Our friend, filmmaker and comics writer Greg Pak has a new project coming out this spring from Marvel: Heroic Age: Prince of Power, starring Amadeus Cho -- Hercules' best friend and the Marvel Universe's most incorrigible teen genius: Amadeus Cho headlines "Heroic Age: Prince of Power" in May.
The story's about what happens when the Golden Mace of Hercules is passed to a new Prince of Power -- Korean American kid genius Amadeus Cho. Here's the official solicitation from Marvel:
HEROIC AGE: PRINCE OF POWER #1That's a pretty sweet cover. Since Greg first introduced the character back in 2006, Amadeus Cho has played a pretty significant role in some of Marvel's most acclaimed storylines of the last couple of years. Can't wait to read this next chapter in the saga.
Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE
Art by REILLY BROWN
Issue #1 Variant Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE
The Lion of Olympus has fallen. And as the Heroic Age dawns, the Golden Mace of Hercules passes to a new Prince of Power...who just happens to be Herc's best friend, Korean-American kid genius, Amadeus Cho. But when Amadeus finally reveals what he plans to do with his new power, the heavens themselves may shatter as Marvel's mightiest pantheons are shaken to the core! And wait a minute...what's THOR doing on the cover of this book? Fan fave writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente and beloved "Thorcules" artist Reilly Brown bring the thunder with the next essential chapter in the mind-blowing, heart-wrenching, and gut-busting epic that is the "INCREDIBLE HERCULES" experience!
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Greg's got some more information on his website here. Here's also an IGN interview with Greg: Marvel Replaces Hercules. You can also follow Amadeus Cho on Twitter. Okay, that concludes the comic book geek talk.
