Green Hornet (1991 Now) comic books 1992-1994

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Written by Chuck Dixon and Diane Piron. Art by Tod Smith and David Mowry. Cover by Tod Smith and David Mowry. To Pardon Blood; It's time for The City to elect a mayor again, and like last time (see Green Hornet: Solitary Sentinel miniseries) the front runner is a dubious choice: Michael Valdez, in his teens a gang member and convicted murderer, a "model inmate" in the interim; The Hornet team holds no doubts that he secretly maintains his criminal ties; A little rousting of street sources gives the Green Hornet just enough information for a late night talk with Valdez to convince the candidate to deal, specifically to withdraw from the race in return for the Hornet not exposing his true activities; The next day, at a rally where Paul and Hayashi watch and expect Valdez to announce his "decision," there is an unsuccessful assassination attempt on him, by...the Green Hornet! A text essay promoting NOW's miniseries adaptation of the movie Freejack. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Tod Smith and David Mowry. Cover by Michael Davis. The Wall; An enormous man, sporting rural clothes and speech pattern, appears on the streets and announces that he is looking for drugs; Directed to a pusher, he demands HIS connection and beats the information out of him, dispatching with amazing ease those who come to the dealer's aid; He continues violently up the line of narcotics distribution, and word of him and his actions soon spreads; Before the Green Hornet can intercede (problems caused by the Black Beauty's very distinctive appearance having slowed him down, and strengthened his resolve to replace her), the huge "hick" and a major crime boss have killed each other, the latter's death causing a power vacuum in the city's underworld. A text essay about NOW Comics being represented at several conventions of the time. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Tod Smith and David Mowry. Cover by Jason Palmer. The Streetbeast; In his efforts to bring in the Green Hornet, Commissioner Hamilton cuts a deal with a manufacturer for his police department to borrow an experimental tank-like armored-and-armed vehicle, the Streetbeast (the maker hopes the publicity will raise interest from the military); However, two vehicular oriented thugs, the Skid Brothers, are among the viewers of Ham's televised announcement of his new acquisition and decide it's "too cool to be wasted on the pigs"; They have a surprisingly easy time stealing it, to the consternation of both its owners and city officials; The Skids make a deal with a crime boss who wants to fill in the just created power vacuum (see last issue): if they take out the Green Hornet, he puts them on his payroll; During all this, the Hornet is making a deal of his own with a chop-shop operator to build a new, less visually distinctive but equally "accessorized" Black Beauty. A text essay hyping a Speed Racer video tape. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Tod Smith and David Mowry. Cover by Jason Palmer. Street Lethal; 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 re-mask, 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. Promotional announcement--disguised as an editorial essay--for a miniseries, "Ralph Snart Adventures," with three very expressive renderings of the character by Marc Hansen. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Chuck Dixon and Tony DePaul. Art by Tod Smith and David Mowry. Cover by Val Mayerik. P. Easton Binney, tired of writing up the "geezer meetings" for the Daily Sentinel, gets advice from the publisher that he should "keep [his] eyes open"; While having a late meal at a nearby diner, Binney spots big-time underworld figure "Buckles" Barbosa and follows him to and photographs him at a meeting with the Green Hornet!; What's actually happening is that Barbosa wants "out" and the Hornet can arrange a Witness Protection Plan-like set-up for the hood and his family in exchange for ALL his records, which of course won't be used the way the retiring racketeer expects; Binney manages to get back to the Sentinel's offices with his picture, which Britt, who is well aware of the negotiations, can't block from publication without raising too many questions. Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards for 1991. A promo, disguised as an editorial essay, for a "Ralph Snart Adventures" spin-off, "Mr. Lizard Special." Speed Rader video ad. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Cover by Lenin Delsol. Written by Chuck Dixon and Clint McElroy. Art by Tod Smith and David Mowry. The Huntsmen Part 1; Two intelligence agents, one British and one Russian, dissatisfied with their respective governments' rather mundane post-Cold War assignments, decide to keep their skills fresh by hunting game of their own choosing, the Green Hornet!; Having made a bet on who will get him first, the two separate and roust different groups of hoods for information, impressing the thugs with their very effective and lethal techniques; The bosses of the two gangs don't like their men being killed, and blame the Hornet as much as the Brit/Russian who did it, making plans of their own to kill him; Fortunately, the Hornet isn't without a friend of his own on the streets, and is soon aware of the agents' activities...but not the mob reaction! Promo, disguised as an editorial essay, for a NOW comic book based on Hollywood celebrity Mr. T, with a photo of Mr. T and NOW publisher Tony Caputo. Speed Racer video ad. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by James Van Hise. Art by Dru Woodard and David Mowry. Cover by Tony Harris. The Huntsmen Part Two; Learning that two crime bosses have their gangs gunning for him as well as the two ex-agents, the Green Hornet convinces each of them that blaming and killing him for the men they lost to the spies is a mistake; One of the bosses is sniper-shot by the Brit, but he in turn is killed by the Crimson Wasp; A tip that the Russian is hiding out in an old, long abandoned mansion proves to be a trap, but as the Hornet prevails in his way, the Wasp appears and kills the agent; She then gives the Hornet surprising news: "Johnny Dollar is back"!A description of "Speed Racer" cartoon series voice artists Peter Fernandez and Corinne Orr's visit to NOW Comics' booth at a licensing show in New York City; Includes a photo of the two with NOW's publisher Tony Caputo. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Polybagged with button. Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Tod Smith and David Mowry. Cover by Sandra Chang. The Odyssey of the Crimson Wasp/Part One: Voices in the Pond; Mishi begins to tell Paul and Hay what happened to turn her into the lethal Wasp; As seen in issue #10 of the 1989 series, she left The City and the Hornet double life for Zurich, Switzerland, and a branch of the Kato family's company business; There she was received warmly by vice-president Jonathan Dunhill; Months passed, split between working and working out; While jogging through a park, she meets a local police inspector, Eric Dietrickson; A romantic relationship ensues between her and the young widower, along with a friendship with his twelve year old daughter Katya; Meanwhile at work, sheer luck brings to Mishi's attention a receipt that, when put alongside her knowledge of another company back in the States, proves that someone's been inflating outside charges, embezzling; She reports this to Dunhill, who promises a thorough investigation. Description of "Speed Racer" TV cartoon series voice artists Peter Fernandez and Corinne Orr's visit to NOW Comics' booth at a licensing show in New York City; includes a photo of Peter Fernandez, Corinne Orr and NOW publisher Tony Caputo. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $2.50.

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Unbagged without Button. Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Tod Smith and David Mowry. Cover by Sandra Chang. The Odyssey of the Crimson Wasp/Part One: Voices in the Pond; Mishi begins to tell Paul and Hay what happened to turn her into the lethal Wasp; As seen in issue #10 of the 1989 series, she left The City and the Hornet double life for Zurich, Switzerland, and a branch of the Kato family's company business; There she was received warmly by vice-president Jonathan Dunhill; Months passed, split between working and working out; While jogging through a park, she meets a local police inspector, Eric Dietrickson; A romantic relationship ensues between her and the young widower, along with a friendship with his twelve year old daughter Katya; Meanwhile at work, sheer luck brings to Mishi's attention a receipt that, when put alongside her knowledge of another company back in the States, proves that someone's been inflating outside charges, embezzling; She reports this to Dunhill, who promises a thorough investigation. Description of "Speed Racer" TV cartoon series voice artists Peter Fernandez and Corinne Orr's visit to NOW Comics' booth at a licensing show in New York City; includes a photo of Peter Fernandez, Corinne Orr and NOW publisher Tony Caputo. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $2.50.

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"The Odyssey of the Crimson Wasp Part 1" by Ron Fortier & Todd Smith. Polybagged with button. Cover price $2.50.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Gerald DeCaire and Tony DeZuniga. Cover by Max Seibel. The Odyssey of the Crimson Wasp/Part 2--The Samurai & the Pauper; Mishi continues her story of how Johnny Dollar turned her into the Crimson Wasp: At the graves of Eric and Katya, her half-brother Hatami promises to help her and keep her confidence; Mishi goes into seclusion in an alpine retreat owned by her mother, where with the help of equipment provided by Hatami she recovers from her injuries and miscarriage, and trains herself; With the help of computer hacking skills learned from a college roommate, she finds that Jonathan Dunhill has disappeared, but Johnny Dollar is making himself known across Europe; As the Crimson Wasp--a persona lifted from ancient Japanese legend--she pursues him, but is always a step behind; The trail eventually leads to the USA, and the events of the first three issues of this series; Mishi now says Dollar is still alive--she gives absolutely no reason for believing this, yet Hayashi gives only token resistance to the idea--and asks her brother and Paul to help her find him, but as her intent is still to kill Dollar, they refuse on moral grounds; Dollar is shocked to receive a telephone call from the Green Hornet. A description of NOW Comics submission guidelines for writers, pencilers, inkers, letterers, colorists and painters. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Gerald DeCaire and Tony DeZuniga. Cover by Max Seibel. The Odyssey of the Crimson Wasp/Part 2--The Samurai & the Pauper; Mishi continues her story of how Johnny Dollar turned her into the Crimson Wasp: At the graves of Eric and Katya, her half-brother Hatami promises to help her and keep her confidence; Mishi goes into seclusion in an alpine retreat owned by her mother, where with the help of equipment provided by Hatami she recovers from her injuries and miscarriage, and trains herself; With the help of computer hacking skills learned from a college roommate, she finds that Jonathan Dunhill has disappeared, but Johnny Dollar is making himself known across Europe; As the Crimson Wasp--a persona lifted from ancient Japanese legend--she pursues him, but is always a step behind; The trail eventually leads to the USA, and the events of the first three issues of this series; Mishi now says Dollar is still alive--she gives absolutely no reason for believing this, yet Hayashi gives only token resistance to the idea--and asks her brother and Paul to help her find him, but as her intent is still to kill Dollar, they refuse on moral grounds; Dollar is shocked to receive a telephone call from the Green Hornet. A description of NOW Comics submission guidelines for writers, pencilers, inkers, letterers, colorists and painters. