Amadeus Cho
Amadeus Cho | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Amazing Fantasyvol. 2 #15 (January 2005) |
Created by | Greg Pak(writer) Takeshi Miyazawa(artist) |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Amadeus Cho |
Species | Human mutate |
Team affiliations |
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Partnerships | Hercules |
Notable aliases | Mastermind Excello Prince of Power Hulk Brawn |
Abilities | (As Cho):
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Amadeus Chois asuperheroappearing inAmerican comic bookspublished byMarvel Comics.Created by American writerGreg Pakand Canadian artistTakeshi Miyazawa,the character first appeared inAmazing Fantasyvol. 2 #15 (January 2005). Cho usually appears in books featuring theAvengersor individual members of that group, such as theHulkorHercules.
A 19-year-oldKorean Americangenius and one of the smartest people on Earth, Cho succeeds Bruce Banner as theHulkinThe Totally Awesome Hulk#1 (2015). In contrast with Banner, who found his Hulk powers to be a burden, Cho is a confident character who revels in his newfound abilities.[1]And much like Banner's cousinJen Walters/She-Hulk,Cho largely retains his normal personality, in particular the majority of his intelligence and emotional control. After nearly being overwhelmed by his Hulk persona, Cho regains control over his body and assumes a new transformation known asBrawn.
Publication history
[edit]Amadeus Cho was created byGreg PakandTakeshi Miyazawa,and first appeared in 2005 inAmazing Fantasy(volume 2) #15.[2]Pak brought Cho back as a major character in theWorld War Hulkstoryline, and then as one of the primary characters inThe Incredible Hercules.He subsequently starred in his own miniseries,Heroic Age: Prince of Power.
In December 2015, as part of theAll-New, All-Different Marvelevent, Cho began headlining the new seriesThe Totally Awesome Hulk,written by Pak and drawn byFrank Cho.[3]
Fictional character biography
[edit]Amadeus Cho is a Korean American named after his parents' love forMozart's music andMethodistbeliefs. His story begins when he wins the Excello Soap Company's "Brain Soap" competition, making him the seventh-smartest person in the world. Pythagoras Dupree, the game's creator and the world's sixth smartest man, tries to kill Cho to preserve his ranking. In a botched attempt, Cho's parents and twin sister Maddy are killed, but he survives and goes on the run with aVespascooter and acoyotepup. When theHulklater saves him from some of Dupree's men, Cho considers the Hulk a friend and a hero worthy of respect.
Cho is next seen in the crossover eventWorld War Hulk,where he encounters a de-poweredJen Walters.[4]He then gathers Hulk's former colleagues,HerculesandArchangel,both of whom considered themselves in debt to the Hulk for mistakenly attacking him on a previous occasion. With the assistance ofNamora,they attempt and fail to stop the Hulk.[5]
The Incredible Hercules
[edit]TheIncredible Hulkseries is then retitledIncredible Herculesfrom #112 on, and Cho becomes Hercules' sidekick. While on the run with Hercules, Cho participates in a number of adventures, including helping Hercules and other Earthly gods defeat the pantheon ofSkrullgods during theSecret Invasionstoryline. It is revealed that Cho's greatest fear is finding out that all the bad events in his life are his fault.
