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'''James''' "'''Jimmy'''" '''Woo''' ('''Woo Yen Jet''') is a [[fictional character|fictional]] [[secret agent]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. Created by [[Entertaining Comics|EC Comics]] writer [[Al Feldstein]] and artist [[Joe Maneely]], the [[Chinese-American]] character first appeared in ''[[Yellow Claw (comics)|Yellow Claw]]'' #1 (October 1956)<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=416}}</ref> from [[Atlas Comics (1950s)|Atlas Comics]], the 1950s predecessor of Marvel. Woo has since appeared occasionally in a variety of Marvel publications.
'''James''' "'''Jimmy'''" '''Woo''' ('''Woo Yen Jet''') is a fictional [[secret agent]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. Created by [[Entertaining Comics|EC Comics]] writer [[Al Feldstein]] and artist [[Joe Maneely]], the [[Chinese American]] character first appeared in ''[[Yellow Claw (comics)|Yellow Claw]]'' #1 (October 1956)<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=416}}</ref> from [[Atlas Comics (1950s)|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) and [[Disney+]] series ''[[WandaVision]]'' (2021), portrayed by [[Randall Park]].
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==
==Publication history==
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Kirby took over as writer-artist with issue #2—[[inker|inking]] his own [[penciller|pencil art]] there and in the following issue, representing two of the very rare occasions on which he did so. On the final issue, the inking was done by [[Western fiction|Western]]- and [[war-comics]] veteran Severin. Also, other artists drew the covers: Severin on #2 and #4, [[Bill Everett]] on #3.
Kirby took over as writer-artist with issue #2—[[inker|inking]] his own [[penciller|pencil art]] there and in the following issue, representing two of the very rare occasions on which he did so. On the final issue, the inking was done by [[Western fiction|Western]]- and [[war-comics]] veteran Severin. Also, other artists drew the covers: Severin on #2 and #4, [[Bill Everett]] on #3.


Well regarded{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} for its relatively mature storyline with a rare Asian fictional hero for the period and in particular for Maneely's exquisitely atmospheric art,{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} the book nevertheless failed to find an audience. Woo and other characters from the series were brought into the Marvel universe a decade later, beginning with the "[[S.H.I.E.L.D.]]" story in ''[[Strange Tales]]'' #160 (Sept. 1967). Woo joins that espionage agency in ''[[Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1968 series)|Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' #2 (July 1968).
Well regarded{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} for its relatively mature storyline with a rare Asian fictional hero for the period and in particular for Maneely's exquisitely atmospheric art,{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} the book nevertheless failed to find an audience. Woo and other characters from the series were brought into the [[Marvel universe]] a decade later, beginning with the "[[S.H.I.E.L.D.]]" story in ''[[Strange Tales]]'' #160 (Sept. 1967). Woo joins that espionage agency in ''[[Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1968 series)|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 ''[[Godzilla, King of the Monsters (comic book)|Godzilla]]'' and the 2006–07 Marvel series ''[[Agents of Atlas]]''. Before the cancellation of the 1990s [[Parallel universe (fiction)|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.<!--sources for previous sentence include:
Woo went on to be featured in the 1977–1979 Marvel series ''[[Godzilla, King of the Monsters (comic book)|Godzilla]]'' and the 2006–07 Marvel series ''[[Agents of Atlas]]''. Before the cancellation of the 1990s [[Parallel universe (fiction)|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.<!--sources for previous sentence include:
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James Woo is an [[Asian-American]] [[FBI]] agent assigned primarily to investigate and apprehend the [[China|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".<ref>''Agents of Atlas'' #4 (Jan. 2007)</ref> Complicating matters, the Claw's grandniece, Suwan, was in love with Woo in the 1950s series.
James Woo is an [[Asian-American]] [[FBI]] agent assigned primarily to investigate and apprehend the [[China|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".<ref>''Agents of Atlas'' #4 (Jan. 2007)</ref> Complicating matters, the Claw's grandniece, Suwan, was in love with Woo in the 1950s series.


