The idea of "Captain China" first came about as nothing more than a joke. I originally conceived it purely as a parody comic having a hard-core communist character poking fun at the typical American super hero formula. The concept got a few good laughs among friends, and that was about as far as I was going to go with it.

Later in 2009 I took a trip to China and was exposed first hand to what the culture really is like over there. I was in Shanghai, and I found the city to be a unique contrast of old and new, with beautiful modern skyscrapers along side rundown traditional Chinese flats. Everywhere I went I saw shopping malls, fast food joints, and money exchanged openly no different than America. At the same time I was also constantly reminded of how they were different with the presence of uniformed soldiers standing guard at every street corner. The thing that fascinated me the most was the coexistence of communist ideal and capitalist behavior, something that cannot be found anywhere else in the world now. I couldn't help but imagine what it would be like to put a super hero character into this kind of environment. It was that experience which sparked me to retool Captain China into something I felt would better reflect that kind of understanding and sensibility.

I tackled the story from the perspective of a character who is caught between the old and new, and what it means to be a hero under the demands of both communism and capitalism. I also wanted to write stories that can entertain and satisfy both American and Chinese readers. Even though I started out my comic book career at Marvel Comics, the super hero genre is actually the style of comics that I least wanted to do (I am more into comedy and sci-fi), but this has definuitely turned out to be one of the most interesting and challenging projects I have ever worked on.

So I hope you will take a chance in this unique super hero character and purchase a copy of the first volume to read. You'll probably get a good chuckle and kick out of it!

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Thanks You,
Chi Wang