Following this storyline the pair battleAmazons.Amadeus is attracted to the Amazon warriorDelphyne Gorgon,but upon her becoming queen she is obliged to end any flirtation, to his sadness.[6]
Together with Athena, Amadeus and Hercules next confront the new head of the Olympians,Hera,[7]and travel to the Underworld to rescueZeusfrom Hades. There it is revealed that Maddy is still alive but missing. Upon learning this, he tearfully leaves Hercules, determined to find out what happened to his sister.[8]
Venturing to the town of Excello, Utah, he encounters former FBI Agent Sexton, who had contacted him shortly after the death of his parents, and battles Dupree. Cho realizes the potential of his brain to serve as a 'hypercomputer', and figures out that Sexton is in fact Athena in disguise.[9]
Amadeus finally confronts Dupree in person, and learns that Dupree was not aware of Maddy being missing. Amadeus also learns that his destiny is to be the new hero of the modern era of reason and to stop the "primordial darkness." Dupree then challenges Amadeus to a specialized version of Russian roulette, which Amadeus refuses to do, leaving Dupree to simply shoot himself. After grieving about the situation, he then discovers the truth about Hera's mysterious "Continuum" project.[10]
Parallel to those stories, in the aftermath of theSecret Invasionstoryline, the character is used by writerDan Slottin his run on theMighty Avengersseries.[11]
Athena then reveals to Cho that he is her choice to be the next Prince of Power, the "hero of the mind" as opposed to Hercules' "hero of strength," thereby suggesting that Hercules will soon meet his death. Cho vows to prevent this, but ultimately appears to be unsuccessful.[12]After a fight to restore Athena to life afterDelphyneuses a weapon to turn her to stone,[13]Athena destroys the Continuum, causing the universe Hercules is in to be destroyed.[14]
A funeral service is held at theParthenonin Athens, where a tearful Amadeus demands Athena show herself and pay her respects. In her place appears a collection of Earth's heroes includingThorand theWarriors Three,Bruce Banner,Skaar,Namor,Namora, theBlack Widow,Wolverine,Angel, andSnowbird.Athena finally arrives and reveals that Amadeus is the new leader of the Olympus Group.[15]Some of the other gods object and each chooses a mortal proxy to do battle for them. But the combatants ultimately turn against the gods, and Phobos uses his power over fear to manipulate Hades into opening a portal to the Underworld. Amadeus travels into the land of the dead to look for Hercules and meets Persephone, wife of Hades. She tells him that Hades would not have allowed him in if Hercules' soul had been there. The following Monday Athena arrives at Olympus Group headquarters to find that Amadeus has accepted her offer and is now acting as CEO. He tells her that he is not her champion, he is Hercules' champion, and that he will be using all the powers given to him to find Hercules.[16]
Prince of Power
[edit]Athena meets with the Council of Godheads to discuss the newHeroic Age,and who should be selected to confront the coming darkness ofMikaboshi.Other Skyfathers suggest Thor,Iron Man,andCaptain America,but Athena states that Cho will save the world. Cho, now in charge of the Olympus Group has Bruce Banner scan the multiverse to find Hercules. However, it is determined that this will take over one trillion years to work. After a battle with theGriffin,Cho is visited byVali Halfling,the leader of thePantheon,who proposes an alliance in order to gather the necessary ingredients to become as powerful as the Skyfathers: Hebe'sambrosia,the golden apples ofIdunn,the spells of theBook of Thoth,and theamritacup ofDhanvantari.Cho steals the list from Vali and goes to Asgard himself, only to find that Vali had already stolen the apples, framing him for the theft. Cho convinces Thor that he is innocent, and Thor then joins his quest to both stop Halfling and resurrect Hercules. With some additional assistance from Delphyne, who is now his girlfriend, Cho succeeds in thwarting Halfling and using the elixir to assume true godhood. However, he realizes that he is inadequate to wield this power permanently, and he instead transfers it to the returned Hercules, as Hercules warns that theChaos Kingis coming.[17]
Chaos War
[edit]Cho helps Hercules and Thor gatherSersi,Venus,Daimon Hellstrom,Silver Surfer,andGalactustogether as the second incarnation of theGod Squad.[18]Cho calculates that Amatsu-Mikaboshi by now has consumed most of the Multiverse and urges humanity to escape to an unpopulated and sealed-off continuum.[19]While Hulk and his allies, the God Squad,Alpha Flight,and the surviving Dead Avengers fight Amatsu-Mikaboshi's forces, Cho and Galactus work on a machine that will transfer Earth to the sealed-off continuum. Amatsu-Mikaboshi is eventually defeated when he instead is thrown into the continuum.[20]
Fear Itself
[edit]InFear Itself,Amadeus Cho ends up in the middle of the Pacific Ocean withX-23,Spider-Girl,Power Man,andThunderstrike.During the battle, they are attacked by samurai sharks.[21]It is revealed that Amadeus assembled them in the hopes that they would join him as a new super-team. The others believe he was manipulating them and turn down his offer.[22]
Marvel NOW!