In [[retcon]] stories, Woo is the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent assigned in 1958 to oversee the 1950s superhero team the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]], a short-lived predecessor of the later, more established team of that name.<ref>''[[What If (comics)|What If]]'' #9 (June 1978)</ref><ref>the 2000s miniseries ''[[Marvel: The Lost Generation]]''.</ref>
In [[retcon]] stories, Woo is an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent assigned in 1958 to oversee the 1950s superhero team the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]], a short-lived predecessor of the later, more established team of that name.<ref>''[[What If (comics)|What If]]'' #9 (June 1978)</ref><ref>the 2000s miniseries ''[[Marvel: The Lost Generation]]''.</ref>


As a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Woo went on to join its "[[Godzilla Squad]]" to hunt down the giant monster [[Godzilla, King of the Monsters (comic book)|Godzilla]] (the character from the long-running series of films from the [[Japan]]ese [[movie studio]] [[Toho]]). This unit, led by [[Dum Dum Dugan]], employed such weapons as a [[Mecha|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.<ref>''Godzilla'' #1–24</ref>
As a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Woo joins the "[[Godzilla Squad]]" to hunt [[Godzilla]]. This unit, led by [[Dum Dum Dugan]], employed such weapons as a [[Mecha|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.<ref>''Godzilla'' #1–24</ref>


Woo was temporarily replaced by a [[Life Model Decoy]] (a form of [[Android (robot)|artificial human]] utilized by S.H.I.E.L.D.) of the self-aware, renegade "Deltan" class,<ref>''Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.'' #1 (June 1988)</ref> and went through five such bodies before dying with other repentant LMDs.<ref>''Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.'' #6 (Nov. 1988)</ref> Woo reemerged from stasis, along with other high-ranking officers that had been taken and replaced.<ref>''Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD'' vol.2, #44</ref>
Woo was temporarily replaced by a [[Life Model Decoy]] (a form of [[Android (robot)|artificial human]] utilized by S.H.I.E.L.D.) of the self-aware, renegade "Deltan" class,<ref>''Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.'' #1 (June 1988)</ref> and went through five such bodies before dying with other repentant LMDs.<ref>''Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.'' #6 (Nov. 1988)</ref> Woo reemerged from stasis, along with other high-ranking officers that had been taken and replaced.<ref>''Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD'' vol.2, #44</ref>
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In 2006–2007 stories, Woo attempted a secret raid of a group identified as [[Agents of Atlas|The Atlas Foundation]]. Going [[AWOL]] and taking several other willing agents with him, he infiltrated an Atlas Foundation location, resulting in all the recruits being killed. Woo was critically burned and lost higher brain function. The former 1950s Avenger [[Gorilla-Man]], by now also a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, gave the organization a classified record of the 1950s team, of which S.H.I.E.L.D. had no prior knowledge. Gorilla-Man rescues Woo with the aid of fellow 1950s teammates [[M-11 (comics)|M-11]] and [[Marvel Boy (Robert Grayson)|Marvel Boy]], who restores Woo to his 1958 self.<ref>''Agents of Atlas'' #1</ref>
In 2006–2007 stories, Woo attempted a secret raid of a group identified as [[Agents of Atlas|The Atlas Foundation]]. Going [[AWOL]] and taking several other willing agents with him, he infiltrated an Atlas Foundation location, resulting in all the recruits being killed. Woo was critically burned and lost higher brain function. The former 1950s Avenger [[Gorilla-Man]], by now also a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, gave the organization a classified record of the 1950s team, of which S.H.I.E.L.D. had no prior knowledge. Gorilla-Man rescues Woo with the aid of fellow 1950s teammates [[M-11 (comics)|M-11]] and [[Marvel Boy (Robert Grayson)|Marvel Boy]], who restores Woo to his 1958 self.<ref>''Agents of Atlas'' #1</ref>


With his teammates he follows the Atlas Foundation around the world, restoring [[Namora]] to life,<ref>''Agents of Atlas'' #4</ref> 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.<ref>''Agents of Atlas'' #6</ref> Woo later surfaces in New York, where he and [[Spider-Man]] shut down a rebellious cell of the Atlas Foundation.{{Issue|date=January 2010}} 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.<ref>''Infinity: The Hunt'' #1</ref>
With his teammates he follows the Atlas Foundation around the world, restoring [[Namora]] to life,<ref>''Agents of Atlas'' #4</ref> 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.<ref>''Agents of Atlas'' #6</ref> Woo later surfaces in New York, where he and [[Spider-Man]] shut down a rebellious cell of the Atlas Foundation.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=January 2010}} 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.<ref>''Infinity: The Hunt'' #1</ref>


