Super-Turtle
{{Infobox comics character
| character_name = Super-Turtle
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| publisher = DC Comics
| debut = Adventure Comics #304 (January 1963)
| creators = Henry Boltinoff
| alter_ego =
| full_name = Tur-Tel
| species = Turtle
| homeworld = Galapagon
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| partners =
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| powers = Same range of powers as Superman
}}
Super-Turtle (or Super Turtle) is a fictional character from DC Comics, created by Henry Boltinoff; he is depicted as a bipedal anthropomorphic turtle wearing a cape like Superman's. His emblem, which is on his cape, is a letter T in a shield.{{cite book |last1=Becattini |first1=Alberto |title=American Funny Animal Comics in the 20th Century: Volume Two |date=2019 |publisher=Theme Park Press |isbn=978-1683902218 |chapter=Super-Animals}}
Publication history
Created to be a lighthearted parody of Superman, Super-Turtle appeared mostly in one-page comic stories in Silver Age comic books, starting in Adventure Comics #304 (January 1963).{{cite book |last1=Eury |first1=Michael |title=The Krypton Companion |date=2006 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=9781893905610 |page=192}}
An accepted part of DC Comics history, Super-Turtle has also made minor appearances outside his own series; e.g., a Super-Turtle figure hangs from the ceiling of the Planet Krypton restaurant in Kingdom Come and he had a cameo appearance in the one-shot Superman and Batman: World's Funnest. Two one-page Super-Turtle stories were created for and appeared in the 2000 Silver Age series.
His most recent comic book appearance was in the 2008 miniseries Ambush Bug: Year None, in which he plays a role like the one Superboy-Prime played in Infinite Crisis; after living in Limbo with Kal-L and company, Super-Turtle (who now calls himself Clark Kent) starts destroying anyone he considers to be a phony Super-Turtle, including Bat-Mite and Conner Kent.
Super-Turtle makes a cameo in the final issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold.Batman: The All New Brave and The Bold #16
Super-Turtle has since appeared in Sleepy Time Crime from Capstone Publishing's DC Super-Pets line of children books.{{cite web|title=Sleepy Time Crime|url=http://www.capstonepub.com/product/9781404864856}}
Fictional character biography
Super-Turtle is part of a species of anthropomorphic turtles from the planet Galapagon. The scientist Shh-Ell realizes that the planet is doomed and convinces the Science Council to evacuate. Slow by nature, the turtles only build one spaceship, in which Shh-Ell's infant son, Tur-Tel, is sent to Earth. There, he is adopted by a kindly farmer couple and becomes Super-Turtle.{{cite book |last1=Greenberger |first1=Robert |author-link=Robert Greenberger |title=The Essential Superman Encyclopedia |last2=Pasko |first2=Martin |author-link2=Martin Pasko |date=2010 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=978-0-345-50108-0 |page=428}}
Super-Turtle's enemies and allies include parodies of Superman's (such as Brainy-yak) and, in curious circumstances, Superman himself.
Powers and abilities
Super-Turtle has the same powers as Superman, including flight, invulnerability, superhuman speed and strength, and vision powers.
Appearances
=Silver Age=
- Action Comics #299, 301, 305, 309, 318, 321, 336, 374, 381 (1963-1969)
- Adventure Comics #304, 312, 316–317, 326, 329, 341–342, 363, 377, 379 (1963-1969)
- Superboy #103, 105, 107–108, 110, 113–114, 127, 130, 156 (1963-1969)
- Superman #159, 162, 170, 175, 181, 188, 190 (1963-1966)
- World's Finest Comics #149, 151–152, 154, 156, 158, 166, 181 (1965-1968)
- Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #90-91, 115 (1966-1968)
- The Brave and the Bold #70 (1967)
=Modern Age revivals=
- Ambush Bug #1, 3 (1985)
- Silver Age 80-Page Giant #1 (2000)
- Silver Age Secret Files and Origins #1 (2000)
- Superman and Batman: World's Funnest (2001)
- Ambush Bug: Year None #3 (2008)
References
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External links
- [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=superturtle Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe: Super-Turtle]
- [http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=superturtle Unofficial Super-Turtle Chronology]
- {{comicbookdb|type=character|id=6577}}
- [http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/314/ Dial B for Blog #314] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329152252/http://dialbforblog.com/archives/314/ |date=2016-03-29 }} (with Super-Turtle comic pages)
Category:Anthropomorphic turtles
Category:Comics about anthropomorphic turtles
Category:Comics about talking animals
Category:Comics characters introduced in 1963
Category:DC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds
Category:DC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability
Category:DC Comics characters with superhuman strength
Category:DC Comics extraterrestrial superheroes
Category:DC Comics male superheroes