[edit]InSavage Wolverine,Amadeus Cho appears on an island in theSavage Landwhere he stops a fight between Wolverine and a tribe ofNeanderthalsafter one of them killsShanna the She-Devil.He convinces them that he is their god and that they must help save Shanna's life.[23]Using the lifeblood of aMan-Thing,the Neanderthal tribe resurrect Shanna. Cho tells Shanna what the Neanderthal natives had explained to him: the machine powering the damping field was also powering a prison, one holding an ancient hostile alien presence. Realizing that Wolverine would be releasing this creature, Shanna races to stop him. She arrives in time with Amadeus Cho behind her and stops Wolverine. Hulk appears before them, however, and quickly starts a scuffle with Wolverine in which the machine is damaged anyway.[24]
Following an eight-month time skip in theTime Runs Outstoryline, Cho joins theIlluminati.He is captured by a joint S.H.I.E.L.D./Avengers task force led bySusan Storm.[25]
The Totally Awesome Hulk
[edit]Eight months after theSecret Warsstoryline, Cho becomes the Hulk after absorbing Bruce Banner's gamma energy to stop a nuclear meltdown. With the help of Maddy, whom he reunited with off-panel, he starts hunting down dangerous monsters that are loose on Earth, but is criticized for his irresponsible approach. He encountersShe-Hulkand the secondSpider-Manwho aid him in the battle against the various monsters and Lady Hellbender. Cho is eventually captured by Lady Hellbender. With the help of Maddy, She-Hulk breaches Hellbender's ship, releasing the horde of monsters. Cho and She-Hulk defeat the monsters. Later, Amadeus begins having "blackouts" and strange dreams about his parents' death. After an argument with Maddy, who fears that Amadeus' Hulk is starting to be like Banner's Hulk, he wanders through the desert until he encounters theEnchantress,who manipulates him into helping her take over the Ten Realms. He is found by Maddy whenThorarrives. After a brief battle, Maddy convinces Thor that Amadeus is innocent. They go to Iceland where Thor reveals that Hulk had stolen a supply of uru and given it to the Enchantress and her partnerMalekith the Accursed.Upon finding her, Thor and Hulk battle her army. At first, Amadeus tries to keep himself out of the fight, fearing he might lose control again, until Maddy gives him a pep talk. He transforms into Hulk and defeats Enchantress. Thor then defeats her army and gives the uru back to the dwarfs.[26]
While in Manhattan, Amadeus meetsOld Man Logan,who initially mistakes him for Bruce Banner.[27]
DuringCivil War II,Cho is distraught afterHawkeyekills Banner as part of a contingency plan. He then meets withBlack Panther,who fights Cho with his own version of the Hulkbuster. During the fight, Amadeus receives a distress call from Maddy, who has located a giant insectoid monster inAustin,Texas.They learn that it is actually a human named Christian Sung and send him to theNegative Zone.A week later, inTopeka, Kansas,Amadeus finds Hawkeye in a diner and they both mourn Banner's death.[28]
Weeks later, Amadeus meets NBA basketball playerJeremy Lin,who invites him to a charity game. During the game, the stadium is attacked by robot dragons who take Arch-E hostage. While attempting to call for reinforcements, Amadeus is approached by Maddy and is injected with a temporary gamma inhibitor. Cho rescues a rebuilt Arch-E-5912 from a robotic octopus, and, after exposing a weakness in the robot, manages to defeat it. He later joinsMs. Marvel,Shang-Chi,Silk,Jake Oh, andJimmy Woofor a fundraiser but is forced to battle an alien army after they and several civilians are captured and teleported to a space prison. He is overwhelmed from defeating Prince Regent Phalkan's forces, but before Phalkan can kill him he is rescued by Jimmy and the others, who have named themselves at the Protectors. After the battle, theAlpha FlightSpace Program arrives to rescue the Protectors and civilians and arrest the Prince Regent. Amadeus and Jimmy later have a discussion regarding the former's leadership in battle.[29]
Sometime later, during the "Weapons of Mutant Destruction" storyline, Amadeus is rescuing a Russian spacecraft when he is attacked by two Adamantium cyborgs created byWeapon X.While researching the metal samples gathered by the mutants, Amadeus remembers that the robots obtained a sample of his DNA and raids the Weapon X base to stop them and freeLady DeathstrikeandWarpath.[30][31][32]Later, Cho unsuccessfully confronts his Hulk personality.[33]
The Champions
