The Green Hornet #9 [Direct]
(May 1992)

Now, 1991 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.95 USD; 2.50 CAD
Pages
36
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
NOW Comics
Brand
Now Comics
Editing
Tony Caputo (editor in chief); Joan Weis (editor)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Green Hornet / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Val Mayerik (signed) (painting)
Inks
Val Mayerik (signed) (painting)
Colors
Val Mayerik (signed) (painting)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Green Hornet IV; Kato II; P. Easton Binney

Deadline (Table of Contents: 1)

Green Hornet / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Chuck Dixon; Tony DePaul
Pencils
Tod Smith
Inks
David Mowry
Colors
Suzanne Dechnik
Letters
Susan Dorne; Andrea Albert

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
P. Easton Binney (Sentinel reporter, introduction); Britt Reid II; Green Hornet IV; Kato II; Police Commissioner Hamilton
Synopsis
P. Easton Binney, tired of writing up the "geezer meetings" for the Daily Sentinel, gets advice from the publisher that he should "keep [his] eyes open." While having a late meal at a nearby diner, Binney spots big-time underworld figure "Buckles" Barbosa and follows him to and photographs him at a meeting with the Green Hornet! What's actually happening is that Barbosa wants "out" and the Hornet can arrange a Witness Protection Plan-like set-up for the hood and his family in exchange for ALL his records, which of course won't be used the way the retiring racketeer expects. Binney manages to get back to the Sentinel's offices with his picture, which Britt, who is well aware of the negotiations, can't block from publication without raising too many questions. Hamilton sees it and the accompanying story in the morning edition and demands that Reid reveal the sources, information which he in turn claims is protected by the First Amendment's "freedom of the press" clause. Eventually, Britt caves in, and sends Hamilton to the airport, while the Hornet is actually at the docks putting the Barbosas on a ship! Binney, however, had staked out the racketeer's home, hitched a ride on the rear end of the Beauty (What, no security sensor? Well, it is a brand-new vehicle, and hastily completed!) and again has a big story for the Sentinel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Buzz Word / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joan Weis
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes in black and white the last panel of page 12 of this series' #9.

Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards for 1991 (Table of Contents: 3)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
A ballot for the titular award competition.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

What NOW / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Now Newsflash!! / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Green Hornet
  2. 1. Deadline
    Green Hornet
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Buzz Word
  4. 3. Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards for 1991
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    What NOW
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Now Newsflash!!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Paolo Interdonato
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Ted Watson