In December, Jeremy Lin will appear in an issue of Totally Awesome Hulk. It is only fitting because the Nets may need him to perform like a superhero this season.

“It’s weird right? It was just a cool opportunity, and I think Greg [Pak] was really supportive of me and my story, so I’m thankful for that,’’ Lin told The Post, referring to the New York-based comics writer who became a diehard fan of the guard during his days as a Knick.

Lin — who will appear not with the more-familiar Bruce Banner, but the new Hulk, a Korean-American named Amadeus Cho — is a comic fan himself.

“I definitely had some. But I’m not diehard-diehard about it,’’ said Lin, who admitted teammate Brook Lopez is “for sure” the bigger comic geek.

Lin — pried away from the Hornets with a three-year, $36 million deal — was unquestionably the biggest offseason addition to a team that went just 21-61 last season. He said he wasn’t vexed about being snubbed in Sports Illustrated’s list of top 100 players or doubts about his defense or ability to run a team.

“If my life was done by what everyone else expected of me, I would’ve been done with playing a long time ago. I don’t really care what anyone else has to say,’’ said Lin, whose struggles on defense left the Knicks uninterested in a reunion, a source told The Post.

But Hornets coach Steve Clifford praised Lin’s defense to the Charlotte Observer.

“A lot of the times I’m fighting a lot of stigmas that people came up with and for fair reasons when I played four or five years ago. My game has progressed a lot,’’ Lin said. “What happened in Charlotte people didn’t really see because we were a small-market team. I feel like I’ve been working, and if people see it, they do, and if not, I still know where I want to get better at, where I’ve improved.”

Lin was 20th among point guards in ESPN’s defensive real plus-minus metric last year, better than Hornets star Kemba Walker, Nets predecessor Jarrett Jack and the Knicks’ Jose Calderon and Jerian Grant.

“These are knocks on my game that, when I was a younger player, I’d agree with,’’ Lin said. “I’ve improved. It just hasn’t been highlighted.’’

The Nets will need him to highlight it at every opportunity this season.