[edit]Following theCivil War IIstoryline, Cho is recruited into theChampions.The group later encounters the Freelancers, a group of superpowered delinquents who were hired to tarnish their reputation. After being defeated, the Freelancers decide to do good but are later revealed to have bought the rights to the Champions name untilNovaturns the public against them.[34]
InSecret Empire,Cho joins the Underground followingHydra's takeover of the United States.[35]The group are later captured while infiltrating a Hydra base before being released byTaskmasterand Hydra defector Black Ant.[36]While looking for Ms. Marvel following the defeat ofHydra Supreme Steve Rogers,Spider-Man, Hulk and Viv find a walled-off compound that houses Inhuman prisoners and was originally built as a prison for the original Hulk.[37]
Dealing with his Hulk side
[edit]While in space, Cho lands on Sakaar and discovers that its residents are being threatened by a warlord from Fillia. As Hulk, he encounters and defeats Phalkan again before the Hulk personality traps him within his mind.[38][39]Eventually, Cho regains control, which alters his transformed state into a new smaller and weaker but controllable form known asBrawn.[3][5][40][41]
"War of the Realms"
[edit]InThe War of the Realms,Brawn and the Protectors are recruited by Jimmy into theAgents of Atlashelp battleMalekith's invasion of Earth.[42]After Sindr threatens to summon a volcano inSeouland kill millions of innocents, Amadeus uses Banner's technology to teleport the Atlas Agents away from the battle.[43][44]They are assisted by M-41 Zu, a mystically enhanced Atlas Android masquerading as the Hawaiian goddessPelewho sacrifices herself to absorb part of Sindr's power. While the team recuperates inShanghaiafter Malekith's defeat, Brawn confronts Jimmy for withholding the truth about M-41 Zu from the team as she could have defeated Sindr earlier. Jimmy justifies his actions, saying that using the android earlier would have killed civilians and that he hid the truth to guarantee success. After Amadeus leaves to check on his teammates, Jimmy quietly congratulates him and the rest of the group.[45]
New Agents of Atlas
[edit]Shortly after the "War of the Realms" storyline, Jimmy has resumed his duties as the head of the Atlas Foundation while Amadeus becomes the field leader of the New Agents. Amadeus and a few members of the new agents are seen inMadripoorfighting one of Sindr's remaining Fire Dragons, where they encounter Isaac Ikeda, the self-proclaimed "Protector of Pan", who kills the dragon and teleports away with its corpse. Afterwards, while Amadeus has a video chat with Jimmy, their conversation is interrupted by a white light engulfing the city, which Amadeus recognizes as Ikeda's teleportation technology. Amadeus, along with the reunited Agents and the newly summonedGiant-Mandiscover the cities they were in (along with other Asian, Pacific andpredominantly Asian cities outside of Asia) have been connected with portals made from Ikeda's technology. Mike Nguyen of the Big Nguyen Company reveals himself to be behind the newly merged city, "Pan", which would allow every citizen to explore each other's respective cities without restrictions. Despite the excitement of his teammates and the citizens, Amadeus is wary of Nguyen's proposal. Shortly after the announcement, Pan is suddenly beset bywyverns,which the agents and Ikeda confront.[46]
After driving the wyverns off, the group is praised by Nguyen for their heroics, who offers to enlist the agents as Pan's protectors along with Ikeda as well as giving them lifetime Pan Passes. A suspicious Amadeus rejects the offer, saying that the group are Agents are Atlas. During a celebratory banquet held in theMumbaisection of Pan, Amadeus tellsLuna Snowhis suspicions of Nguyen and Ikeda. Amadeus and Luna later have a stroll along the beach, where they rescue Mandripoorian refugees fromsea serpents.Several armed members of the Pan Guard arrive and accuse the Madripoorians of using the serpents to illegally to enter Pan, which leads to a confrontation.[47]After the Atlas agents and Ikeda team up with the Pan Guard to save the refugees from the serpents, Nguyen clears up the misunderstanding, claiming that the Madripoorians had been out of range during Pan's activation and the Pan Guard mistakenly believed they were trespassing with help from the serpents.[48]When Amadeus visits his old Champions teammates, they are interrupted a news report featuring Geoffrey Patrick, asenatorfromIndiana,who is opposed tovigilantes.[49]
