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Issue: The Shadow Hero #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2014
 
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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
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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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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Charles Orr (cover design); Colleen AF Venable (cover design)
Charles Orr (cover design); Colleen AF Venable (cover design)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Turtle
Green Turtle
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Chapter One: The Green Turtle Chronicles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gene Luen Yang
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Green Turtle
Hank Chu; Anchor of Justice; Dragon; Phoenix; Tiger; Tortoise; Hua Chu
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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Chapter Two: Dawn of a Golden Age

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gene Luen Yang
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Green Turtle
Golden Man of Bravery [Hank Chu]; Hua Chu; Wun Too; Red Center
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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Chapter Three: Fathers and Sons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gene Luen Yang
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Green Turtle
Golden Man of Bravery [Hank Chu]; Hua Chu; Wun Too; Mock Beak; Anchor of Justice; Tortoise; Detective Lawful
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
Gene Luen Yang
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Green Turtle
Green Turtle [Hank Chu]; Hua Chu; Wun Too; Tortoise; Detective Lawful; Mock Beak
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
Gene Luen Yang
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Green Turtle
Green Turtle [Hank Chu]; Hua Chu; Wun Too; Tortoise; Big Cookie; Red Center; Green Fortune; White Square; Ten Grand; Detective Lawful; Moe Bander
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
Gene Luen Yang
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Green Turtle
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
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
Gene Luen Yang
Chu Hing
Chu Hing
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typeset
Subject Matter
Green Turtle
Green Turtle
Let's start with the facts. Then we'll get to the rumors.
Relates the history of the 1940s super hero Green Turtle and explains how this comic came to be.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chu Hing
Chu Hing
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Turtle
Green Turtle
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FlagBlazing Comics #1 published June 1944
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chu Hing
Chu Hing
Chu Hing
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Turtle
The Green Turtle; Burma Boy; Ra-Ting; Japanese army [Colonel Isato Hudnatu; unnamed soldiers]; Chin
The venemous octopus that is Japan slithers over China...
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FlagBlazing Comics #1 published June 1944
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew
Charles Orr (cover design); Colleen AF Venable (cover design)
Charles Orr (cover design); Colleen AF Venable (cover design)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Turtle
A vibrant homage to a classic comic from two masters of the modern graphic novel.
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