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Sal Velluto and Barb Kaalberg. Cover by Sal Velluto and Tony DeZuniga. The Odyssey of the Crimson Wasp/Part Three: Dying for Dollar$; Despite their past history, money-launderer Johnny Dollar and "racketeer" Green Hornet agree to do business together and arrange a late-night meet, but each man is planning a double cross; Unknown to either, so is Dollar's current mistress, Penny Lane, who is dealing with a real racketeer named Max Block. Also plotting is Mishi/Wasp, who had planted a bug on the Black Beauty when she made her disparaging comment about it (last issue); At the appointed time and place, the proceedings begin calmly enough, but Dollar hears the Hornet address his associate by the vaguely familiar name "Kato"; Soon enough, violence predictably erupts. Color photographs of NOW Comics creative talent, related celebrities, and costumed fans at various conventions. Tales of the Green Hornet #1 cover reprint by Neal Adams. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Sal Velluto and Barb Kaalberg. Cover by Sal Velluto and Tony DeZuniga. The Odyssey of the Crimson Wasp/Part Three: Dying for Dollar$; Despite their past history, money-launderer Johnny Dollar and "racketeer" Green Hornet agree to do business together and arrange a late-night meet, but each man is planning a double cross; Unknown to either, so is Dollar's current mistress, Penny Lane, who is dealing with a real racketeer named Max Block. Also plotting is Mishi/Wasp, who had planted a bug on the Black Beauty when she made her disparaging comment about it (last issue); At the appointed time and place, the proceedings begin calmly enough, but Dollar hears the Hornet address his associate by the vaguely familiar name "Kato"; Soon enough, violence predictably erupts. Color photographs of NOW Comics creative talent, related celebrities, and costumed fans at various conventions. Tales of the Green Hornet #1 cover reprint by Neal Adams. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Jerry DeCaire and Tony DeZuniga. Cover by Bill Knapp and Dan Schaefer. Second Sight; An elderly artist has a reputation for clairvoyantly creating crime-solving paintings; During a TV interview about her latest such success, she shows a canvas she has just begun, depicting an as yet unclear figure in the background and, on a foreground tabletop, the mask of the Green Hornet!; Diana Reid is frantic, but the only viable course of Green Hornet action anybody can come up with is to steal the painting, which will only delay the crisis; Upon arriving at the home of the artist and her sister, the masked men see the two women being kidnapped; They manage to apprehend one of the thugs, who is "convinced" to reveal the identity of his employer, a boss called The Undertaker, based in a funeral home. He figures to force the artist to complete the work, then sell the Hornet's identity to other crime figures. Captioned photos of NOW Comics creative talent, NOW related celebrities, and NOW character-costumed fans at comic conventions. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Cover by Bill Knapp and Dan Schaefer. A Tip of the Hat; "One week after" the destruction of the third Black Beauty (as seen in The Green Hornet #8), Police Commissioner Hamilton realizes that the Hornet's hat which he threw away at that time is forensically valuable evidence, and orders a huge percentage of the force to go back and look for it; When Diana informs Paul and Hay of this development, she is annoyed that they seem unconcerned; While Ham's men find a hat, the Hornet goes to Preston and Sons, Tailors for a replacement, as they have been the source of the masked man's headgear since an incident involving that firm and the first Hornet. Five captioned photos of various NOW Comics' creative staff, related celebrities and costumed fans appearing at various then recent conventions. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Cover by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Showdown At Midnight; The Green Hornet and Kato interrupt thieves raiding an electronics store, but are themselves interrupted by a man dressed as a cowboy and expertly wielding two Western-style six-guns, and they are forced to flee; They heard an associate call him Watkins, however, which allows them to identify him as Pistol Jim Watkins, a man with a fantasy of being a "gunslinger" which the Hornet plays to; Word is put out on the street that the Hornet will meet him in a man-to-man showdown, place and time included. Photos of NOW Comics creative talent, NOW related celebrities, and fans in NOW related costumes taken at recent conventions. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Bill Knapp and Alfredo Alcala. Cover by Sandra Chang and Tony DeZuniga. Part One: Sister-Hood; A mob hit man, Brick Arcade, arranges to be interviewed by Sentinel reporter P. Easton Binney because he has a contract to kill the journalist, but the Hornet and his man intervene, resulting in "Mr. Death"'s arrest; Meanwhile, Diana returns home from the latest in a string of very unsatisfactory social encounters to find a costumed woman, who seems to refer to herself as Sister-hood, going through the D.A.'s jewelry box; An attempt to stop the thief gets Diana the worst of it, but she manages to call Paul before she passes out; Since the secrets of Reid Tower make a police investigation there out of the question, it's up to the Green Hornet. Five photos of NOW Comics creative talent, NOW related celebrities, and fans dressed up as NOW characters at various then-recent conventions. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Cover by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Block's men assume that the Hornet is part of the dealing between the Sister-hood member and the fence and try to kill them all, starting with the fence. In the ensuing chaos, the woman slips out, followed by the Hornet's man, while the Hornet himself deals with the thugs; Kato finds three more Sisters outside, but handles them all; His partner is equally successful; Sirens announce the impending arrival of the authorities, so the masked men depart in the Black Beauty, monitoring the police band as they travel; They hear the women identified, all as supposedly current inmates of the same minimum-security prison; A police contingent, led by Commissioner Hamilton himself, visit the facility to confirm the absences and ask the warden why no escapes had been reported. Color photographs of convention appearances by NOW Comics creative staff, NOW related celebrities, and fans costumed as NOW characters. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Partrick Zircher and David Mowry. Cover by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Crimes of the Heart; Goaded into it by Paul, Hayashi has a social encounter as disastrous in its own way as Diana Reid's recent ones have been for her; Meanwhile, an old and similarly socially prominent friend of Paul is worried that his sister's betrothed, an Austrian count she met rather recently, is only after her money; Reid Communications sources discover that he has twice been widowed by young wealthy women, but he has told the current woman of these events, and she accepts the official verdicts of no foul play (the second reached with no knowledge of the earlier incident) and his claims of innocence; The brother disappears, prompting Paul to visit the count, who suggests--and she accepts--that he has purposely gone into hiding as "a ploy to disrupt our happiness"; The Green Hornet takes HIS turn, arriving just in time to overhear the count explaining to his large "butler" that Paul's interest and "connections with the media" make disposing of either the nosy brother or the bride herself quite problematical. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Joe Bennett. Cover by Mike Okamoto. The Return of Mr. Death; P. Easton Binney reports the execution of Brick Arcade, (Mr. Death); Shortly Arcade's "ghost" appears to the judge, the arresting officer, and rival criminals, including the Green Hornet!; Fast Eddie Johns goes to the cemetery to convince himself that Arcade is really dead; The body is in its place, but the "ghost" appears at the grave, and as Johns tries to shoot it, his bullets pass through; The Black Beauty arrives and it doesn't take the Hornet and Kato long to find a loudspeaker, a hologram projector-and The Undertaker made up to resemble Arcade. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

Polybagged with color hologram trading card. Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Cover by Jonathan Smith. The Beast Inside; At the Kato family home in Japan, Mishi, with support from her father Ikano and half-brother Hatami, continues to attempt to deal with her emotional fallout from the Johnny Dollar situation; In The City, problems in taking out a pair of thugs called the Tornado Twins have Kato worried about the Hornet's fighting skills, and young Danny and a friend see her dog taken off the street by someone in a private kennel's van; Jotting down the kennel name and license plate number from the vehicle, Danny and the girl then go to his father for help; When the two Reids visit the kennel, vehement denials from the manager lead Britt to suggest to his son a different line of inquiry, a visit from the Green Hornet. 36 pages, full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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NOT polybagged and missing trading card. Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Cover by Jonathan Smith. The Beast Inside; At the Kato family home in Japan, Mishi, with support from her father Ikano and half-brother Hatami, continues to attempt to deal with her emotional fallout from the Johnny Dollar situation; In The City, problems in taking out a pair of thugs called the Tornado Twins have Kato worried about the Hornet's fighting skills, and young Danny and a friend see her dog taken off the street by someone in a private kennel's van; Jotting down the kennel name and license plate number from the vehicle, Danny and the girl then go to his father for help; When the two Reids visit the kennel, vehement denials from the manager lead Britt to suggest to his son a different line of inquiry, a visit from the Green Hornet. 36 pages, full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Polybagged with color hologram trading card. Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Cover by Jonathan Smith. The Beast Inside; At the Kato family home in Japan, Mishi, with support from her father Ikano and half-brother Hatami, continues to attempt to deal with her emotional fallout from the Johnny Dollar situation; In The City, problems in taking out a pair of thugs called the Tornado Twins have Kato worried about the Hornet's fighting skills, and young Danny and a friend see her dog taken off the street by someone in a private kennel's van; Jotting down the kennel name and license plate number from the vehicle, Danny and the girl then go to his father for help; When the two Reids visit the kennel, vehement denials from the manager lead Britt to suggest to his son a different line of inquiry, a visit from the Green Hornet. 36 pages, full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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NOT polybagged and missing trading card. Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Cover by Jonathan Smith. The Beast Inside; At the Kato family home in Japan, Mishi, with support from her father Ikano and half-brother Hatami, continues to attempt to deal with her emotional fallout from the Johnny Dollar situation; In The City, problems in taking out a pair of thugs called the Tornado Twins have Kato worried about the Hornet's fighting skills, and young Danny and a friend see her dog taken off the street by someone in a private kennel's van; Jotting down the kennel name and license plate number from the vehicle, Danny and the girl then go to his father for help; When the two Reids visit the kennel, vehement denials from the manager lead Britt to suggest to his son a different line of inquiry, a visit from the Green Hornet. 36 pages, full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Polybagged with card. Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and Jim Brozman. Cover by Sandra Chang. The Karate Wars Part One; In Japan, Ikano begins disciplining his wayward grandson, Kono; In The City, as Diana joins Hayashi to watch a video of one of his old White Ninja martial arts flicks, he tells her that he has Paul sharpening his fighting skills at the dojo run by old friend Jon Allen; There, Paul witnesses Jon and his students use their superior techniques to dissuade some thugs from a martial arts-oriented gang, who had clearly been pressuring Jon previously; However, after most of the students have left and Jon is locking up for the night, the thugs return, with their huge, Yakuza-style boss Onaka Matahachi. He has a bazooka-like weapon fired into the dojo, gutting the place, and then beats up Jon himself for "refusing [his] most generous offer" to buy him out; Jon's injuries prove to be minimal, but Kato doesn't like this new angle to the gangs, and he and the Green Hornet go out to intervene. Transcript of a 10 question interview with Clint McElroy, concerning the NOW Comics miniseries, "The Green Hornet: Dark Tomorrow," which he wrote; Includes a color photo of McElroy. 36 pages, full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Unbagged without card. Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and Jim Brozman. Cover by Sandra Chang. The Karate Wars Part One; In Japan, Ikano begins disciplining his wayward grandson, Kono; In The City, as Diana joins Hayashi to watch a video of one of his old White Ninja martial arts flicks, he tells her that he has Paul sharpening his fighting skills at the dojo run by old friend Jon Allen; There, Paul witnesses Jon and his students use their superior techniques to dissuade some thugs from a martial arts-oriented gang, who had clearly been pressuring Jon previously; However, after most of the students have left and Jon is locking up for the night, the thugs return, with their huge, Yakuza-style boss Onaka Matahachi. He has a bazooka-like weapon fired into the dojo, gutting the place, and then beats up Jon himself for "refusing [his] most generous offer" to buy him out; Jon's injuries prove to be minimal, but Kato doesn't like this new angle to the gangs, and he and the Green Hornet go out to intervene. Transcript of a 10 question interview with Clint McElroy, concerning the NOW Comics miniseries, "The Green Hornet: Dark Tomorrow," which he wrote; Includes a color photo of McElroy. 36 pages, full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Polybagged with card. Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and Jim Brozman. Cover by Sandra Chang. The Karate Wars Part One; In Japan, Ikano begins disciplining his wayward grandson, Kono; In The City, as Diana joins Hayashi to watch a video of one of his old White Ninja martial arts flicks, he tells her that he has Paul sharpening his fighting skills at the dojo run by old friend Jon Allen; There, Paul witnesses Jon and his students use their superior techniques to dissuade some thugs from a martial arts-oriented gang, who had clearly been pressuring Jon previously; However, after most of the students have left and Jon is locking up for the night, the thugs return, with their huge, Yakuza-style boss Onaka Matahachi. He has a bazooka-like weapon fired into the dojo, gutting the place, and then beats up Jon himself for "refusing [his] most generous offer" to buy him out; Jon's injuries prove to be minimal, but Kato doesn't like this new angle to the gangs, and he and the Green Hornet go out to intervene. Transcript of a 10 question interview with Clint McElroy, concerning the NOW Comics miniseries, "The Green Hornet: Dark Tomorrow," which he wrote; Includes a color photo of McElroy. 36 pages, full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and Jim Brozman. Cover by Tom Simonton. The Karate Wars Part Two; Just managing to escape the unexpected police presence at Harry Block's headquarters, The Green Hornet and Kato face another, moral, dilemma: If Kato defeats Block's Yakuza killer, Onaka Matahachi, he, publicly perceived to be an outlaw, will become a hero to the young hordes serving under Block, but if he doesn't, then genuine criminal Block will truly corrupt them; A major meeting of the various gangs under Block's control is arranged at a disused sports arena; As it is no secret on the streets, the Hornet and his associate crash the proceedings; Inevitably, the two martial arts masters square off for all the proverbial marbles; However, Kato doesn't fight back effectively, and is losing, when an incredible figure drops from the rafters--The White Ninja, Hayashi's old movie character! Editorial announcement of the then still unscheduled three-issue mini-series revival of NOW Comics' first superhero comic, "Syphons," to be written by originator Allen Curtis. Includes three drawings of team members by Mark Beachum. