Jeff Yang, "Asian Pop" columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and one of the editors of Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology (New Press, 2009), Asian Americans are well represented among the writers, artists and readers of contemporary comics, now they have a place among the superheroes.
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Xombi by John Rozum
Kato! Played by Bruce Lee.
Starfire.
Grant Morrison has created a whole raft of Asian superheroes for DC Comics. The Great Ten, a Chinese superhero team appeared in 52. Final Crisis features a number of new Japanese characters, including Superbat.
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