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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Who?

For the purpose of this website, Asian/Asian Americans refer to any character of full or partial East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian Indian descent. For simplicity's sake, only 'major' characters are profiled (i.e. characters that have a certain influence in a storyline, named characters, characters with significant dialogue, etc). For the moment, minor characters whose roles consist entirely of being a child of someone else (e.g. Cheshire and Arsenal's daughter) are not included.

This website currently also only considers characters in the DCU continuum, in the Marvel 616 universe, and in the Ultimates Marvel Universe. I hope to work towards expanding into the DC Vertigo, Marvel What-Ifs, Image, Top Cow and other titles, but those characters could not be considered at this time.

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