| Issue | #8 |
| Published | April 1992 |
| Cover Price | 1.95 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Tony Caputo (Editor in chief); Joan M. Weis (Editor) |
| Characters | Green Hornet IV; Kato II |
| Genre | Superhero; Crime |
| Pencils | Jason Palmer (painting) |
| Inks | Jason Palmer (painting) |
| Colors | Jason Palmer (painting) |
| Characters | Kato II [Hayashi Kato]; Green Hornet IV [Paul Reid]; Police Commissioner Carter Hamilton; D.A. Diana Reid; The Mayor; Harry Block (V) |
| Synopsis | The Skid Brothers are prevented from confirming the deaths of the Green Hornet and his man by approaching police sirens. Kato manages to pull the unconscious Hornet out of the wreck that had been the Black Beauty and carry him into hiding within the city's sewers despite his own injuries. Both the police and the Skids' potential employer, Mr. Block, are roaring mad at these events--when Hamilton is told the only thing found in the remains of the car was the Hornet's hat, he throws it away in disgust--and Diana isn't too happy that her "nephew" (her and his word) and Hayashi--who've managed to get home--aren't going to a hospital, but the two men know that they'd be arrested immediately. Heavily bandaged up, the two remask, hop into a van, and head to the chop shop to pick up their new car, which isn't quite ready, and they and the "dealer" work twenty hours straight to finish it. The Hornet insists on going after the Skid brothers and the Street Beast immediately--so they give the van to the chop shop operator?--which is accomplished for them by a cop 'copter and their police radio band monitor. The brothers discourage the chopper with automatic weapons fire, but then the new Beauty arrives. The Skids are led into a railroad yard where a paintball shot--one of Beauty IV's new weapons--causes them to lose control and careen into a pile of old train cars, which collapses on and disables their stolen "ride." Several police are on the scene by this time and do not report the Hornet's presence, taking the credit for stopping the Skids themselves. Subsequently, the representative of the Street Beast's owners threatens a lawsuit against the city over significant damage suffered by their prototype, but Hamilton points out that a press conference announcing how a city police force took it out would severely reduce the military's interest in the vehicle. Hamilton's not entirely off the hook, as the Mayor then gives him a warning to back off on his obsession with the Hornet. |
| Genre | Superhero; Crime |
| Script | Chuck Dixon |
| Pencils | Tod Smith |
| Inks | David Mowry |
| Colors | Patrick Williams |
| Letters | Susan Dorne |
| Notes | Story continued in issue #16 of this series. Credits are given as follows: Script=Designer; Pencils=Assembly; Inks=Styling; Colors=Pinstriping; Letters=Transmission; Editor=Mechanic; Editor in chief=Foreman; Cover art=Fuzzy dice The new Black Beauty has a Hornet emblem in the center of the front grill, in direct contradiction to the "less conspicious" mandate that was the entire reason for getting a new car in the first place. |
| Characters | Crimson Wasp |
| Script | "J. M." Weis |
| Pencils | Tod Smith |
| Inks | David Mowry |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Joan Weis signed her name as indicated because the writers of all three letters published herein reduced their first names to an initial. |
| Reprinted | In black and white, from the third issue of this series, page 14, the final panel, slightly cropped, causing the Wasp's left hand, ponytail, and sword blade to extend beyond the new upper border. |
| Synopsis | Cover repros, brief synopses and principle creative credits for five NOW publications, a description of an alternative version of one of them, and a bozed announcement of a then-upcoming Speed Racer videotape, with a black and white sketch of Speed and his car. |
| Script | (?) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Reprinted | Covers of five NOW comics |
| Characters | Ralph Snart |
| Synopsis | Promotional announcement--disguised as an editorial essay--for a miniseries, "Ralph Snart Adventures," with three very expressive renderings of the character. Also, a boxed list of the NOW Comics staff. |
| Script | Tony Caputo [as Dirty Lyle] |
| Pencils | Marc Hansen |
| Inks | Marc Hansen |
| Letters | Typeset |