Following another confrontation with the Pan Guard, Amadeus splits the team up again: Aero, Wave and Luna are sent to patrol the city for more dragons; Giant-Man is ordered to continue working with Ikeda to gather more intel on him; while tasking Shang-Chi with finding the still missing Jimmy, Amadeus confides in the Master of Kung Fu his own struggles with leadership and his suspicions of Jimmy. During their investigation, Brawn, Silk and White Fox discover that the heart of Pan does not correspond with any known location on Earth, which causes Amadeus to deduce that the city is in another dimension. Amadeus becomes more suspicious when one of the Madripoorian refugees tells him about hearing dragons in Nguyen's tower.[50]Brawn, Silk, Sword Master and White Fox break into Nguyen's tower and discover a sea serpent imprisoned in a lab, while Shang-Chi and Crescent discover a secret tunnel in Jimmy's office that takes them to the Atlas Foundation's headquarters in the Pan sector ofSan Francisco.Nguyen denies that he and Jimmy are in league with each other, other than signing a nonaggression treaty that the agents have violated. Nguyen explains that the imprisoned dragon was having its scales harvested to supply Pan's technology. Rejecting Jimmy and Nguyen's arguments, Amadeus attempts to come up with an alternate solution that could save the dragon without disrupting the portals. When Lao warns Amadeus that he is running out of time, a massive storm engulfs the city. While Ikeda reveals that the dragon is fromAtlantis,an enragedNamorbegins invading the city.[51]
"Atlantis Attacks"
[edit]InAtlantis Attacks,Brawn confronts Namor, who had summoned tidal waves along the coasts of Pan. When Namor demands the release of the dragon, Brawn asks for some more time, arguing that immediately releasing the dragon would destroy Pan's portals. Unmoved, Namor continues his assault, only to stop when the New Agents of Atlas arrive. Before retreating, Namor warns the group to return the dragon or face the wrath of Atlantis. Immediately after the skirmish, Jimmy introduces Amadeus and the New Agents to the original Agents of Atlas.[52]Wary ofNamora's familial relationship with Namor, Brawn orders Shang-Chi and Sword Master to spy on her while he,Venus,Aero and Wave embark on a diplomatic mission to Atlantis. With help fromUranianand3-D Man,Amadeus replicates the dragon's magic withM-11's generator, allowing it to be safely released while keeping Pan's portals stabilized. However, the dragon goes berserk due to an implant embedded in its scales and attacks Atlantis before Brawn and the Pan Guard stop it. Afterwards, Nguyen reveals that he has recruited theSirenas,the longtime enemies of Atlantis, to help defend Pan.[53]
During his fight with Namor, Amadeus mutates back into his original Hulk form, but is overpowered and captured by the Sirenas. While tending to his wounds, Brawn attends a meeting between Atlas, the Pan Guard, and the Sirenas. When Nguyen and the Sirenas propose a retaliatory attack on Atlantis, Amadeus objects, pointing out that the dragon was being manipulated into attacking Atlantis. Namora accuses the Sirenas as the culprits, revealing the dragon's implant to be made from Sirena tech. After Namora and Carina of the Sirenas recount their people's history, Amadeus and the rest of the group are torn between protecting Pan and attacking or defending Atlantis. Amadeus decides to go with Jimmy's group to Atlantis to defend it from the Sirenas while ordering Uranian, 3-D Man and M-11 to stay in Pan. When Ikdea and Wave announce their intention to side with the Sirenas, the disagreement escalates into a brawl between the two parties. During the commotion, Namor escapes and threatens Nguyen and Pan's citizens as retribution for attacking his kingdom.[54]
Woo reveals that dragons have served humans and used them as proxies in conflicts for millennia, making them responsible for almost every major war in history. Woo is content with this balance of power, but Nguyen's hologram suggests uniting the world under Pan, proposing to Namor and Woo that by harvesting the power of their dragons, they could overtake other nations. As Namor returns to Atlantis with Namora, Venus and Aero, the rest of the Agents uncover Nguyen in his personal bunker and confront him. Having anticipated this, Nguyen attaches a Sirena tech implant to Amadeus, transforming him into the Hulk.[55]Under Nguyen's control, the Hulk makes quick work of the Atlas Agents before battling Namor. However, Namor frees him from the mind control device before helping him stop atsunamithat he inadvertently created. The city is saved, although Nguyen dies protecting several Madripoorian refugees. One month later, Atlantis and the Sirenas sign a non-aggression pact and recognize Pan as an independent nation. Still feeling guilty for Nguyen's death and angered with Woo's machinations, Amadeus quits the team.[56]
