| Super-Turtle | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Adventure Comics #304 (January 1963) |
| Created by | Henry Boltinoff |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Tur-Tel |
| Species | Turtle |
| Place of origin | Galapagon |
| Abilities | 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.[1]
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).[2]
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.[3]
Super-Turtle has since appeared in Sleepy Time Crime from Capstone Publishing's DC Super-Pets line of children books.[4]
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.[5]
Super-Turtle's enemies and allies include parodies of Superman's (such as Brainy-yak) and, in curious circumstances, Superman himself.
Super-Turtle has the same powers as Superman, including flight, invulnerability, superhuman speed and strength, and vision powers.
Super-Turtle appeared in the following comics:[2]