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Todd S. Tuttle. Art by Joe Bennett. Cover by Hector Gomez. Deadly Admirer; Martin Kirchoff, a man that Diana Reid prosecuted onto death row, and who vowed vengeance, escapes, but she doesn't hear about it; Upon receiving a note signed, "Your Secret Admirer," asking to meet her at what was in fact the scene of Kirchoff's crime, Diana suspects it to be from Hayashi; A call to Paul tells her that Hay is "gone for the evening; Said he had some business to take care of," and she tells Paul to inform him that she'll "keep our date at the park"; Soon thereafter Kato walks in and, after Paul delivers Diana's message, replies that he has no idea what she was talking about; At this point a TV newscast announces Kirchoff's escape, the pair put two and two together, and hurriedly change into their disguises; The Green Hornet and his associate arrive at the scene just in time. Across-the-line announcement of a third Kato mini-series. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Cover by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Heart of the Dragon Chapter I: City Under Siege; A tong declares war in The City, killing several crime bosses within two hours; The assassin of one, Harry Block, is killed by Glory with the racketeer's own gun, while another, targeting a fellow called Fast Eddie Washington, is foiled by the Green Hornet and his associate; The lucky hood tells the masked men that he "recognized their colors" as Black Dragons, giving our heroes a lead. The proprietor of a tattoo parlor in the "Little China" district is "convinced" to talk about the tong, revealing that not only is the Hornet correct in surmising that he himself is on the list, but so are most top police officials; They quickly inform Diana, who spreads the word; However, she cannot reach Commissioner Hamilton, and dispatches a SWAT team, the base of which is not close to his home; The Black Beauty is coincidentally in the immediate vicinity, so the masked men head there themselves. The Green Hornet: The Reid Family Tree, The Kato Family Tree article. Mr. T, becoming the star of a NOW Comics series, "Mr. T and the T-Force," answers 10 questions; Includes a color photo of Mr. T. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Polybagged with multi-dimensional trading card. Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and Jim Brozman. Cover by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Heart of the Dragon Chapter II: Allies; Diana Reid, given a minimal report on events, has hurried home to learn more, and is met by Lenore; One Dr. Donald Thompson is doing what he can for the dart-poisoned Kato, but identifying the toxin, and thereby its antidote, is beyond him; However, he has determined that it will prove fatal in 24 hours; Britt tells Diana that Paul--or, more accurately, the Green Hornet--has gone out to try to find the people responsible and get an antidote from them; His first stop is the same tattoo parlor he and Kato had visited earlier that night (last issue), but he finds the proprietor dead, executed for his disclosures to the verdant vigilante; His killers, tong assassins, have waited for the Hornet's return, but he survives, thanks to the unexpected intervention of...Sister-Hood!; She, formerly leader of the criminal gang so entitled and then called Sister-One but now a lone operative under the group's name, has her own reasons for not wanting all of The City's criminal interests unified under Black Dragon control. 36 pages, full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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NOT polybagged with multi-dimensional trading card. Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and Jim Brozman. Cover by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Heart of the Dragon Chapter II: Allies; Diana Reid, given a minimal report on events, has hurried home to learn more, and is met by Lenore; One Dr. Donald Thompson is doing what he can for the dart-poisoned Kato, but identifying the toxin, and thereby its antidote, is beyond him; However, he has determined that it will prove fatal in 24 hours; Britt tells Diana that Paul--or, more accurately, the Green Hornet--has gone out to try to find the people responsible and get an antidote from them; His first stop is the same tattoo parlor he and Kato had visited earlier that night (last issue), but he finds the proprietor dead, executed for his disclosures to the verdant vigilante; His killers, tong assassins, have waited for the Hornet's return, but he survives, thanks to the unexpected intervention of...Sister-Hood!; She, formerly leader of the criminal gang so entitled and then called Sister-One but now a lone operative under the group's name, has her own reasons for not wanting all of The City's criminal interests unified under Black Dragon control. 36 pages, full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Polybagged with multi-dimensional trading card. Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and Jim Brozman. Cover by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Heart of the Dragon Chapter II: Allies; Diana Reid, given a minimal report on events, has hurried home to learn more, and is met by Lenore; One Dr. Donald Thompson is doing what he can for the dart-poisoned Kato, but identifying the toxin, and thereby its antidote, is beyond him; However, he has determined that it will prove fatal in 24 hours; Britt tells Diana that Paul--or, more accurately, the Green Hornet--has gone out to try to find the people responsible and get an antidote from them; His first stop is the same tattoo parlor he and Kato had visited earlier that night (last issue), but he finds the proprietor dead, executed for his disclosures to the verdant vigilante; His killers, tong assassins, have waited for the Hornet's return, but he survives, thanks to the unexpected intervention of...Sister-Hood!; She, formerly leader of the criminal gang so entitled and then called Sister-One but now a lone operative under the group's name, has her own reasons for not wanting all of The City's criminal interests unified under Black Dragon control. 