Powers and abilities
[edit]Amadeus is a teenager gifted with a super-genius mind, bearing the "natural ability to identify the variables and quantum possibilities in any situation". He is described byReed Richardsas being the 7th most intelligent person in the world,[4]thoughHank Pymclaims that, with his return to Earth from Skrull captivity, Amadeus is actually the 8th.[11]Meanwhile, Bruce Banner claims he is actually the 10th,[57]but later says to theLeaderthat Cho is one of the eight smartest.[58]The EternalAjakbelieves that Cho is actually more intelligent than some immortals,[59]and he has claimed toAthena,who says that intelligence is essentially "pattern recognition", that he sees patterns better than 99.9% of people on Earth.[60]Hercules has claimed twice, the first instance to Athena herself, that Amadeus is smarter than even she,[61][18]and the super-genius Olympian god of fire and blacksmithHephaestushimself admits that Cho is more intelligent than he is.[62]
Amadeus is able to rapidly and without mechanical aid perform mental calculations of almost unimaginable complexity enabling him to, with minimal stimuli on his part, set multiple physical reactions into motion in his vicinity, forestalling technological and human activity with equal ease. This intelligence is portrayed in the comics as various numbers and other details labeled on everything he sees as relevant, shown from hispoint of view.He has shown himself capable of doing anything from redirecting a laser-guided missile with awing mirrorto tracking the Hulk based on histrajectoryand jump height. However, performing mental calculations in rapid succession costs him immense amounts of energy, requiring him to consume large amounts of food thereafter. He previously rode a Vespa scooter and carried a phone/radio, Walkman, or other device altered to control nearby electrical signals.[citation needed]
InIncredible Hulk#610, Amadeus, along with hundreds of others, is zapped with the Cathexis Ray, which further enhances his intelligence. It also allows him to alter the laws of physics within a ten-foot radius of himself. He uses this power to shut down theLeader's equipment and revertMODOKto his original human form. He loses this power when Banner uses a recalibrated Cathexis Ray to remove the powers of the newly created Hulks.
When the helmet ofScott Lang,also known as the second Ant-Man, fell into Amadeus' possession, he, withCassie Lang's blessing, chose to use it as a telepathic enhancer, downplaying the size changing aspect of the Ant-Man power to focus on the mind-controlling abilities on the insect mind instead[11]
Also, he has inherited Hercules' adamantine mace. He also uses Bannertech to augment himself with devices including scanners and forcefields.[63]
After the "death" of Hercules, Amadeus is made the new Prince of Power and head of the Olympus Group by Athena. This status somehow protected him from certain effects of the Chaos King. He also has access to all of the Olympus Group's wealth and resources.[volume & issue needed]
Using a special device in his left arm, Amadeus Cho could turn into a Hulk and had the same powers as the original Hulk,[64]but he with lesser power. As Brawn, he now permanently assumes a gamma-powered form that more closely resembles his normal appearance but keeps his mind and intelligence intact, but is weaker than his original Hulk form. However, Amadeus is capable of turning back from his Brawn form into his original Hulk form when angered enough but causes him to enter a berserk-like rage.[54]
Reception
[edit]- In 2019,Comic Book Resources(CBR) ranked Amadeus Cho third in their "10 Comic Book Sidekicks Who Upgraded Into A-Grade Heroes" list.[65]
- In 2021, CBR ranked Amadeus Cho 1st in their "10 Smartest Marvel Sidekicks" list.[66]
Kerberos the Coyote
[edit]Amadeus was once usually accompanied by a coyote pup who peered out the front of Cho's jacket. He picked him up along the side of the road, near a roadside diner where he met the Hulk for the first time. The coyote's mother had been hit and killed by a car, but the pup had remained with her body. Cho, not failing to see the similarity, took him in. Cho has since trained him to distract opponents and perform simple search operations.[citation needed]
Kerberos's name was chosen in a contest held by the writers of the comic; the winner was a reader from Montevideo, Uruguay, Martín "MaGnUs" Pérez. The name was chosen by the reader both because of themythological connotationsandthe computer network authentication protocol of the same name.[67][68]Kerberos is also known by thehypocorism"Kirby".
