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Greg Pak is an American comic book writer and film director. He is best known for his work on books published by , including (most notably ), several titles featuring the , and Hercules.Truitt, Brian (February 21, 2013). "'Batman/Superman' showcases meeting of DC Comics icons". . In 2019, Pak began writing comics for Marvel.


Early life
Pak was born in , to a father and a white mother. He graduated from Hillcrest High School. He studied political science at , where he wrote for the campus humor magazine, The Yale Record, The Yale Record. New Haven: Yale Record. Spring, 1990. p. 2. and was a member of the group. In 1991, he went to study history at Oxford University as a with the intent of becoming a politician. He then entered New York University's graduate film program. "25 NEW FACESOF INDIE FILM 2003". Filmmaker. Summer 2003Evans, William (August 13, 2014). "The Carcosa Interview: Greg Pak". The Nerds of Color. "RHODES SCHOLARS SELECTED FOR 1991". The New York Times. December 10, 1990


Career
Pak's New York University (NYU) student film, Fighting Grandpa, which centered on his Korean grandparents, won the gold medal at the 25th Student Academy Awards. His short film "Asian Pride Porn", starring playwright David Henry Hwang and director Michael Kang, was licensed to . Pak wrote and directed the feature film . He collected his screenplays in the book Robot Stories & More Screenplays, whose foreword was written by David Henry Hwang.

Pak worked as the on the 1998 documentary short , which was directed by his wife, . In March 1999, the film received an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject at the 71st Academy Awards.

Pak began writing for Marvel Comics in September 2004, with a 4 issue series,Weiland, Jonah (July 18, 2004). Warlock Stories: Greg Pak talks "Warlock". Comic Book Resources. and signed an exclusive deal with them in July 2005.Tramountanas, George A. (July 11, 2005). "Greg Pak Makes His Marvel - Signs Exclusively With Publisher". Comic Book Resources. In a story in 2005's vol. 2 #15 he and artist created .

Pak helmed the year long story arc in the pages of in 2006 & 2007, beginning with #92 and concluding with #105. After the ensuing World War Hulk event in 2007, where he wrote the primary miniseries as well as the core tie-ins issues of Incredible Hulk (#106-111).

He continued onto the Incredible Hercules series, joined by co-writer Fred Van Lente, which continued the now defunct Incredible Hulk's numbering,Richards, Dave (March 17, 2008). "GREEK WEEK Part I -Pak & Van Lente talk Hercules' Past". Comic Book ResourcesRichards, Dave (March 20, 2008). "GREEK WEEK Part IV- Pak & Van Lente on Herc's Past & Future". Comic Book Resources.Richards, Dave (September 4, 2008). "Love, Olympian Style: Pak & Van Lente talk 'Incredible Hercules'". Comic Book Resources. as well as the spinoff series and ,Richards, Dave (June 10, 2008). "Hulk Slash! Pak talks 'Skaar: Son of Hulk'". Comic Book Resources. The adventures of Incredible Hercules (alongside Amadeus Cho) would culminate with in late 2010/early 2011 after which the series was concluded. Pak returned for a solo Hercules comic some months later, initially tying into the Thor-centric Fear Itself series, which ended in early 2012.

Other 2000s Marvel projects include ,Weiland, Jonah (August 20, 2004). Greg Pak talks 'X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong'"., Comic Book Resources. ,Singh, Arune (June 2, 2006). "It's Not Over Till She Sings: Greg Pak Talks 'X-Men: Phoenix- Warsong'". Comic Book Resources. , Richards, Dave (May 31, 2008). "WW Philly: Pak talks 'Magneto: Testament'". Comic Book Resources. and .Brady, Matt (July 25, 2008). SDCC '08 - Pak & Rosemann Talk War Machine. .Richards, Dave (July 25, 2008). "CCI: Pak, Rosemann on 'War Machine'". Comic Book Resources.Brady, Matt (November 10, 2008). "Greasing the Gears: Greg Pak Talks 'War Machine'". Newsarama.

At the same time as his Planet / World War Hulk run, Pak also wrote Dynamite Entertainment's initial series based on the Sci-Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica.

Pak is one of the featured contributors to . Secret Identities. The New Press. Retrieved September 16, 2012.

In June 2013, Pak began writing Batman/Superman for , which he wrote for the majority of its run (26 out of 32 issues). From late 2013 to 2015, he wrote .Phegley, Kiel (June 24, 2014). "Greg Pak & Aaron Kuder Take Over 'Action Comics'". Comic Book Resources.

Pak would return to the world of the Incredible Hulk in 2016, scripting The Totally Awesome Hulk, in which Amadeus Cho was now imbued with the Hulk's powers. The series lasted 23 issues before being replaced with the original Incredible Hulk series (restarting its legacy numbering at #709), though its revival (and Cho's time as the "primary" Hulk) was brief as the series concluded with #717. Pak returned to the world of Planet Hulk once more with 2022-2023's Planet Hulk Worldbreaker miniseries.

