(March 1992)

Now, 1991 Series
Volume
2
Price
1.95 USD; 2.50 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
NOW Comics
Brand
Now Comics
Editing
Tony Caputo (Publisher, Editor-in-Chief); Joan M. Weis (Editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Green Hornet / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
James Martin (painting)
Inks
James Martin (painting)
Colors
James Martin (painting)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Green Hornet II; Kato II

Indexer Notes

Traced-from or painted-over publicity photographs for the 1960s Green Hornet TV series.

Gun Metal Green (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
James Van Hise
Pencils
James Tucker
Inks
John Stangeland
Colors
Suzanne Dechnik
Letters
Clem Robins

Genre
superhero; crime
Characters
Green Hornet II [Britt Reid II]; Kato II [Hayashi Kato]; Dr. Tracy Loring; Various ambulance attendants, hospital staff and patients; Johnny Fairbanks and an unidentified woman (his mother?); Various members of the Red Hook Gang; Jackson Adams, arms dealer; A few uniformed police officers; three bar patrons and the bartender
Synopsis
A TV news report of a police vs. street gang-bangers shoot-out reminds an aging Britt of a letter the Daily Sentinel received--but never published-- from Dr. Tracy Loring, describing how her personal encounter with the notorious Green Hornet did not jibe with his reputation, and he then thinks back to that day. Accompanied/guarded by Kato, the Hornet surprises the emergency room staff and patients of a major hospital by carrying in a gunshot victim, an eight year old boy, Johnny Fairbanks. After entrusting him to the medicos, he refuses Kato's advice to leave until he knows the child's prognosis. A flashback shows how an attempt to get Jackson Adams to implicate himself in selling firearms to criminals led to a fight with the Red Hook Gang, and the little boy catching a wild shot. The Gang arrives at the hospital just as Dr. Loring tells the Hornet that the boy will recover, and as the two masked men finish with them, police arrive. The Black Beauty carries the Hornet and Kato to safety.

Indexer Notes

The last panel shows three men in a bar watching a news report of the incident on TV. Another man with his back to them looks like Hayashi Kato, but why the health-conscious martial artist would be THERE is a mystery.

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The Tale End... / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joan Weis
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Uncle Elvis, Michael Varbanov

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

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Green Hornet
  2. 1. Gun Metal Green
    The Green Hornet
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Tale End...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    NOW Newsflash
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Paolo Interdonato
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Ted Watson