DuringSecret Invasion,it was revealed that Kirby was abducted immediately followingWorld War Hulkby Skrulls posing as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents after they knocked out Amadeus with gas; Kirby was then replaced with a Skrull agent. The infiltrator was able to destroy the ship by driving it off course after disguising himself as Cho. He is slain by Cho's ally, Aton, who sees him transform back to Kirby and bites his head off. Using a tracking system he had implanted in the pup beforehand, Amadeus manages to track Kirby down, finding him in the Mojave Desert. Once there, he discovers that the now full-grown Kirby has adapted to the wild, even gaining a mate. Amadeus decides to leave Kirby where he is, reasoning that his life had become too dangerous for him.[69]
Other versions
[edit]Marvel Zombies Return
[edit]A version of Amadeus Cho appears inMarvel Zombies Returnas part of highly intelligent heroes used to decode the watcher’s poets technology.
Marvel Zombies 5
[edit]A version of Amadeus Cho appears in the pages ofMarvel Zombies 5,in an alternate reality based inMachine Man-Iron Man 2020.He and Delphyne Gorgon are poor denizens of a dystopia future. They are addicted against their will to a compelling virtual reality soap opera. A villain uses Cho's computer skills and desires to see the soap opera to further a murderous plan.[70]
Ultimate Marvel
[edit]In theUltimate Universe(Earth-1610), Amadeus Cho is a 15-year-old genius tasked by S.H.I.E.L.D. with studying the portalMysterioopened between the Ultimate Earth andEarth-616.DuringGalactus' invasion, Cho sendsSpider-ManandReed Richardsto Earth-616 to get help.[71]
Secret Wars(2015)
[edit]Two alternate universe variants of Amadeus Cho appear inSecret Warsas residents ofBattleworld.
- One version is a colleague of Bruce Banner in the domain of Greenland who is later killed while trying to stop a stolen gamma bomb from detonating.[72]
- Another version appears as a boy genius and member of theRunaways.[73]
In other media
[edit]Television
[edit]- Amadeus Cho makes a non-speaking cameo appearance inThe Super Hero Squad Showepisode "Too Many Wolverines!" as a classmate ofReptilandFirestar.
- Amadeus Cho as theIron Spiderappears inUltimate Spider-Man,[74]voiced byEric Bauza.[75][76]This version is a member of theNew Warriorsand Web Warriors.
- Amadeus Cho as the Iron Spider appears inLego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled,voiced again by Eric Bauza.[76]
- Amadeus Cho as the Totally Awesome Hulk appears inSpider-Man,voiced byKi Hong Lee.[77][78][79][80]This version is anAvengersintern.
- Amadeus Cho will appear inYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.[81]
- Amadeus Cho will appear inIron Man and his Awesome Friends,voiced by Aidyn Ahn, under the identity ofIron Hulk.[82]
Film
[edit]Amadeus Cho appears inAvengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher,voiced byDaisuke Namikawain the Japanese version and again by Eric Bauza in the English dub.[75]
Video games
[edit]- Amadeus Cho appears as a playable character inLego Marvel's Avengers,voiced again by Eric Bauza.
- Amadeus Cho as the Hulk appears as a playable character inMarvel: Future Fight.[83]
- Amadeus Cho as the Hulk appears as a playable character inMarvel Puzzle Quest.
- Amadeus Cho as the Hulk appears as a playable character inMarvel Avengers Academy,voiced by Nicholas Andrew Louie.[84]
- Amadeus Cho as the Hulk appears as a playable character inLego Marvel Super Heroes 2,as part of theChampionsDLC.[85]
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