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Green Hornet (1991 Now) comic books 1991

  • Issue #1
    Green Hornet (1991 Now) 1

    This edition may or may not be polybagged with a button. Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Tod Smith and David Mowry. Cover by Jeff Butler. Money Talks; Hornet and Kato bust the Gilder brothers in a money laundering operation, and are helped by a female martial artist in a samurai-style costume called the Crimson Wasp; After leaving, phony policemen, led by Johnny Dollar, kill all the criminals and depart with the cash. The police blames the Hornet for the murders; Dollar meets with racketeer Augustino, and offers to sell him back his own money; The don agrees to deal exclusively with Dollar, and to kill the Hornet; A tip about the firearms used to kill the crooks leads the Hornet into a police trap! 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

  • Issue #2
    Green Hornet (1991 Now) 2

    Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Tod Smith and David Mowry. Cover by Tod Smith and David Mowry. Money Kills; Between the Black Beauty's super-tough body and its smoke-screen and oil-slick facilities, the Green Hornet and Kato manage to escape Commissioner Hamilton's police roadblock-trap, but the Hornet still decides that less conspicuous transportation is needed; At a high-level meeting of city law enforcement officials the next morning, Hamilton reveals to Diana a strong fix on and a closed mind about the Green Hornet; A very different meeting has Johnny Dollar amused over the Hornet's difficulties; The Crimson Wasp rousts the city's dives searching for Dollar; Another night, the Hornet and Kato use a similar technique looking for a lead on the true killers of the Guilders and their customers, eventually finding a high class but illegal casino; One man behind the Hornet pulls a pistol, but the Wasp suddenly appears and kills him. A photo of NOW publisher Tony Caputo with Twilight Zone writer Harlan Ellison and his wife Susan. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

  • Issue #3
    Green Hornet (1991 Now) 3

    Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Tod Smith and David Mowry. Cover by Eddy Newell. Money To Burn; Despite appearing to have ambushed the Green Hornet, Don Phillipe wishes only to make plans concerning Johnny Dollar; Afterwards, Kato contacts Mishi, who tells him that Dollar caused the death of someone she loved, and that family honor is at stake, but no details; When a meeting with Dollar is arranged, Kato sends the specifics to Mishi, who crashes the proceedings; The result--Dollar is apparently killed and a wounded Crimson Wasp disappears. A text essay promoting NOW's Kato, Real Ghostbusters and Twilight Zone comics. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

  • Issue #4
    Green Hornet (1991 Now) 4

    Written by Chuck Dixon and Diane M. Piron. Art by Tod Smith and David Mowry. Cover art by Eddy Newell. Smoke & Mirrors; After discussing the Mishi/Crimson Wasp problem in Reid Tower's gym, with Paul in full Hornet garb, he and Hayashi watch a newscast about the restaurant of an old Reid family friend burning down, and suspect arson. A check of the remains--in costume--yields no evidence of a cause, which they find suspicious; Paul visits owner Sal Corelli, recuperating from smoke inhalation in the hospital, and realizes he not only knows more than he's telling, but that he's being silent out of fear; Feeling this a dead end, the Hornet changes gears and investigates a warehouse robbery where nothing but a few canisters of "unknown" contents were taken, which leads to the discovery that THAT company's "Night Security Chief" is a man recently hired by Corelli as a bartender. A David Letterman-like Top Ten List for NOW's first Kato miniseries and a textual essay about Tales of the Green Hornet Vol. 2. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.