Woo appears alongside the Asian-American superheroes [[Amadeus Cho|The Hulk (Amadeus Cho)]], [[Kamala Khan|Ms. Marvel]], [[Shang-Chi]], and [[Silk (comics)|Silk]] and SHIELD agent Jake Oh, at a charity event attacked by an alien army. Dubbing their group the Protectors, Woo rallies the heroes and bystanders into defeating their captors.<ref>''The Totally Awesome Hulk'' #13–18</ref> During the [[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.<ref>''War of the Realms: The New Agents of Atlas'' #1–4. Marvel Comics.</ref> Afterward, Woo resumes his duties as the head of the Atlas Foundation and installs [[Amadeus Cho|Brawn]] as leader of the New Agents. He also teams with [[Blue Marvel]] and [[Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor)|Night Thrasher]] to form a new iteration of the Three Xs.<ref>''Incoming!'' #1. Marvel Comics</ref> During [[Atlantis Attacks|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.<ref>''Atlantis Attacks'' #1. Marvel Comics</ref>
Woo appears alongside the Asian-American superheroes [[Amadeus Cho]], [[Kamala Khan|Ms. Marvel]], [[Shang-Chi]], and [[Silk (comics)|Silk]] and SHIELD agent Jake Oh at a charity event attacked by an alien army. Dubbing their group the Protectors, Woo rallies the heroes and bystanders to overthrow their captors.<ref>''The Totally Awesome Hulk'' #13–18</ref> In ''[[The 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.<ref>''War of the Realms: The New Agents of Atlas'' #1–4. Marvel Comics.</ref> Afterward, Woo resumes his duties as the head of the Atlas Foundation and makes Cho the leader of the New Agents. He also teams with [[Blue Marvel]] and [[Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor)|Night Thrasher]] to form a new iteration of the Three Xs.<ref>''Incoming!'' #1. Marvel Comics</ref> In ''[[Atlantis Attacks#Atlantis Attacks (2020)|Atlantis Attacks]]'', Woo introduces the original and new Agents of Atlas to each other.<ref>''Atlantis Attacks'' #1. Marvel Comics</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
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==In other media==
==In other media==
===Television===
===Television===
Jimmy Woo appears in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'', voiced by [[Nolan North]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marvel.com/news/all.14180.watch_avengers~colon~_emh_micro-ep~dot~_9 |title=Watch Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Micro-Ep. 9 &#124; Movie & TV News &#124; News |publisher=Marvel.com |date=2010-09-30 |access-date=2010-12-26}}</ref>
Jimmy Woo appears in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'', voiced by [[Nolan North]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marvel.com/news/all.14180.watch_avengers~colon~_emh_micro-ep~dot~_9 |title=Watch Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Micro-Ep. 9 &#124; Movie & TV News &#124; News |publisher=Marvel.com |date=2010-09-30 |access-date=2010-12-26}}</ref><ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Jimmy Woo Voices (Marvel Universe) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Marvel-Universe/Jimmy-Woo/ |access-date=25 September 2020 |website=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>


===Marvel Cinematic Universe===
===Marvel Cinematic Universe===
{{See also|Jimmy Woo (Marvel Cinematic Universe)}}
{{See also|Jimmy Woo (Marvel Cinematic Universe)}}
Jimmy Woo appears in media set in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], portrayed by [[Randall Park]]. This version is '''James E. Woo''', an FBI agent from [[Bakersfield, California]]. Introduced in the live-action film ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp]]'' (2018),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/ant-man-and-the-wasp-randall-park-1202489815/|title='Fresh Off the Boat' Star Randall Park Joins 'Ant-Man and the Wasp'|last=McNary|first=Dave|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=July 7, 2017|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708004724/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/ant-man-and-the-wasp-randall-park-1202489815/|archive-date=July 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Woo makes subsequent appearances in the live-action miniseries ''[[WandaVision]]'' (2021) and the live-action film ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania]]'' (2023),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burlingame |first=Russ |date=September 10, 2022 |title=Jimmy Woo Confirmed to Return for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/jimmy-woo-confirmed-to-return-for-ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910203019/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/jimmy-woo-confirmed-to-return-for-ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania/ |archive-date=September 10, 2022 |access-date=September 10, 2022 |website=[[ComicBook.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldberg |first1=Lesley |last2=Couch |first2=Aaron |date=August 23, 2019 |title=Disney+: A Comprehensive Guide to All Its Programming (So Far) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/disney-a-comprehensive-guide-all-programming-far-1200290 |access-date=August 23, 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> and will appear in the animated series ''[[Marvel Zombies (miniseries)|Marvel Zombies]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nolan |first=Liam |date=July 22, 2022 |title=SDCC Live: Marvel Studios Animation Panel Reveals Future of X-Men '97, What If and Marvel Zombies |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-studios-animation-x-men-what-if-zombies-sdcc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722212921/https://www.cbr.com/marvel-studios-animation-x-men-what-if-zombies-sdcc/ |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |access-date=July 22, 2022 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]]}}</ref>
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 comical than his comic book incarnation.

