Chu F. Hing was an artist who worked in the comic book
industry during the 1940s and early 1950s.
RURAL HOME
Blazing Comics
#1, June 1944
Blazing Comics
#2, July 1944
Panel from the Digital Comics Museum;
bottom of the vertical red banner has
the Chinese characters Chu Fook Hing.
Panels from the Digital Comics Museum
First panel of second tier has a scroll
with the Chinese characters Chu Family.
Blazing Comics
#3, September 1944
Bottom of the vertical red banner has
the Chinese characters Chu Fook Hing.
Chinese characters Chu Fook in last panel.
Blazing Comics
#4, February 1945
Top of the vertical red banner has
the Chinese characters Chu Fook Hing.
Blazing Comics
#5, March 1945
Second panel has a sign with the
Chinese characters Chu Fook Hing.
The panel in the lower left corner has
a scroll, behind Burma Boy, with the
Chinese characters Chu Fook Hing.
Maybe the Black Turtle, in ancient Chinese astronomy,
was the inspiration for a superhero based on a turtle.
A black turtle appeared in the background of every issue.
The Shadow Hero
Story by Gene Luen Yang with art by Sonny Liew
An origin story for the Green Turtle
July 15, 2014
First Second Books
The Green Turtle in China
#1, January 1945
Red Circle Comics
#2, February 1945
The Judge and the Jury
File available at the Digital Comic Museum;
requires registration
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In the entire run of The Green Turtle in BLAZING COMICS, the front cover of issue #2 is the ONLY instance where we see his entire face! This is a bizarre trait for a main character - never to be shown to the reader. It makes me wonder if perhaps that cover was not penciled by Hing?
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