The Green Turtle
《绿龟侠》

10 October 2019
Issue No. 2 of the Green Turtle, July 1944, Courtesy of Alex Jay, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)
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《绿龟侠》(The Green Turtle)第二期,1944年7月,Alex Jay捐赠,美国华人博物馆(MOCA)馆藏

The Green Turtle was a comic book superhero created by Hawaiian-born Chinese American artist Chu Fook Hing in 1944. Hing intended the Green Turtle to be Chinese, but publisher Blazing Comics refused, stating there wouldn’t be a market for an Asian superhero. Rather than change Green Turtle’s identity, Hing resorted to always hiding the character’s face behind a mask, object, or his own arm, or simply by having the character turn away from the audience.

Green Turtle had no special powers, but like all superheroes, he was dedicated to fighting crime and injustice. In his stories, the Green Turtle aided Chinese guerrillas defend their country against the Japanese invasion of World War II; his sidekick was a young beggar he rescued from execution by the Japanese. While the Green Turtle’s true identity has always been a mystery, readers can still feel his brave character and patriotic heart. This March, Marvel Studios hired director Destin Daniel Cretton to direct its first Asian-led superhero film based on the character Shang-Chi, a half-Chinese half-American superhero and master of a variety of wushu martial arts.


《绿龟侠》(The Green Turtle)是夏威夷出生的华裔美国艺术家Chu Fook Hing 1944年创作的超级英雄漫画书。Hing先生希望绿龟侠是中国人,但出版商《炽热漫画》(Blazing Comics)拒绝了,声称亚洲超级英雄没有市场。Hing先生没有改变绿龟侠的身份,而是将绿龟侠的脸总是隐藏在面具、物体或他自己的手臂之后,要么就干脆让角色远离观众。

绿龟侠没有特殊能力,但像所有的超级英雄一样,他致力于打击犯罪和不公行为。在他的故事里,绿龟侠帮助中国游击队保卫他们的国家抵御日本在第二次世界大战中的侵略;他的助手是一个年轻的乞丐,是他从日本人的处决中解救出来的。虽然绿龟侠的真实身份一直是个谜,但读者仍然可以感受到他勇敢的性格和爱国的情怀。今年三月,漫威影业(Marvel Studios)聘请了导演Destin Daniel Cretton执导其首部由亚洲人领衔的超级英雄电影,这部电影以上气(Shang-Chi)为主角。上气是一位拥有一半中国血统和一半美国血统的超级英雄,精通多种武术。

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