Jimmy Woo

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Jimmy Woo
Yellow Claw #1 (October 1956)
Created byAl Feldstein
Joe Maneely
In-story information
Alter egoWoo Yen Jet[1]
SpeciesHuman
Team affiliationsS.H.I.E.L.D.
Agents of Atlas
G-Men
Protectors
Three Xs

James "Jimmy" Woo (Woo Yen Jet) is a fictional

Yellow Claw #1 (October 1956)[2] from Atlas Comics
, the 1950s predecessor of Marvel. Woo has since appeared occasionally in a variety of Marvel publications.

The character has made minor appearances in animated media and video games. Additionally, he appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), the Disney+ series WandaVision (2021), and a small cameo in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) portrayed by Randall Park.

Publication history

Jimmy Woo was the hero of the

Communist mandarin.[clarification needed] While the short-lived series named after that villain ran only four issues (October 1956 – April 1957), it featured art by Maneely, Jack Kirby, and John Severin
.

Kirby took over as writer-artist with issue #2—

war-comics veteran Severin. Also, other artists drew the covers: Severin on #2 and #4, Bill Everett
on #3.

Well regarded[

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
#2 (July 1968).

Woo went on to be featured in the 1977–1979 Marvel series

alternate universe Marvel imprint Razorline, as produced but unpublished titles of its various series were preparing to blend the Razorline into primary Marvel continuity, Woo as well as Nick Fury
and other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents guest-starred in Wraitheart #5. Woo starred as the leader of a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives code-named Agents of Atlas, in the 2006–2007 series of that name.

Fictional character biography

Jimmy Woo, from Strange Tales #166 (March 1968). Art by Jim Steranko & Joe Sinnott.

James Woo is an

FBI agent assigned primarily to investigate and apprehend the Chinese-national mandarin known as the Yellow Claw, a Fu Manchu manqué (author Sax Rohmer had a Fu Manchu novel titled The Yellow Claw). The Yellow Claw, who attempts world domination, claimed in 2000s comics that his American rubric is a mistransliteration of the Chinese characters for "Golden Claw".[3]
Complicating matters, the Claw's grandniece, Suwan, was in love with Woo in the 1950s series.

In

retcon stories, Woo is the FBI agent assigned in 1958 to oversee the 1950s superhero team the Avengers, a short-lived predecessor of the later, more established team of that name.[4][5]

As a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Woo went on to join its "

movie studio Toho). This unit, led by Dum Dum Dugan, employed such weapons as a giant robot called Red Ronin (for which Woo was shortlisted as a pilot candidate), and was headquartered in a smaller version of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, known as the Behemoth.[6]

Woo was temporarily replaced by a Life Model Decoy (a form of artificial human utilized by S.H.I.E.L.D.) of the self-aware, renegade "Deltan" class,[7] and went through five such bodies before dying with other repentant LMDs.[8] Woo reemerged from stasis, along with other high-ranking officers that had been taken and replaced.[9]

In 2006–2007 stories, Woo attempted a secret raid of a group identified as

M-11 and Marvel Boy, who restores Woo to his 1958 self.[10]

With his teammates he follows the Atlas Foundation around the world, restoring Namora to life,[11] and eventually confronting the Yellow Claw, who reveals that the whole ordeal was only a test. As Woo passed it, the Yellow Claw commits suicide, ending his long life and placing Woo as head of the Atlas Foundation.[12] Woo later surfaces in New York, where he and Spider-Man shut down a rebellious cell of the Atlas Foundation.[volume & issue needed] Later, Woo becomes head of the Pan-Asian School for the Unusually Gifted, a Mumbai, India-based school for Asian teenagers with superhuman abilities. Sanjar Javeed is a teacher there.[13]

Woo appears alongside the Asian-American superheroes

War of the Realms, Woo recruits most of the Protectors and several other Asian and Pacific superheroes into the Atlas Foundation as the New Agents of Atlas.[15] Afterward, Woo resumes his duties as the head of the Atlas Foundation and installs Brawn as leader of the New Agents. He also teams with Blue Marvel and Night Thrasher to form a new iteration of the Three Xs.[16] During an attack by the undersea kingdom Atlantis led by Namor against the portal-city of Pan, Woo introduces the original and new Agents of Atlas to each other.[17]

Reception

Jeff Yang, curator of the "Marvels & Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics, 1942–1986" exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum, called Jimmy Woo a "positive exception" to the "largely negative" depiction of Asians and Asian-Americans in comics at time when "the view of Asians was shaped by racist, xenophobic wartime propaganda."[18]

Other versions

Ultimate Marvel

In the Ultimate Marvel universe, Jimmy Woo is an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., partnered with Sharon Carter. He was introduced in Ultimate Spider-Man #16, in which he and Carter are trying to capture Doctor Octopus.[19]

In other media

Television

Jimmy Woo appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Nolan North.[20][21]

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Jimmy Woo appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed by Randall Park. This version's full name is James E. Woo, works as an FBI agent, and hails from Bakersfield, California. Additionally, he is more comedic than his comic book incarnation.

  • Introduced in the live-action film
    Sokovia Accords
    .
  • In the live-action miniseries
    Tyler Hayward
    from attacking Maximoff, Hayward removes them from the investigation, but they go rogue to stop him and help Maximoff. After Maximoff removes the hex, Woo and the FBI take over the investigation.
  • Woo makes a cameo appearance in the live-action film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023).[24]
  • An alternate universe version of Woo will appear in the upcoming animated series Marvel Zombies.[25]

Video games

See also

References

  1. ^ Dark Reign: New Nation #1
  2. .
  3. ^ Agents of Atlas #4 (Jan. 2007)
  4. ^ What If #9 (June 1978)
  5. ^ the 2000s miniseries Marvel: The Lost Generation.
  6. ^ Godzilla #1–24
  7. ^ Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 (June 1988)
  8. ^ Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #6 (Nov. 1988)
  9. ^ Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD vol.2, #44
  10. ^ Agents of Atlas #1
  11. ^ Agents of Atlas #4
  12. ^ Agents of Atlas #6
  13. ^ Infinity: The Hunt #1
  14. ^ The Totally Awesome Hulk #13–18
  15. ^ War of the Realms: The New Agents of Atlas #1–4. Marvel Comics.
  16. ^ Incoming! #1. Marvel Comics
  17. ^ Atlantis Attacks #1. Marvel Comics
  18. ^ Wada, Karen (2013-12-08). "'Marvels & Monsters' exhibit explores comics' portrayal of Asians". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  19. ^ Ultimate Spider-Man #14
  20. ^ "Watch Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Micro-Ep. 9 | Movie & TV News | News". Marvel.com. 2010-09-30. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
  21. ^ a b c "Jimmy Woo Voices (Marvel Universe) - Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 25 September 2020. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
  22. ^ McNary, Dave (July 7, 2017). "'Fresh Off the Boat' Star Randall Park Joins 'Ant-Man and the Wasp'". Variety. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  23. ^ Goldberg, Lesley; Couch, Aaron (August 23, 2019). "Disney+: A Comprehensive Guide to All Its Programming (So Far)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  24. ComicBook.com. Archived
    from the original on September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  25. ^ Nolan, Liam (July 22, 2022). "SDCC Live: Marvel Studios Animation Panel Reveals Future of X-Men '97, What If and Marvel Zombies". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  26. ^ Becker, Daniel (November 21, 2017). "Agents Of Atlas Character Pack DLC Review – LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2". Bricks to Life. Archived from the original on June 6, 2019.

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