The Shadow Hero

In the Comics Boom of the 1940s, A Legend Was Born: The Green Turtle

By: Gene Luen Yang (Author), Sonny Liew (Illustrator)

Published: July 15, 2014 | First Second

The Green Turtle solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity… The Green Turtle was the first Asian American superhero.
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The comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but Gene Luen Yang, the acclaimed author of American Born Chinese, and Sonny Liew, the author of the New York Times-bestseller The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, have finally revived this character in Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel that creates an origin story for the Green Turtle.

This gorgeous, funny comics adventure for teens is a new spin on the long, rich tradition of American comics lore.

Awards

Eisner Award Nominee

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