(December 1993)

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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 (Editor in chief); Joan Weis (Editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Patrick Zircher (signed)
Inks
David Mowry (signed)
Colors
Holly M. Sanfelippo

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Green Hornet IV; Crimson Wasp

Indexer Notes

As this issue's cover artists are credited only by last name, Sanfelippo's middle initial is (finally) taken from her billing in the boxed list of staff seen on the last-page feature in most NOW issues.

Heart of the Dragon Part III: Dance of Death (Table of Contents: 1)

The Green Hornet / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Ron Fortier
Pencils
Patrick Zircher
Inks
Jim Brozman
Colors
Holly Sanfelippo
Letters
Andrea Albert

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Hayashi Kato; Green Hornet IV; Ikano Kato; Mishi Kato; Britt Reid II; Lenore C. Reid; Danny Reid (group image in Hayashi's near-death experience); Diana Reid (solo image in Hayashi's near-death experience); Britt Reid II; Lenore C. Reid; Diana Reid; Crimson Wasp [Mishi Kato]; Green Hornet IV [Paul Reid]; Mei Li (villain)
Synopsis
Continued from last issue: As Hayashi Kato has a near-death experience involving an ancient Japanese goddess, Dr. Thompson's defibrilator restarts his heart. However, the medical man cautions that this is "only a reprieve," and Hay can survive but a few more hours without an antidote. Back in The Maze, the Green Hornet and Crimson Wasp find an entire "village" of buildings within the tunnels. Before they can enter, they are attacked by even more Black Dragon assassins, but again the attack is unsuccessful. They hear the sound of a ringing gong and trace it to the village's temple. The Hornet goes in alone and is attacked by a white tiger, but the Wasp appears, killing it with her sword. Mei Li steps forward to reveal that the big cat was her pet, and she swears to make them pay dearly for the animal's death. However, the elderly herbalist for whom the masked figures search interrupts and shows absolutely no fear of the Daughter of the Black Dragon. The Hornet explains the purpose of his visit, and the herbalist pulls a knife with which he cuts the masked man's hand. He has thusly infected the Hornet with the same poison, he explains, but offers enough antidote to save only one life. Our hero tells him to give it to the Wasp for delivery to the other. Mei Li draws a handgun and attempts to kill the herbalist, but as the Hornet strives to shield the old man's body with his own, a sword stroke from the Wasp slices the other woman's wrist, and the pistol falls to the floor. As Mei Li's mother tends her daughter's wound and helps her away, the herbalist admits that there was no poison on his blade. It was but a trick to learn just what sort of man the Green Hornet really is. Five hours later, Hayashi comes out of his coma, and he and Diana admit their feelings for each other.

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

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

Script
Joan Weis
Letters
typeset

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

What NOW / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

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

NOW Comics Update / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joan Weis ?
Pencils
Joe Bennett (original panel); ? (retouching)
Inks
Joe Bennett (original panel); ? (retouching)
Letters
typeset

Characters
D.A. Diana Reid
Synopsis
Updates on the status of the revival of Syphons (from #24; still unscheduled), a new Speed Racer title (with a multi-dimensional cover), and Kato III (from #s 25 & 27; still as a two-issue miniseries, awaiting rescheduling). Below this is "a panel from The Green Hornet #25 that almost slipped by...," reprinted in b/w with a gag image added to the art, and a "stamp" reading "REJECT."
Reprints
  • Panel 9, page 6, from Green Hornet, #25, Sept. 1993, in b/w and retouched.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Green Hornet
  2. 1. Heart of the Dragon Part III: Dance of Death
    The Green Hornet
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Buzz Word
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    What NOW
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    NOW Comics Update
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Frickinger
  • Paolo Interdonato
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ted Watson