in a delightful curve. He’s made Banner into a figure almost as fearsome as the Hulk – and that’s saying something.
Great comic in the Fall of Hulks storyline. Buy Incredible Hulk 606.
Chris’s Invincible Super Blog:
… awesomely bug-nuts crazy…
… [the art] by Paul Pelletier was, simply put, excellent. Pelletier’s art reminded me of David Finch’s in almost every conceivable way, which to me isn’t a bad thing. Lots of energy bounced off of these pages, along with the trademark savagery that seems to follow any of the Hulks.
“Magneto Testament” nabs Best Miniseries of 2009 from CBR Forums X-Book Awards
The users of Comic Book Resources’ X-Men Forums have voted on their favorite books of 2009, and “Magneto Testament” has been named the Best Mini-Series of 2009. Here’s a blurb:
Magneto’s past is often glossed over, without much focus, as concentration camps aren’t exactly a subject that’s explored in depth in all ages comics that often. Greg Pak, though, wanted to go there, and help to explore what it is that makes a guy like Magneto who he is, giving him his truest, most definitive origin story ever.