* Introduced in the live-action film ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp]]'' (2018),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/ant-man-and-the-wasp-randall-park-1202489815/|title='Fresh Off the Boat' Star Randall Park Joins 'Ant-Man and the Wasp'|last=McNary|first=Dave|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=July 7, 2017|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708004724/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/ant-man-and-the-wasp-randall-park-1202489815/|archive-date=July 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Woo monitors [[Scott Lang (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Scott Lang]] while the latter is on house arrest. Despite showing some animosity towards Lang, Woo appears to want to be sociably friendly with him.
* In the live-action miniseries ''[[WandaVision]]'' (2021),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/disney-a-comprehensive-guide-all-programming-far-1200290|title=Disney+: A Comprehensive Guide to All Its Programming (So Far)|last1=Goldberg|first1=Lesley|last2=Couch|first2=Aaron|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=August 23, 2019|access-date=August 23, 2019}}</ref> Woo became involved in a missing persons' case at Westview, New Jersey and works with [[S.W.O.R.D. (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|S.W.O.R.D.]] as a federal liaison when the town's population disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Collaborating with S.W.O.R.D. agent [[Monica Rambeau (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Monica Rambeau]] and astrophysicist Dr. [[Darcy Lewis]], they discover that [[Wanda Maximoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Wanda Maximoff]] had taken over the town via a hex. After he, Rambeau, and Lewis attempt to stop acting S.W.O.R.D. Director [[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 live-action film ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania]]'' (2023).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burlingame |first=Russ |date=September 10, 2022 |title=Jimmy Woo Confirmed to Return for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/jimmy-woo-confirmed-to-return-for-ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910203019/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/jimmy-woo-confirmed-to-return-for-ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania/ |archive-date=September 10, 2022 |access-date=September 10, 2022 |website=[[ComicBook.com]]}}</ref>
* An alternate universe version of Woo will appear in the upcoming animated series ''[[Marvel Zombies (TV series)|Marvel Zombies]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nolan |first=Liam |date=July 22, 2022 |title=SDCC Live: Marvel Studios Animation Panel Reveals Future of X-Men '97, What If and Marvel Zombies |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-studios-animation-x-men-what-if-zombies-sdcc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722212921/https://www.cbr.com/marvel-studios-animation-x-men-what-if-zombies-sdcc/ |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |access-date=July 22, 2022 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]]}}</ref>


