![]() The character only had five adventures, back in 1944, and has long been in the public domain. Although never explicitly shown by the publisher as being Asian (very much on purpose this was the forties, after all) the character’s creator was Chinese American artist Chu Hing, and although never specifically stated, it’s pretty clear he meant the Turtle to be Chinese. A powerless hero in the Batman mold, with his own take on the Dark Knight’s well known gimmicks (the Turtle Plane Burma Boy, a young boy that he saved from the Japanese as his Robin), The Green Turtle traveled Asia fighting the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II with his mystical green dagger. The Green Turtle was a mysterious vigilante hero who never let anyone see his face, including the readership. Decades ago, though, there was an Asian superhero, even if readers didn’t really know he was Asian: The Green Turtle, a hero revived for writer Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew’s new digital-only series, The Shadow Hero: The Green Turtle Chronicles. And those that aren’t are not really headlining their own comic books, at least, sadly, not for extended periods of time. ![]() Although serious strides have been made towards diversity in recent years, the truth is, most superheroes are still predominantly white as milk. ![]() ![]() To say that the American superhero comic book medium is somewhat biased towards portraying most heroes as Caucasian is something of an understatement. ![]()
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