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Gr 7 Up—Award-winning author Yang and artist Liew tackle a lesser-known aspect of history, breathing new life into the Green Turtle, a 1940s comic book hero. According to lore, the Green Turtle was originally drawn to be Chinese, but publishers quashed artist Chu Hing's plans, and Hing rebelled by drawing his hero so that his face was never visible. The Green Turtle is cast as an unlikely 19-year-old young man, Hank, the son of Chinese immigrants who own a grocery store in 1940s America. When his mother is resc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Yang and Liew have crafted an origin story for the Green Turtle, a little-known (he only lasted five issues) World War II-era comic superhero created by cartoonist Chu Hing in 1944. Much about the series remains a mystery, as Yang shares in an author's note, but according to rumors Hing wanted his star to be Chinese, and, not surprisingly for the era, his publishers balked at the idea. Now seventy year...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

[=Lettering by]Yang and Liew have crafted an origin story for the Green Turtle, a little-known World War II–era comic superhero ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Set in the 1940s, the golden age of superhero comics, this fictional origin story of the first Chinese American superhero has a classic and dramatic feel. The plight of Hank and his family—trying to run their grocery store but extorted for protection money by the mob—is relatable, as is Hank’s determination for revenge against those who victi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More