Golden Age Superheroes - The Green Turtle

 The Green Turtle is a fictional character, a superhero published by Rural Home Publishing. He first appeared in Blazing Comics #1 (1944).

 Created by Chinese American artist Chu F. Hing, the Green Turtle was the first Asian superhero appearing for just a brief time in Blazing Comics. He was, like so many other public domain characters, briefly revived by AC comics in the pages of Femforce. 

 

Character history

Origin

 The Green Turtle was a mysterious individual who almost never let anyone see his face. (The Reader Included).

 The Green Turtle aided the Chinese in guerrilla warfare against the Japanese invaders in World War II.  He wore a green cowl and a cloak with a turtle-shell design. Most  origin stories around the comic say that Hing initially wanted to make  him an overtly Chinese hero, but his publisher would not allow this,  believing there would not be a sufficient market for an Asian superhero,  so Hing never drew the character without his mask. He had a sidekick, Burma Boy, a young beggar whom the Green Turtle rescued from execution by the Japanese army.

Powers and abilities

The  Green Turtle had no special powers but was a skilled fighter and flew a "Turtle Plane". He wore a large, flowing cape with a green turtle  emblem, and was occasionally depicted with a huge, shadowy, black turtle  silhouette rearing behind him, however the significance of this was  never established.  

Source

Read - Blazing Comics #01