The Green Hornet #4 [Newsstand]

(February 1990)

[A Death In The Family] (Table of Contents: 1)

Green Hornet / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Ron Fortier

Pencils

Jeff Butler

Inks

David Mowry

Colors

Tammy Daniel

Letters

Patrick Williams

Genre

crime; superhero

Characters

Britt Reid II; Diana Reid; Britt Reid I; Alan Reid [Green Hornet III] (killed this issue); Paul Reid; Lenore "Casey" Case Reid (first NOW appearance); Hayashi Kato [Kato II]; Lucas Heartworthy (Kato's agent; introduction); Mishi Kato; Marie Grainier Kato; Daniel John "Danny" Reid (introduction); Angela DeVane (villain); Arnie the Lip (introduction, death); David DeVane (villain)

Synopsis

1981: Shortly after the funeral of Britt I's wife, Britt II proposes to his secretary, Lenore Case. 1983: A few months following the birth of the couple's son (22 August 1983), nephew Alan announces his and Paul's knowledge of the family secret and his intent to become the third Green Hornet. October 7, 1986: Syndicate heiress Angela DeVane "executes" an informer within her family's organization, and with an explosive booby trap kills the new Hornet on his way to his very first mission, a meeting with that informer.

Reprints

• in The Green Hornet Special Hard Bound Collector’s Edition (Now, 1990 series) #[nn] (1990)

Indexer Notes

The title is given by the editor in the letter column of issue #7; pages 15-16 continue the framing sequence, of Paul in Alan's costume looking at a scrapbook in the ruins of the Reid mansion, from #2; this story marks the NOW version's first use of Casey, and surprisingly all her appearances are in stories that post-date Britt II's "retirement" as the Green Hornet, never as his secretary/confidante in a Green Hornet II adventure.

The Reid Family Tree/The Kato Family Tree (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ron Fortier

Letters

Typeset

Synopsis

Minimal family trees for the series' two pivotal clans.

Reprints

• from The Green Hornet (Now, 1989 series) #1 (November 1989)

Indexer Notes

The Reid tree identifies Britt II and Casey's son as "Dan Reid III," but Sequence 1 gives his full name as "Daniel John Reid," meaning he is named after not just the first Dan Reid, but that man's younger brother John (the Lone Ranger) as well, and the suffix "III" is therefore incorrect.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Buzz Word / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Diane Piron

Pencils

Jeff Butler

Inks

David Mowry

Colors

?

Letters

Typeset

Characters

Lone Ranger; Britt Reid I

Synopsis

Letters from Jacob Gilbert, Brian P. Kujawa, Paul Castiglia, John W. Migala and Willie R. Mellen, with editorial responses.

Indexer Notes

Includes from the story from #1, page 2, panels 1 and 5, in black and white. The feature has a lime green background, except for the reprinted panels.

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NOW Newsflash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)