TALES OF THE GREEN HORNET "Destiny: the Origin of the Green Hornet" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

Crusading newspaper publisher Britt Reid is sickened by the unchecked oppression of small businesses forced to pay "protection" to gangsters who use arson to force shopowners to pay.

With his friend and ally Kato providing both a non-lethal weapon and a souped-up/bulletproof auto, Reid conceives a masked identity...The Green Hornet, a "pseudo-gangster" who will infiltrate and destroy the racketeers from within!

But first, the Verdant "Villain" must introduce himself to the underworld...

The "future" decided at least three generations of the Reid and Kato families would continue the crusade...

And, on that note...

NEXT WEEK...

...the first (never-reprinted) adventure of the Silver Age/TV

Green Hornet & Kato

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TALES OF THE GREEN HORNET "Destiny: the Origin of the Green Hornet" Part 2A

When Last We Left the "Other Dynamic Duo"...

While on vacation in pre-World War II Tokyo with his parents (including his father, Dan Reid Jr, nephew of The Lone Ranger), Britt Reid rescues a drowning man, Ikano Kato.

Though Japanese himself, Ikano is marked for death by the Japanese government for not supporting the Emperor's militaristic policies.
Despite Japanese officials' protests, Britt's millionaire publisher father uses his considerable influence with the American government to cut bureaucratic red tape.

The Reids set sail for the good ol' USA, with Kato accompanying them.

You'll find out, mobster...

Wednesday!

And, hoo boy, are you gonna regret it!

Written by James Van Hise, pencilled by Dell Barras and inked by John Stangeland, this never-reprinted story from NOW's Tales of the Green Hornet V2N2 (1992) fills in the gaps about how Britt and Kato met, and how they ended up as alleged murderers wanted by law enforcement!
Note: the story follows up on the fact, established on the radio show and in the movie serials, that Kato was the one who handled the weapons and vehicle technology as well as designing the Hornet mask and insignia.
The 1960s TV show ignored that aspect of the character, but the otherwise-awful 2011 movie restored it!

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TALES OF THE GREEN HORNET "Destiny: the Origin of the Green Hornet" Part 1B

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While vacationing in the Far East, Britt Reid and his parents see a man drowning in Tokyo Harbor...but no one attempts to rescue him!

His mother observes the guy was pushed in, and the athletic Britt, without hesitation, dives in to rescue the drowning man.

But the rescue attempt may be futile as a tugboat bears down on the two people in the water, until...

To Be Continued...

MONDAY!

For those disappointed that the only visual of a costumed Green Hornet and Kato in this tale was the symbolic splash page in Part 1A and the cover at the top of this post, don't worry!

Next week's debut of their masked personas will make up for it!

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TALES OF THE GREEN HORNET "Destiny: the Origin of the Green Hornet" Part 1A

Who were the Golden Age/radio/movie serial Green Hornet and Kato?

What brought two total strangers together and caused them to become crimefighters, trusting each other in life-or-death situations?

Will This Story Come to an End Far Sooner Than We Expected?

Or is It Merely the First Chapter of a Long Saga?

Be Here

WEDNESDAY

to Find Out!

This never-reprinted story from NOW's Tales of the Green Hornet V2N1(1992) by writer James Van Hise, penciler Dell Barras, and inker John Stangeland, expands on the few bits and pieces the 1930s-1950s radio show and the two 1940s movie series presented about the "other Dynamic Duo" whose full origin was never presented in any media!
While the concept of Britt Reid saving Kato while vacationing in the Far East had been established, exactly how, where, and what/who Reid saved Kato from was only explained once, in the first movie serial, which stated Britt saved Kato from Japanese who attacked him because he was Korean.
(The whole question of Kato's ethnicity, which varied from Japanese to Fillipino to Korean to Chinese, is too long to get into here.)
NOW Comics had firmly established a multi-generational continuity of Green Hornets from the 1930s to the then-present 1990s, with both the Reid and Kato families involved, tying the various incarnations of the characters into one ongoing narrative...which also linked the Old West's Lone Ranger and Tonto, who were meant to tie-in to the contemporary Hornet and Kato by George Trendle who created both series!

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