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A review by shai631
The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang
4.0
I picked up a copy of The Shadow Hero during a professsional development program I attended. The topic was teaching AAPI (Asian American/Pacific Islander) History with graphic novels. I had never read a Green Turtle comic prior to receiving this book.
As an origin story, I find that this book did a good job filling in the gaps left by the original material from the 1940's. As the epilogue explains, the original creator never explained how the Green Turtle came to be and so it was up to Gene Yang and Sonny Liew to pull a story from their imagination using what they knew from Chu's stories.
I was a little disappointed by the male chauvinistic attitude and the depiction of women as not being able to lead a group of men, but will chalk that up to Liew & Chang trying to remain true to the attitudes that were prevalent during the timeframe in which the comics were written.
All in all, this was a quick read. The illustrations served to propel the story and the plot moved at a good pace.
As an origin story, I find that this book did a good job filling in the gaps left by the original material from the 1940's. As the epilogue explains, the original creator never explained how the Green Turtle came to be and so it was up to Gene Yang and Sonny Liew to pull a story from their imagination using what they knew from Chu's stories.
I was a little disappointed by the male chauvinistic attitude and the depiction of women as not being able to lead a group of men, but will chalk that up to Liew & Chang trying to remain true to the attitudes that were prevalent during the timeframe in which the comics were written.
All in all, this was a quick read. The illustrations served to propel the story and the plot moved at a good pace.