Monkey Prince

Monkey Prince 1: Enter the Monkey

By: Gene Luen Yang (Author), Bernard Chang (Illustrator)

Published: January 3, 2023 | DC Comics

Move over, Monkey King, there’s a new prankster in town!

Introducing the newest hero in the DCU, the great sage, equal to the heavens, better than his predecessor the legendary Monkey King ???, even better than the Justice League and definitely the Teen Titans (actually, all the heroes combined), everyone put your hands together for…The Monkey Prince ???!

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Marcus Sun moves around a lot because his adoptive parents are freelance henchpeople, so join him as he travels through the DC Universe, from Gotham City confronting Batman all the way to Amnesty Bay to Aquaman’s Kingdom of Atlantis! Marcus finds himself as the new kid at Gotham City High School, where a mysterious man with pig features asks Marcus to walk through a water curtain to reveal himself as who Marcus really is…someone who has adventured through The Journey to the West, can transform into 72 different formations, can clone himself using his hairs, and is called…the Monkey Prince!

New York Times bestselling writer Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese, Superman Smashes the Klan) and award-winning artist Bernard Chang (Teen Titans, Batman Beyond) come together for the first time to bring you the greatest iteration of Monkey King into the DC Universe… enter The Monkey Prince ???!

Monkey Prince Vol 1: Enter the Monkey collects Monkey Prince #1-6

Monkey Prince 2: The Monkey King and I

By: Gene Luen Yang (Author), Bernard Chang (Illustrator)

Published: August 15, 2023 | DC Comics

After Monkey Prince finds the jingu bang staff, he realizes controlling it is a whole different problem! It has now stretched so large and long that it has become a nuisance to Atlantis, and so Aquaman goes to find who is responsible for this ginormous golden staff that destroyed so much of his city. The good news is, the Jingu bang can shrink back to normal size, but only the Monkey King is worthy enough to wield its magical properties-will the staff recognize Monkey Prince as good enough to do the same?
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Sea dragons, the trench, Atlanteans, and Blank Manta’s army all clash…with Monkey Prince and Shifu Pigsy at the center of it all! Tchk tchk thck, pesky jingu bang staff!
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