36 pages, full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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NOT polybagged with multi-dimensional trading card. Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and Jim Brozman. Cover by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Heart of the Dragon Chapter II: Allies; Diana Reid, given a minimal report on events, has hurried home to learn more, and is met by Lenore; One Dr. Donald Thompson is doing what he can for the dart-poisoned Kato, but identifying the toxin, and thereby its antidote, is beyond him; However, he has determined that it will prove fatal in 24 hours; Britt tells Diana that Paul--or, more accurately, the Green Hornet--has gone out to try to find the people responsible and get an antidote from them; His first stop is the same tattoo parlor he and Kato had visited earlier that night (last issue), but he finds the proprietor dead, executed for his disclosures to the verdant vigilante; His killers, tong assassins, have waited for the Hornet's return, but he survives, thanks to the unexpected intervention of...Sister-Hood!; She, formerly leader of the criminal gang so entitled and then called Sister-One but now a lone operative under the group's name, has her own reasons for not wanting all of The City's criminal interests unified under Black Dragon control. 36 pages, full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Written by Ron Fortier. Art by Patrick Zircher and Jim Brozman. Cover by Patrick Zircher and David Mowry. Heart of the Dragon Part III: Dance of Death; As Hayashi Kato has a near-death experience involving an ancient Japanese goddess, Dr. Thompson's defibrilator restarts his heart; However, the medical man cautions that this is "only a reprieve," and Hay can survive but a few more hours without an antidote; Back in The Maze, the Green Hornet and Crimson Wasp find an entire "village" of buildings within the tunnels; Before they can enter, they are attacked by even more Black Dragon assassins, but again the attack is unsuccessful. They hear the sound of a ringing gong and trace it to the village's temple; The Hornet goes in alone and is attacked by a white tiger, but the Wasp appears, killing it with her sword; Mei Li steps forward to reveal that the big cat was her pet, and she swears to make them pay dearly for the animal's death; However, the elderly herbalist for whom the masked figures search interrupts and shows absolutely no fear of the Daughter of the Black Dragon. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Geoffrey White. Art by Joe Bennett. Cover by Karl Kerschl and Todd S. Tuttle. The Acquisition; As a police contingent led personally by Commissioner Hamilton attempts unsuccessfully to salvage something from the harbor, someone with gloved hands climbs unnoticed from the waters; "Now": The Green Hornet and his associate interrupt some teenagers dealing cocaine, but are surprised to find themselves facing military-style firearms; The arrival of police gives the masked men the distraction they need to get away unharmed, but one of the "kids" has already been killed; As media coverage--including Sentinel headlines--ties the Hornet to the murder, he and Kato resolve to find the source of the weapons; A small-time "retailer" is quite willing to direct the two to his supplier, but all our heroes find is an explosive device!; They run, it detonates, and afterward, Kato cannot find his partner!; He does, however, find their informant again, but he can be of no further help, as he has been permanently silenced; The Green Hornet awakens, hanging by his arms, and naked from the waist up--including his face! The Big 11 with Ralph Snart (questions), art by Marc Hansen. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Geoffrey White. Art by Joe Bennett. Cover by Karl Kerschl and Barry Petersen. Penance; Kato, all but certain that his partner was killed in the explosion, struggles with feelings of guilt and an urge to return to drink (see Green Hornet 1989 series, aka Vol. 1, #5, March 1990); Paul's captor brands the base of his back with a Hornet image; Kato, having learned that no body was found in the building's remains, is back on the streets, finding that no gunrunner who dealt with that supplier got a look at him; The unmasked Hornet is further tortured. Kato starts hacking and cross-referencing various law enforcement databanks; More torture; The internet work has found nothing, and Kato catches himself about to take a drink; The captor turns and sees a figure advancing from the door...Kato! The Green Hornet Gets A Facelift or: More Buzz For Your Buck preview. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Polybagged with card. Written by Joan Weis. Art by Patrick Zircher, Jim Brozman, Todd S. Tuttle, and Barry Petersen. Cover by Patrick Zircher and Jim Brozman. Hayashi and Diana discuss the problems Paul has getting past his ordeal with Johnny Dollar; They agree that Mishi, on the other hand, is handling the news that Dollar is still alive (again) quite well, as she is calmly upgrading systems of the car that has replaced "her" Black Beauty; Britt has been receiving threats due to an editorial exposing the corruption of one Judge Mariotti, and his wife and son are now being included; He asks Paul if the Green Hornet can do anything; His response is to go out...alone!; The Hornet demands his cut from the judge, who curses the publisher for tipping him as well as the police to his secret activities, and tells the masked man that he has sent some men to finish him. 36 pages, full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

