Greg Pak is an American comic book writer, best known for his run on The Incredible Hulk, namely the acclaimed storyline Planet Hulk and its more infamous sequel World War Hulk, and the creator of Amadeus Cho. Also his run on The Incredible Hercules is generally accepted as one of the quintessential runs on Marvel Comics' take on the Son of Zeus. He wrote Magneto: Testament, the definitive origin story of the x-men's most famous nemesis.
Works include:
Work for hire:
- Action Comics (Vol. 2) (2014-2016)
- Aero
- City Boy
- Planet Hulk
- The Incredible Hercules
- Chaos War
- Dead Mans Run
- Magneto: Testament
- Red Skull: Incarnate
- The Totally Awesome Hulk
- Agents of Atlas
- X-Treme X-Men (Vol. 2) (2012-2013)
- Star Wars Darth Vader
- Sword Master
- Lilo & Stitch (2024)
Creator-owned:
- Kingsway West
- Mech Cadet Yu
- Vision Machine
Tropes common to Greg Pak's comics include:
- Awesomeness by Analysis:
- This is Amadeus Cho's stock in trade, making him a formidable combatant even before he gets Hulk powers.
- Pak has a pet theory that Bruce Banner's genius intellect is subconsciously active even while the Hulk is raging, calculating his every move to ensure that the Hulk doesn't cause any fatalities. Other Marvel writers are lukewarm on this idea, ignoring or directly contradicting it in their own stories.
- Creator Thumbprint: Pak's work reliably features at least one badass Asian-American character, whether he or she is newly created for whatever he's working on at the time or dragged out from obscurity. Thanks to him, heroes like Amadeus Cho and the Agents of Atlas have garnered more mainstream popularity.
- Write What You Know: Both Pak and Amadeus Cho are Korean-American.