The Shadow Hero Omnibus
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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.
In the Chinese neighborhood of San Incendio, Hank's mother wants him to become a superhero. Hank is not interested, until gangsters threaten his father's grocery.
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2 primary booksThe Shadow Hero is a 1-book series first released in 2014 with contributions by Gene Luen Yang and Chu Hing.
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I think I admire the project of this more than I actually enjoyed reading it? It's a cool reboot of the maybe-first Asian American superhero, and knowing all the backstory and the way Yang reintepreted details from the 40s comics is really cool. The coming of age stuff was fun, and it's a pretty satisfying superhero story, but overall I think this will have the most appeal to adults or older/nerdier teens who can appreciate the backstory here.
