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Tales of the Green Hornet (3rd Series)                                                         Comics Lot
Featuring a Sealed Issue #1 with a Limited-Edition “Green Hornet” Hologram Card!
Writer: James Van Hise
Artists: Sal Velluto, Kevin Tuma & Dru Woodard
Inkers: David Mowry, Barb Kaalberg & Dave Simons
Colorists: Suzanne Dechnik & Holly Sanfelippo
Letterer: Andrea Albert
Editors: Tony Caputo & Joan Weis
Cover by #1: Norm Breyfogle
Cover by #2: Mark Miraglia & Dan Schaeffer
Cover by #3: Mark Miraglia & Dan Schaeffer

The Green Hornet is a fictional masked crime-fighting superhero created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell. Since his 1930s radio debut, the character has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of media. The Green Hornet appeared in film serials in the 1940s, The Green Hornet television series in the 1960s (which costarred Bruce Lee in his first major adult role), multiple comic book series from the 1940s on, and a feature film in 2011. The franchise is owned by Green Hornet, Inc., which licenses the property across a wide variety of media that includes comics, films, TV shows, radio and books. As of the 2010s, the comic-book rights are licensed to Dynamite Entertainment.

Story/Spoilers
In issue #1, “Death House”, Sometime in the future, an aging Paul Reid reflects on family history, and the one incident that Britt I would not discuss, though a Sentinel front page clipping and his own journal documented it. 1936: A major, high society party attended by the city’s most elite personages is revealed to be a devious trap set by Aaron Vanek, an escaped convict who blames them all for his conviction and five years of incarceration. The mansion is laden with incredible death traps, but among the invitees is Daily Sentinel publisher Britt Reid I, who manages to not only avoid traps, but to overpower one of Vanek’s thugs as well.

Includes with the comic a limited-edition holographic card of the Green Hornet and Kato. Awesome!!!

Next in issue #2, “Wolf Pack”, 2023: Paul Reid wants to know how Britt I dealt with having to kill a man early in his Green Hornet career (as detailed in the previous issue), but the man’s journals hold no discussion of the aftermath. However, Ikano Kato’s do. 1936: Britt’s college roommate, Charles Binford, has written to the Daily Sentinel, asking for an investigation into strange happenings near his home in the Canadian hinterlands. Britt takes advantage of the opportunity to get away from the pressures of the paper, the city, and his double life, with Kato deciding to go along to keep an eye on his troubled friend. However, on the first morning, Nazi soldiers break into the cabin and capture the three men, marching them to a nearby location where they are to be slave labor, building a secret airstrip.

Finally in issue #3, “New Dreams, Old Nightmares”, An aging Paul Reid is looking at scrapbooks of old Green Hornet newspaper clippings. October 4, 1967: The bombing of a bank announces the debut of a new version of a dead criminal, Inferno. 1949: A madman calling himself Inferno was burning various and apparently unrelated targets. Even as the first Hornet/Kato team closed in on him, another masked hero, the Dark Agent, got there first, and a great explosion seemed to take two lives. Now the name and style are being used by someone else, who seems to strike only financial institutions. At a meeting of crime bosses, the Green Hornet tells the others that he suspects that the cash, securities, etc., are being removed first, and they agree to work together to stop Inferno. A shadowy figure has been watching the meeting, however.

Comics lot contains: Tales of the Green Hornet (3rd Series) (1992) Issues #1-3.  NOW Comics

Comics are bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

All First Printings
Publisher: NOW Comics
Publication Date: 1992
Format per comic: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.5″
UPC: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: Comics 1,2,3 are in Fine to Fine + condition.  Very Nice Set!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Green Hornet and/or Werewolf collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Recommended.

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