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Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	February 1990
Cover Price	1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Tony Caputo (Editor in chief); Katherine Llewellyn (Editor); Diane Piron (Assistant editor)

Cover Details

Characters	Green Hornet II; Kato II
Genre	Superhero; Crime
Pencils	Steve Rude (painting) (signed)
Inks	Steve Rude (painting) (signed)
Colors	Steve Rude (painting) (signed)
Notes	Despite the cover illustration, the second Green Hornet as such does not appear in this issue.

22 page Green Hornet story "A Death In The Family"

Characters	Britt Reid II; Diana Reid; Britt Reid I; Alan Reid [Green Hornet III] (killed this issue); Paul Reid; Lenore "Casey" Case Reid (first NOW appearance); Hayashi Kato [Kato II]; Lucas Heartworthy (Kato's agent; introduction); Mishi Kato; Marie Grainier Kato; Daniel John "Danny" Reid (introduction); Angela DeVane (villain); Arnie the Lip (introduction, death); David DeVane (villain)
Synopsis	1981: Shortly after the funeral of Britt I's wife, Britt II proposes to his secretary, Lenore Case. 1983: A few months following the birth of the couple's son (22 August 1983), nephew Alan announces his and Paul's knowledge of the family secret and his intent to become the third Green Hornet. October 7, 1986: Syndicate heiress Angela DeVane "executes" an informer within her family's organization, and with an explosive booby trap kills the new Hornet on his way to his very first mission, a meeting with that informer.
Genre	Crime; super-hero
Script	Ron Fortier
Pencils	Jeff Butler
Inks	David Mowry
Colors	Tammy Daniel
Letters	Patrick Williams
Notes	The title is given by the editor in the letter column of issue #7; pages 15-16 continue the framing sequence, of Paul in Alan's costume looking at a scrapbook in the ruins of the Reid mansion, from #2; this story marks the NOW version's first use of Casey, and surprisingly all her appearances are in stories that post-date Britt II's "retirement" as the Green Hornet, never as his secretary/confidante in a Green Hornet II adventure.
Reprinted	in "Green Hornet, The" (hardback book), NOW Comics & Bonus Books, 1990.

1 page filler "The Reid Family Tree/The Kato Family Tree"

Synopsis	Minimal family trees for the series' two pivotal clans.
Script	Ron Fortier
Letters	Typeset
Notes	The Reid tree identifies Britt II and Casey's son as "Dan Reid III," but Sequence 1 gives his full name as "Daniel John Reid," meaning he is named after not just the first Dan Reid, but that man's younger brother John (the Lone Ranger) as well, and the suffix "III" is therefore incorrect.
Reprinted	from Green Hornet, The (Now, 1989 series) #1

2 page The Buzz Word letters page

Characters	Lone Ranger; Britt Reid I
Synopsis	Letters from Jacob Gilbert, Brian P. Kujawa, Paul Castiglia, John W. Migala and Willie R. Mellen, with editorial responses.
Script	Diane Piron
Pencils	Jeff Butler
Inks	David Mowry
Letters	Typeset
Notes	The feature has a lime green background, except for the reprinted panels.
Reprinted	from "Green Hornet, The," NOW, 1989 series, #1, page 2, panels 1 and 5, in b/w.

1 page NOW Newsflash promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis	An essay correcting and apologizing for the wrong price being cited for the "What NOW Caper" video in the previous month's NOW Newsflash, and outlining the public appearance schedule of TV Green Hornet star Van Williams. Beneath this is a listing of nine NOW issues then on sale, with creative talent credits and synopses for each, and a boxed list of the NOW staff.
Letters	Typeset
Notes	The entire feature has a dark green background, and appeared on the last interior page of most NOW releases of this cover date.