"Aloha...Hawaii!" DC PSA comic from DC Comics cover-dated April 1960, script by Jack Schiff, pencils and inks by Bernard Baily, letters by Ira Schnapp
This comic points out several notable Hawaiians, but it's left off a lot of my personal favorites: comic book artist Steve Leialoha, actor Keanu Reeves; Battlestar Galactica's original Athena, Maren Jensen; musician Pete Wentz; famous police detective Chang Apana (and his fictional version Charlie Chan); singer Israel "Iz" Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoiole; surfer guru Duke Kahanamoku; journalist Jeff Chang; Superboy from that run of issues where he lived in Hawaii; G.I. Joe's Torpedo; Namor nemesis Llyra...and let's not forget fiction's most important characters to originate from Hawaii:
from Disney Junior Graphic Novel #2 [Lilo & Stitch] (Disney, 2006), script by Greg Ehrbar; pencils and inks by Anna Merli, Sonia Matrone, Federico Bertolucci, Dario Calabria, Massimiliano Narciso, and Gabriella Matta
So here's to Lilo & Stitch and all our other good friends on the islands of Hawaii! Mahalo nui loa na ho'olaule'a me la kaua!
For some reason the last panel of that PSA reminds me of Legion tryouts. "I'm sorry, but Legion by-laws prohibit members with the same powers, so we can only choose one Surfer Boy."
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