Character Spotlight: Aero

Last month, as a lead-in to a new event called "War of Realms", Marvel released a book called New Agents of Atlas that featured a team of all-Asian superheroes. Several of those superheroes were canon immigrants, and there just so happened to be four of them. So this month is Agents of Atlas month!

This week: Aero!

Last year, Marvel teamed up with a Chinese telecommunications company called NetEase to create its first fully Chinese superheroes (meaning Chinese characters made in China; it has other Chinese superheroes, such as the People's Defense Force). The goal was to increase their brand awareness in the East. Aero debuted in the first issue of an online manhua called Cyclone in May 2010, which can be found at 163.com.

Unlike Warriors of Three Sovereigns's more old-fashioned flair, Cyclone has a more modern bent. In her original comic, Aero is an architect that has control over the air and protects Shanghai after a resettlement project goes awry.

In New Agents of ATLAS #1 (May 2019), Aero debuts on the first page in a jurisdiction dispute with a new character, Wave. They get attacked and we don't see them for the rest of the issue, but I'm sure we haven't seen the last of them.

Two other superheroes feature in Cyclone. Will we see them in future issues of New Agents of ATLAS? Only time will tell!