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shadow hero

Shadow Hero

Illustrated by:
Sonny Liew
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Fantasy
Published:
2014

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… 

This comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew have revived this character in Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel that creates an origin story for the Green Turtle. This gorgeous, funny comics adventure for teens is a new spin on the long, rich tradition of American comics lore. 

 

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