- 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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powers = Same range of powers asSuperman Super-Turtle (or Super Turtle) is a fictional character from
DC Comics , created byHenry Boltinoff ; he's depicted as abipedal anthropomorphic turtle wearing acape likeSuperman 's. His emblem, which is on his cape, is a letter T in a shield.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).An accepted part of DC Comics history, Super-Turtle tends to show up once in a while in one form or another; 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 "". Two one-page Super-Turtle stories were created for and appeared in the 2000 "Silver Age" series.His most recent appearance was in issue #3 of the 2008 miniseries "", 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, includingBat-Mite and Connor Kent.Fictional character biography
On the planet Galapagon (a parody of Krypton and the
Galápagos Islands ), the scientist Shh-Ell (a parody ofJor-El ) of an advanced race of turtles realized that their planet was doomed, and convinced the Science Council that they should build 1,000 spaceships to evacuate it. Slow by nature, the turtles only managed to build one spaceship, in which Shh-Ell's infant son, Tur-Tel (Kal-El), was sent to Earth. Found by a kindly homespun farming couple, the turtle grew up and gained super-powers, becoming Super-Turtle, the Reptile of Steel.Super-Turtle's enemies and allies include parodies of Superman's (such as Brainy-
yak , who is a parody of Brainiac andLex Luthor ) and, in curious circumstances, Superman himself.Powers and abilities
Super-Turtle has the same powers as Superman: Flight, invulnerability, superhuman speed and strength, vision powers, et cetera.
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]
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* [http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/314/ Dial B for Blog #314] (with Super-Turtle comic pages)
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