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The Shadow Hero #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis graphic novel collects the complete six-issue miniseries from 2014, reimagining the origin of the Green Turtle, a pioneering but obscure Asian American superhero from the 1940s. Written by Gene Luen Yang and illustrated by Sonny Liew, the story follows Hank Chu, a Chinese American teenager in 1930s California who becomes the masked vigilante the Green Turtle after his mother orchestrates his transformation. The collection also includes an afterword and historical notes on the original character's place in comics history.
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Red Center relates how her father, Ten Grand, became supreme leader of the Tongs. She forces Green Turtle to fight Big Cookie and Mock Beak for the right to marry her and succeed Ten Grand; Mock Beak kills Big Cookie, whereupon Green Turtle tries to leave with Mock Beak as his prisoner. Ten Grand refuses and reveals in his shadow dwells Dragon, who granted his wish that all his fights would end with victory. Green Turtle exploits a loophole in that wish by passing on the fight and takes Mock Beak away. Soon after Ten Grand dies and Anchor of Justice invites Green Turtle to join the war effort.
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