Jimmy Woo

Jimmy Woo
Promotional art for Agents of Atlas #1 (Oct. 2006) by Tomm Coker
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Silver age: Yellow Claw #1 (Oct. 1956) Modern age: Strange Tales #160 (Sept. 1967)
Created by	Al Feldstein (writer) Joe Maneely (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Woo Yen Jet
Team affiliations	S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents of Atlas G-Men

James "Jimmy" Woo (Woo Yen Jet) is a fictional, Chinese-American secret agent appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by EC Comics writer Al Feldstein and artist Joe Maneely, the character first appeared in Yellow Claw #1 (Oct. 1956) from Atlas Comics, the 1950s predecessor of Marvel.

Jimmy Woo was the hero of an espionage series Yellow Claw, named for his antagonist, a "yellow peril" Communist mandarin. While the short-lived series named after that villain ran only four issues (Oct. 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 for its relatively mature storyline and in particular for Maneely's exquisitely atmospheric art, the book nevertheless failed to find an audience. Its influence rippled as the Yellow Claw, Woo and other characters from it 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).