Asians and Asian-Americans in Comics...Continued

More from our ongoing examination of how American comics portray Asians and Asian-Americans...

Meet the only costumed Golden Age Asian super-heroine in (where else?)

Heroines!

The Blackhawks' Chinese teammate "Chop-Chop" gets not just one, but two different stories of how he joined the already-established aviator team!

His Silver Age origin at

Hero Histories...

...plus his politically-incorrect (and somewhat racist) Golden Age Origin at

Not Safe for Work Comics!

Meet the immortal "World's Greatest Lover" who seduces (among others) Pacific Islanders in...

True Love Comics Tales!

Discover secrets about the 1970s Charlie Chan cartoon (and other media versions) that you never dreamed of in...

Secret Sanctum of Captain Video!

and finally, meet the villain who's personified the racist concept of "Yellow Peril" for over a century in...

Seduction of the Innocent!

There's lots more coming!
Don't miss it!

Asians and Asian-Americans in Comics

How have American comics treated Asians and Asian-Americans?

We're presenting a RetroBlog-wide look, starting with a comic based on the 1960s Dr Kildare TV series in Medical Comics and Stories!

Then we flash back to World War II, and American comics' first solo Asian superhero, The Green Turtle at Hero Histories!

(Note: that doesn't include partners/sidekicks like the The Green Hornet's Kato or Crimson Avenger's Wing who didn't have their own strips. But Hero Histories will get to them!)

And tomorrow, you can see the comic book based on the second American TV series starring an Asian character...played by an actor of Asian descent at Secret Sanctum of Captain Video!

There's more coming, as every RetroBlog presents a post you won't want to miss!

Fantastic Femmes--Lucy Liu

Lucy Alexis Liu has acted in an impressive array of films from low-budget art films like Bang to big-budget flicks like Chicago and animation voice work!
Did you know...
Lucy auditioned for the role of Elektra in Daredevil.
One of her current projects as actress and producer is a new Charlie Chan film playing Charlie's grand-daughter, also named "Charlie"! (It will be only the second time that an actor of Asian descent played Charlie! The first was Keye Luke in Amazing Chan & the Chan Clan!)
An activist for various causes including breast cancer & AIDS research and UNICEF, she appeared in the film 3 Needles to publicize the need for AIDS education in Asia.
Lucy speaks four languages besides English; Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Italian, and Spanish.
She's had gallery exhibitions of her work in several media including painting, photography, and collage.

Genre appearances include...
Afro Samurai: Resurrection (Sio)
TinkerBell (SilverMist)
Kung Fu Panda (Viper)
Watching the Detectives (Violet)
Rise: Blood Hunter (Sadie Blake)
Code Name: the Cleaner (Gina)
Lucky Number S7even (Lindsey)
Domino (Taryn Mills)
Jackie Chan Adventures (Jade [Adult])
Futurama (Herself)
The Simpsons "Goo Goo Gai Pan"
Mulan 2 (Mei)
Game Over (Raquel Smashenburn)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 / Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (O-Ren Ishii aka CottonMouth)
Cypher aka BrainStorm (Rita Foster)
Charlie's Angels / Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Alexandra Munday aka Alex)
PayBack (Pearl)
Shanghai Noon (Princess Pei Pei)
Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever (Sever)
Love Kills (Kashi)
Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (Melana)
High Incident (Officer Whin) True Crime (Toy Shop Girl)
Michael Hayes "Slave"
Dellaventura "Pilot"
X-Files "Hell Money"
Bang (Hooker)
Hercules: the Legendary Journeys "March to Freedom"
Rhythm of Destiny (Donna)

Check out...
Lucy Liu OnLine (FanPage)
Lucy Liu Fan (FanPage)

Other actresses to play Jade include Stacie Chan in Jackie Chan Adventures
Other actresses to play O-Ren Ishii include Ai Maeda [O-Ren as a child] in Kill Bill: Vol 1