The shadow hero
Title
:
The shadow hero
Personal Author EPSB
:
Gene Luen, Yang
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.
Year Published
:
2014
Physical Description
:
158 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 26 cm
Edition
:
First edition.
Grade Interest level
:
All Secondary
Subject
:
Asian Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Superheroes -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre
:
Graphic novels.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Superhero comic books, strips, etc.
Added Author
:
Liew, Sonny, 1974-
Chiang, Janice,
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.
ISBN
:
9781596436978
Publisher
:
New York : First Second Books, [2014]
©2014
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| D.S. MacKenzie | GN YAN | Book | 30522000345394 | Graphic Novels |