Logo text Yahya Abdul-Mateen II knew he wanted to do a Marvel project, but he wondered if Wonder Man was it as he mulled an offer to play its lead character. “Man, I was over there, looking over the fence, waiting for a chance to come play in Marvel world,” Mateen recalled Saturday to a rapt audience at The Hollywood Reporter’s Frontrunners panel regarding the Marvel Studios show, which has emerged, much like its titular character, an underdog and surprise contender, only this time in the real-world Emmy Awards conversation. “It was so cool what Marvel was building. It was fun, funny and smart. My friends were on the Marvel side. And I really wanted to play,” the star recounted, one of anecdotes that had the industry crowd at the San Vicente Bungalows laughing and leaning in. He had already met with the show’s two creators, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton and Community and Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Andrew Guest.…