Reddit mentions of Batman: Hong Kong

As much as I appreciate Marvel opening up to the China market with their Man hua , 漫画, or Chinese comic inspired works, I find the new Asian characters in DC and Marvel to be more appealing because I can see myself in them as an Asian-American.

Examples:

Amadeus Cho - Korean American Hulk

Jimmy Woo - Chinese American S.H.I.E.L.D agent

Ryan Choi a.k.a the Atom - nuclear physicist from Hong Kong who takes up the mantle of the Atom. Equivalent of Ant-Man in Marvel. He’s even a playable character in Injustice 2. Never thought Neatherealm studios would do that tbh.

AM heroes have existed. They are from their Native countries however.

Kong Kenan - Chinese Superman

Silver Samurai and Sunfire from the X-Men... guess what they are introduced as villains and are converted into heroes by the x-men. Sound familiar?

Draken - half Japanese son of Wolverine

For obvious reasons, there seem to be disproportionate representation of Asian men compared to Asian women. However, I think with time, demand will rise and there will be an more even ratio of AM/AF heroes. And if I’m not mistaken, Elektra is also of Asian ethnicity.

There is even a video which addresses this point on lack of AM representation.

Link: https://youtu.be/sAB8-1Gkn_E

Regardless, I believe a universe of Asian characters should just exist regardless if their native or foreign born. They should be promoted with their own comics then be slowly introduced into the mainstream Marvel and DC comics with heroes that we all know like Superman and Captain America. They should follow the formula which made the MCU popular where individual storylines are introduced and you have them team up for one huge cross over. I think this is the approach that all comics take but it’s the correct approach.

Hopefully, most of the writers are Asian otherwise you would lose that experience in relation to culture. I heard some comic book writer got a job at Marvel with a Japanese pen name. That’s not cool. Esp when your using another ethnicity to get ahead of your career.

Found it. This guy in particular:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna825076

Asian superheroes go out for Dim Sum:

https://www.yomyomf.com/dc-comics-asian-superheroes-go-out-for-dim-sum/

An comic that involves a crossover with a well known superhero that I would recommend is Batman: Hong Kong which came out in 2003. Features an triad turned vigilante who teams up with Batman who travels to Hong Kong after being asked by Commissioner Gordon to help the HKPF apprehend an hacker who had posted a live snuff film. The art style is a mixture of man hua inspired pieces and typical art you would see in an DC comic.

Found it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Hong-Kong-Doug-Moench/dp/1401201016