The shadow hero /

By: Yang, Gene Luen [author.].

Contributor(s): Liew, Sonny, 1974- [artist.] | Chiang, Janice [letterer.].

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BookPublisher: New York : First Second Books, 2014, �2014Edition: First edition.Description: 158 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781596436978 (pbk.).Subject(s): Graphic novels

Genre/Form: Superhero comic books, strips, etc. | Comics (Graphic works.DDC classification: YA GRAPHIC FICTION Summary: In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He 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 super hero. The comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but Gene Luen Yang has revived this character in Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel that creates an origin story for the Green Turtle.

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In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He 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 super hero. The comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but Gene Luen Yang has revived this character in Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel that creates an origin story for the Green Turtle.

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The shadow hero /

By: Yang, Gene Luen [author.].

Contributor(s): Liew, Sonny, 1974- [artist.] | Chiang, Janice [letterer.].