Jeremy Lin appears in Marvel's 'Totally Awesome Hulk'

Jeremy Lin continues to break barriers.

Lin, the first-ever American-born NBA player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent, appeared as himself in the new issue of Marvel's "Totally Awesome Hulk," released Wednesday.

He was thrilled to be included in the popular comic series created by award-winning writer and filmmaker Greg Pak, who's a huge fan of Lin dating back to when Linsanity captivated New York.

"I was really interested to see what would happen," Lin told ESPN's Cary Chow. "I loved everything about it. ... Growing up, watching the movies or whatever it might be, we have all experienced some sort of fandom toward superheroes."

Most of all, Lin was happy to break barriers for fellow Asian-Americans, who happen to be mostly invisible in popular media.

"I have friends who are kind of into acting and the entertainment industry. You kind of see how Asians and Asian-Americans are kind of portrayed in films over time," Lin said.

"I feel that there have been a lot (of) barriers, but this is a big step in the right direction. In terms of just making Asians more mainstream (and) not just in the stereotypically Asian way where it is almost like sometimes, it is like the token Asian guy - you are being made fun of, in some ways you got to be on there with an accent or something like that."

Lin's teammate Brook Lopez, quite likely the most voracious comic book geek in the NBA, was insanely jealous.

"Oh, I can't state how jealous I was!" Lopez said several times, according to ESPN's Ohm Yungmisuk. "I didn't even find out about it until I read my comic book websites ... It was spot on. Great stuff. There were panels that I swear that (Pak) was behind me looking at Jeremy while he drew it. And it was pretty true to his voice."