===Video games===
===Video games===
* Jimmy Woo appears in ''[[Marvel Heroes (video game)|Marvel Heroes]]'', voiced by [[James Sie]].<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Jimmy Woo Voices (Marvel Universe) - Behind The Voice Actors |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Marvel-Universe/Jimmy-Woo/ |website=behindthevoiceactors.com |access-date=25 September 2020}} Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.</ref>
* Jimmy Woo appears in ''[[Marvel Heroes (video game)|Marvel Heroes]]'', voiced by [[James Sie]].<ref name="btva"/>
* Jimmy Woo appears in ''[[Avengers (2020 video game)|Marvel's Avengers]]'', voiced by Aleks Le.<ref name="btva"/>
* Jimmy Woo appears in ''[[Avengers (2020 video game)|Marvel's Avengers]]'', voiced by Aleks Le.<ref name="btva"/>
* Jimmy Woo appears in ''[[Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2]]'' via the "Agents of Atlas" [[downloadable content|DLC]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Becker |first1=Daniel |title=Agents Of Atlas Character Pack DLC Review – LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 |url=http://www.brickstolife.com/agents-of-atlas-character-pack-dlc-review-lego-marvel-super-heroes-2/ |website=Bricks to Life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606121429/http://www.brickstolife.com/agents-of-atlas-character-pack-dlc-review-lego-marvel-super-heroes-2/ |archive-date=June 6, 2019 |date=November 21, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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* [http://www.toonopedia.com/yeloclaw.htm Don Markstein's Toonopedia: ''The Yellow Claw'']
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/yeloclaw.htm Don Markstein's Toonopedia: ''The Yellow Claw'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091026210034/http://www.geocities.com/ratmmjess/woo.html Jess Nevins' "A Guide to Marvel's Pre-''FF'' #1 Heroes: Jimmy Woo]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091026210034/http://www.geocities.com/ratmmjess/woo.html Jess Nevins' "A Guide to Marvel's Pre-''FF'' #1 Heroes: Jimmy Woo]
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=7542 ''Comic Book Resources'' (June 12, 2006): "''Agents Of Atlas'' Agent Profile: Woo, Jimmy Woo", by Dave Richards]
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=7542 ''Comic Book Resources'' (June 12, 2006): "''Agents Of Atlas'' Agent Profile: Woo, Jimmy Woo", by Dave Richards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615011425/http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=7542 |date=June 15, 2006 }}
* [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/ The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators]
* [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/ The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators]
* [http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/y/yellowclaw.htm Marvel Directory: Yellow Claw]
* [http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/y/yellowclaw.htm Marvel Directory: Yellow Claw]
* [http://www.atlastales.com/ Atlas Tales]
* [http://www.atlastales.com/ Atlas Tales]
* [http://www.comics.org/ The Grand Comics Database]
* [http://www.comics.org/ The Grand Comics Database]
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=7367 Comic Book Resources – Parker Talks "Agents Of Atlas"]
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For the Kung Fu Grandmaster, see San Soo § Jimmy H. Woo.
"James Woo" redirects here. For the Hong Kong businessman, see James Wu.
Jimmy Woo
Textless cover of Agents of Atlas #1 (October 2006)
Art by Tomm Coker
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceYellow 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 secret agent appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by EC Comics writer Al Feldstein and artist Joe Maneely, the Chinese American character first appeared in 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

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Jimmy Woo was the hero of the espionage series Yellow Claw, named for his antagonist, a "yellow peril" 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—inking his own pencil art there and in the following issue, representing two of the very rare occasions on which he did so. On the final issue, the inking was done by Western- and war-comics veteran Severin. Also, other artists drew the covers: Severin on #2 and #4, Bill Everett on #3.

Well regarded[citation needed] for its relatively mature storyline with a rare Asian fictional hero for the period and in particular for Maneely's exquisitely atmospheric art,[citation needed] the book nevertheless failed to find an audience. Woo and other characters from the series were brought into the Marvel universe a decade later, beginning with the "S.H.I.E.L.D." story in Strange Tales #160 (Sept. 1967). Woo joins that espionage agency in 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 Godzilla and the 2006–07 Marvel series Agents of Atlas. Before the cancellation of the 1990s 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

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

James Woo is an Asian-American 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 an 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 joins the "Godzilla Squad" to hunt Godzilla. 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 The Atlas Foundation. Going AWOL and taking several other willing agents with him, he infiltrated an Atlas Foundation location, resulting in all the recruits being killed. Woo was critically burned and lost higher brain function. The former 1950s Avenger Gorilla-Man, by now also a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, gave the organization a classified record of the 1950s team, of which S.H.I.E.L.D. had no prior knowledge. Gorilla-Man rescues Woo with the aid of fellow 1950s teammates 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 Amadeus Cho, Ms. Marvel, Shang-Chi, and Silk and SHIELD agent Jake Oh at a charity event attacked by an alien army. Dubbing their group the Protectors, Woo rallies the heroes and bystanders to overthrow their captors.[14] In The 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 makes Cho the leader of the New Agents. He also teams with Blue Marvel and Night Thrasher to form a new iteration of the Three Xs.[16] In Atlantis Attacks, Woo introduces the original and new Agents of Atlas to each other.[17]

Reception

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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

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Ultimate Marvel

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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

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Television

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

Marvel Cinematic Universe

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See also: Jimmy Woo (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Jimmy Woo appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed by Randall Park. This version is James E. Woo, an FBI agent from Bakersfield, California. Introduced in the live-action film Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018),[22] Woo makes subsequent appearances in the live-action miniseries WandaVision (2021) and the live-action film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023),[23][24] and will appear in the animated series Marvel Zombies.[25]

Video games

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dark Reign: New Nation #1
  2. ^ DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 416. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
  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. Retrieved 25 September 2020. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  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. ^ Burlingame, Russ (September 10, 2022). "Jimmy Woo Confirmed to Return for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  24. ^ Goldberg, Lesley; Couch, Aaron (August 23, 2019). "Disney+: A Comprehensive Guide to All Its Programming (So Far)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  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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