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Issue: The Shadow Hero #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2014
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagFirst Second
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Indicia Publisher: First Second
On Sale Date: 07/15/2014
Volume:
Pages: 176
ISBN: 9781596436978
UPC/EAN: 978159643697851799
Price: $19.99 CAD
$17.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Green (book design)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.7 inches
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publishing Format: Graphic Novel
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Sonny Liew
Inker(s): Sonny Liew
Colorist(s): Charles Orr (cover design); Colleen AF Venable (cover design)
Letterer(s): Charles Orr (cover design); Colleen AF Venable (cover design)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Turtle
Character(s): Green Turtle
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Pages: 1
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Chapter One: The Green Turtle Chronicles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gene Luen Yang
Penciller(s): Sonny Liew
Inker(s): Sonny Liew
Colorist(s): Sonny Liew
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Green Turtle
Character(s): Hank Chu; Anchor of Justice; Dragon; Phoenix; Tiger; Tortoise; Hua Chu
Synopsis: The spirit of the Tortoise takes up residence within a Chinese man who ultimately settles in San Incendio's Chinatown, running a grocery store, marrying Hua and raising their son Hank. After Hua's life is saved by the super hero Anchor of Justice, she resolves to turn Hank into a super hero.
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Pages: 22
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Chapter Two: Dawn of a Golden Age

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gene Luen Yang
Penciller(s): Sonny Liew
Inker(s): Sonny Liew
Colorist(s): Sonny Liew
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Green Turtle
Character(s): Golden Man of Bravery [Hank Chu]; Hua Chu; Wun Too; Red Center
Synopsis: Hua tries to arrange "accidents" whereby Hank might gain super powers; he only winds up with skin which becomes very pink when wet. After learning to fight from his uncle Wun Too, Hank goes on his first costumed patrol as the Golden Man of Bravery, with his mother driving him in a borrowed car. Hank tries to save Red Center from two mashers, not realizing she's a capable fighter and in no danger.
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Pages: 22
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Chapter Three: Fathers and Sons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gene Luen Yang
Penciller(s): Sonny Liew
Inker(s): Sonny Liew
Colorist(s): Sonny Liew
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Green Turtle
Character(s): Golden Man of Bravery [Hank Chu]; Hua Chu; Wun Too; Mock Beak; Anchor of Justice; Tortoise; Detective Lawful
Synopsis: After the Tong leader Mock Beak robs a jade necklace from his father, Hank fights the Tongs to get the necklace back, but because he didn't wear a mask, Mock Beak recognizes Hank and murders his father in retaliation. At his father's funeral, Hank is contacted by the Tortoise, who asks to take up residence in Hank's shadow as he did his father's; in return, Tortoise grants Hank one wish - which is that Hank will never be shot.
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Chapter Four: Fights You Cannot Win

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gene Luen Yang
Penciller(s): Sonny Liew
Inker(s): Sonny Liew
Colorist(s): Sonny Liew
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Green Turtle
Character(s): Green Turtle [Hank Chu]; Hua Chu; Wun Too; Tortoise; Detective Lawful; Mock Beak
Synopsis: Hank discovers bullets now dodge around him thanks to his bargain with the Tortoise. Although Hua no longer believes he should be a super hero, he redesigns his costume and begins a new identity as the Green Turtle. To begin, he sets off to the casino base of Mock Beak's master, Ten Grand, located within Coolie Hat Rock.
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Chapter Five: True Colors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gene Luen Yang
Penciller(s): Sonny Liew
Inker(s): Sonny Liew
Colorist(s): Sonny Liew
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Green Turtle
Character(s): Green Turtle [Hank Chu]; Hua Chu; Wun Too; Tortoise; Big Cookie; Red Center; Green Fortune; White Square; Ten Grand; Detective Lawful; Moe Bander
Synopsis: The Green Turtle encounters Red Center in Ten Grand's base, but he seemingly escapes with Ten Grand and delivers him to the police, only to learn this "Ten Grand" is a second-rate actor, Moe Bender. Later that night, Red Center confronts Hank at his home.
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Chapter Six: Enter the Green Turtle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gene Luen Yang
Penciller(s): Sonny Liew
Inker(s): Sonny Liew
Colorist(s): Sonny Liew
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Green Turtle
Character(s): Green Turtle [Hank Chu]; Red Center; Tortoise; Green Fortune; White Square; Ten Grand; Big Cookie; Mock Beak; Wun Too; Hua Chu; Anchor of Justice; Uncle Useless; Dragon; Detective Lawful
Synopsis: 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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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gene Luen Yang
Penciller(s): Chu Hing
Inker(s): Chu Hing
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Green Turtle
Character(s): Green Turtle
First Line: Let's start with the facts. Then we'll get to the rumors.
Synopsis: Relates the history of the 1940s super hero Green Turtle and explains how this comic came to be.
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Penciller(s): Chu Hing
Inker(s): Chu Hing
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Turtle
Character(s): Green Turtle
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From Content Item: FlagBlazing Comics #1 published June 1944
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chu Hing
Penciller(s): Chu Hing
Inker(s): Chu Hing
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Turtle
Character(s): The Green Turtle; Burma Boy; Ra-Ting; Japanese army [Colonel Isato Hudnatu; unnamed soldiers]; Chin
First Line: The venemous octopus that is Japan slithers over China...
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From Content Item: FlagBlazing Comics #1 published June 1944
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Pages: 9
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sonny Liew
Inker(s): Sonny Liew
Colorist(s): Charles Orr (cover design); Colleen AF Venable (cover design)
Letterer(s): Charles Orr (cover design); Colleen AF Venable (cover design)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Turtle
First Line: A vibrant homage to a classic comic from two masters of the modern graphic novel.
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