Welcome to the ultimate listing of Asian/Asian American characters in mainstream comics. This list was compiled as part of Asian American Heritage Month 2006, and includes Marvel and DC heroes and villains throughout the ages.

All characters are listed chronologically from oldest to most current, with characters whose place in the chronology is still under research at the bottom.

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Acknowledgements

Much of this information was collected via:

Google and Google Images
Wikipedia

Many thanks also to the following people who contributed to this site:

All the commentators over at Written World who provided a plethora of additional characters not included in the original version of this site.
Dwayne H.
Lyle
Mac
David
Thomas P.
Dave
Krytensrevenge
Matthew E.
Maggie
A.D.C.
Anonymous
Bren
Michael

Also thank you to Ragnell, herself, for her help with this listing.

Final thanks to electroman, not only for helping me sort through our comic book collection for many of the scans used in this site, indulging some marathon computer work tonight, but also for turning me on to comic books in the first place.

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This listing was last updated on July 22, 2006. It is hosted by and affiliated with reappropriate.com.