The Carcosa Redux: Greg Pak Is Back To Talk Totally Awesome Hulk

We love us some Greg Pak. He was one of our first interviewees when he was about to become the first writer for an ongoing solo Storm book, and again when we spoke to him about his project Phantom Limb Ghostpuncher. When we heard another one of our favorite characters, Amadeus Cho, was making the big leap to not only get his own book, but become the Hulk, we had to go straight to Pak to get the lowdown. Black Nerd Problems: Gaining one of the most popular titles or monikers for a Marvel character is a pretty big achievement for the character. What was your initial reaction to learn that a character you co-created was earning such a coveted distinction? Greg Pak: I was astounded. Out of the blue, I got a call from editor Mark Paniccia, with whom I worked for years and years on Hulk and Hercules books. And he said they were thinking of making Amadeus Cho the Hulk and would I be interested in writing it. And I said heck, yeah! And then I thought about it some more and I got REALLY excited. I mean, of course I was thrilled that a character I co-created was getting the tap for the Hulk book. And I was thrilled that that meant another Asian American lead in mainstream comics. But what really got me excited was the story potential. Amadeus’s age, personality, world-view, and history means that he’s coming at being the Hulk from a totally different angle from Banner. All those great Hulk themes of anger and responsibility are absolutely key to the book, but we’re getting a chance to …