| Green Turtle | |
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Real Names |
Unknown |
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First Appearance |
Blazing Comics #1 (1944) |
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Original Publisher |
Enwil/ Rural/ Croydon |
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Created by |
Chu Hing |
Origin[]
A true mystery man, the Green Turtle aided the Chinese in guerrilla warfare against Japanese invaders during World War II. He wore a green cloak with an enormous turtle-shell design and was assisted by Wun-Too, an elderly servant who monitored radio broadcasts and passed along vital information from Chinese resistance fighters. He also had a sidekick, Burma Boy, a young beggar he'd rescued from execution by the Japanese army.
Powers and Abilities[]
The Green Turtle had no powers but, was a skilled fighter and flew the the Turtle Plane. He always carried a jade dagger, though he was never seen wielding it in battle, the dagger appears symbolically on the splash page of his first appearance, where he cuts a tentacle of the octopus representing the Japanese empire on a map. Additionally, he has a rope tied to his waist, which he uses to jump onto enemies.
Public Domain Appearances[]
- Blazing Comics #1-5
Notes[]
- Chu Hing intended the character to be Chinese however, the publishers felt differently so, rather than presenting him as Caucasian, Chu always hid the character's face, either behind his mask or by him standing in shadows.
- The Green Turtle was published only until March 1945, and as a result, was never shown fighting enemies outside of World War II.
- He is called Ching Quai (青龜) by the Chinese people, which literally means green turtle, however, as he is a hero, he would be called Ching Quai Xia (青龜俠), xia (俠), means hero and is used at the end of the name of any hero, whether Chinese or Western.[1] This romanization reflects older transliteration systems such as Wade-Giles, which were commonly used before the adoption of modern pinyin in the late 1950s. In pinyin, the name is written as Qing Gui. The Green Hornet is called Qing feng xia (青蜂侠), with qīng (青) meaning “green” or, depending on context, “blue.”