Media Monday: Amadeus Cho
February 22nd, 2010 | Published in Featured, Media Monday
Korean American Amadeus Cho made his 2006 Marvel Comic debut in issue #15 volume 2 of Amazing Fantasy and has quickly become a fan favorite and a pivotal character in The Hulk, The Incredible Hercules book and the recent World War Hulk
storyline.The boy genius, also known as Mastermind Excello, is the creation of renowned Korean American writer Greg Pak and Japanese Canadian artist Takeshi Miyazawa.
Amadeus has been proclaimed by the Fantastic Four’s Reed Richards as the 7th smartest person in the world – no small task in a universe that includes Professor Charles Xavier, Dr. Doom, Reed Richards himself and Tony Stark. Cho’s intellect comes in handy in making split-second calculations at a superhuman rate. His talent is illustrated by numbers and equations showing up in his mind, superimposed over the comic world for the benefit of readers.
Cho has come back as a headliner in the Marvel Universe and will star in his own book in Marvel’s upcoming The Heroic Age event titled Prince of Power. Amadeus is to become “the hero of the mind,” taking over from Hercules, “the hero of strength.”
The series will be penned by creator Greg Pak and co-writer Fred Van Lente, with art by Reilly Brown (check out his work here). Cho seeks to rescue someone close to him (most likely Hercules himself), while learning about his new powers and meeting other pantheons (make way for the big god of thunder himself!) and a whole backlog of Hulk cast members.
Marvel.com’s Prince of Power Announcement
LA Times: Hero Complex – Interview with Greg Pak.