During this time Pak also helped briefly revive in 2011, created (with Mike Deodato Jr.) in 2017, and wrote a 12-issue Weapon H series (as well as a tie-in Hulkverines miniseries) in 2018. He also returned to Dynamite in 2017 and wrote a 5-issue John Wick comic series.

In 2019 Pak would help bring the characters Aero and into the Marvel Universe proper, initially created in Chinese digital comics the previous year. He translated the original comics and wrote new stories for the year long Aero and Sword Master series. Pak also wrote a new series of Agents of Atlas comics, which would feature Aero and Sword-Master interacting with other young Marvel heroes, including Wave, White Fox and Amadeus Cho. The team was last seen confronting Namor the Sub-Mariner in Greg Pak's Atlantis Attacks miniseries of 2020.

In 2023 Pak wrote an educational comic book entitled Who Belongs?, drawn by , colored by , and lettered by . This project was part of an AAPI Hidden Voices series from the New York City Department of Education’s Civics for All Comics Group.


Personal life
Pak is married to Japanese filmmaker .


Filmography
  • (2003)
  • Po Mo Knock Knock (1999)
  • Mouse (short) (1997)


Bibliography

Marvel Comics
  • vol. 5 #1-4 (with , 2004)
  • :
    • #1-5 (with , 2005)
    • #1-5 (with , 2006–2007)
    • #1-5 (with Carmine Di Giandomenico, 2008–2009)
    • Astonishing X-Men #44-47, 60-61 (with and various, 2012–2013)
    • #1-13 (with various, 2012–2013)
    • Storm #1-11 (with various, 2014–2015)
    • Weapon X #1-27 (with , 2017–2019)
    • X-Men Prime #1 (with various, 2017)
    • Weapons of Mutant Destruction: Alpha #1 (with Mahmud Asrar, 2017)
  • #1-6 (with , 2005)Goldstein, Hilary (March 21, 2005) "Marvel Nemesis Unveiled". .
  • : House of M #1-3 (with Pat Lee, 2005)
  • #1-5 (with , 2005)
  • What If: Submariner (with David Lopez, 2006)
  • vol. 2 #15 (with Patrick Scherberger, 2006)
  • :
    • Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #92-111 (with various, 2006–2007)
    • Incredible Hulk #601-611, 709-717 (with various, 2009-2010, 2017-2018)
    • Incredible Hulks #612-635 (with various, 2010-2011)
    • #1–23 (with , December 2015 – 2017)
    • Giant Size Hulk #1 (with various, 2006)
    • Planet Hulk Gladiator Guidebook (with co-author , 2006)
    • What If: Planet Hulk
    • World War Hulk #1-5 (with John Romita, Jr., 2007–2008)
    • World War Hulk: After Smash (with Rafa Sandoval, 2008)
    • #1-5 (with and , 2008)
    • #1-12 (with , 2008-2009)
    • Skaar: Son of Hulk Presents - Savage World of Sakaar (with various, 2008)
    • Planet Skaar Prologue (with , 2009)
    • Dark Reign: The List - Hulk (with , 2009)
    • Generations: Banner Hulk & The Totally Awesome Hulk (with Matteo Buffagni, 2017)
    • #1–12 (with various, 2018-2019)
    • Hulkverines #1-3 (with Ario Anindito, 2019)
  • Hercules:
    • Incredible Hercules #112-141 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and various, 2008–2010)
    • Hulk vs Hercules: When Titans Collide (with co-author Fred Van Lente and various, 2008)
    • Assault on New Olympus #1 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and Rodney Buchemi, 2009)
    • Thor & Hercules: Encyclopædia Mythologica (with co-authors Fred Van Lente, and , 2009)
    • #1-2 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by , 2010)
    • #1-4 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Reilly Brown, 2010)
    • #1-5 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Khoi Pham, 2010–2011)
    • Herc #1-10, #6.1 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Cliff Richards, 2011)
  • #0-12 (with , 2008-2009)
  • Alpha Flight vol. 4 #0.1, 1-8 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by , 2012)
  • Silver Surfer vol. 6 #1-5 (with various, 2011)
  • #1-5 (with , 2011)
  • Agents of Atlas
    • War of the Realms: The New Agents of Atlas #1-4 (art by Gang Hyuk Lim, May - June 2019)
    • Agents of Atlas vol. 3 #1-5 (with Jeff Parker, art by Gang Hyuk Lim and , August - December 2019)
    • Atlantis Attacks #1-5 (2020)
    • Aero #1-12 (with co-writer Zhou Liefen, art by Keng, 2019-2020)
    • Sword Master #1-12 (with co-author Shuizhu, art by Gunji 2019-2020)


DC Comics
  • Batman/Superman #1-9, 11–27, Annual #1-2 (with and various, 2013-December 2015)
  • #23.2, 25–50 (with , November 2013-March 2016)
  • a segment in #1 (with , 2014)
  • #17–19 (with Ian Churchill, February 2016–April 2016)
  • City Boy #1-6 (with Minkyu Jung and Sunny Gho, May 2023-October 2023)


Other publishers


Sources


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