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Unbagged. Written by Joan Weis. Art by Patrick Zircher, Jim Brozman, Todd S. Tuttle, and Barry Petersen. Cover by Patrick Zircher and Jim Brozman. Hayashi and Diana discuss the problems Paul has getting past his ordeal with Johnny Dollar; They agree that Mishi, on the other hand, is handling the news that Dollar is still alive (again) quite well, as she is calmly upgrading systems of the car that has replaced "her" Black Beauty; Britt has been receiving threats due to an editorial exposing the corruption of one Judge Mariotti, and his wife and son are now being included; He asks Paul if the Green Hornet can do anything; His response is to go out...alone!; The Hornet demands his cut from the judge, who curses the publisher for tipping him as well as the police to his secret activities, and tells the masked man that he has sent some men to finish him. 36 pages, full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

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Written by Geoffrey White. Art by Rich Suchy and Thomas Zahler. Cover by Patrick Zircher and Phil Moy. The Master Plan; Paul reads from Britt I's journal the entry for September 5, 1953, relating a recurring nightmare in which the first Hornet relives an experience from September 1938; Upon learning that a report that Hitler was building a "super rocket jet" in Vienna, Austria, was a hoax, Britt became involved in helping a family escape the Nazis, as the Green Hornet; He was forced to kill an inebriated German soldier he describes as less than seventeen years of age; In The City today, teenage boys with military-style weapons begin raising havoc and issuing extremist political rhetoric, under the name Supreme Liberation Front; The Reids immediately realize that the weapons must have been supplied by Johnny Dollar (no appearance); The City's top racketeers hold a summit conference, and the Green Hornet appears; However, it is crashed by the armed as usual SLF, who declare themselves in charge of all crime now. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Joan Weis. Art by Scott Neely, Duy Truong, and Dan McConnell. Cover by Karl Kerschl and Todd S. Tuttle. Obsessive; Paul Reid is at least partially exorcising his personal demons (see previous issues) via his music; At a party following one concert, also attended by a wheelchair-bound but otherwise healthy-appearing Police Commissioner Hamilton, he meets a woman called Gloria, whom he recognizes as Glory, the moll of the late criminal Harry Block; He cannot acknowledge this to her without putting his double identity at risk; There is an immediate mutual attraction, but their respective secret lives makes that a big problem for Reid, who explains it to Hayashi the next morning. Writer Allen Curtis answers ten questions about his revival of his super-hero team, Syphons. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Joan Weis. Art by Patrick Zircher, Dan McConnell, and Ann McConnell. Cover by Patrick Zircher and Todd S. Tuttle. Compulsive; A quick move by Kato separates Sister-Hood from the Green Hornet, and the Asian grabs his partner, but while the rescue is completed, the costumed crook deploys a hang-glider and takes off; The two men quickly regain the Black Beauty and trail the flying figure to her motorcycle, which she drives into a subway station and disappears up a tunnel; A week later, Paul and "Gloria" have an all-night date, during which she feels but doesn't see Paul's souvenir from Johnny Dollar on his lower back; Subsequently, he and Hayashi decide to look not for Sister-Hood, but for her bike, and "bug" it; The strategy pays off, and they track her to her home, discovering that she is...Glory! She suggests becoming the HORNET's moll, an offer that he declines. A preview of the then-upcoming revival/revamp of Marc Hansen's "Ralph Snart Adventures." 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Joan Weis. Art by Patrick Zircher and Dan McConnell. Cover by Patrick Zircher and Todd S. Tuttle. Good Cops Bad Cops; A check by uniformed police officers of a building in the projects ends with a female cop being bludgeoned to death; The Stefanopoulos crime family invites The City's other big-time racketeers to a meeting/banquet to celebrate the relative peace between them in recent times; However, some object to the Green Hornet, who runs no rackets of his own, merely taking a cut of everybody else's; When their host, veteran crime family head Constantine Stefanopoulos, says this is how it has always been and should continue to be, they openly defer to him, but think otherwise. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Joan Weis. Art by Patrick Zircher, Dan McConnell, and Jim Brozman. Cover by Scott Neely. Old Wounds; The Green Hornet's discovery that Gloria/Glory is also Sister-Hood requires Paul Reid to back out of his romance with her in a way that won't raise her suspicions about his reasons, which results in a series of dates which are uncomfortable for both of them; After one such evening, the Hornet and Kato break up an illegal arms sale, allowing one of the supplier's men to escape so his boss, Johnny Dollar, will know who's responsible; Enraged, Dollar has Paul kidnapped off the street in broad daylight, then spreads the word across the underworld that he's putting the true identity of the Green Hornet up for auction; Diana, on the verge of telling Hayashi about a positive result on a home pregnancy test, is informed of the snatch via her cel. Kato hits the streets, with the Beauty's tinted windows and voice synthesizer hiding the fact that the Hornet is not on the back seat, and learns of the auction. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Joan Weis. Art by Patrick Zircher and Todd S. Tuttle. Cover by Patrick Zircher and Todd S. Tuttle. The Man Behind The Mask; Johnny Dollar begins his auction of the Green Hornet's identity; His responses to a couple of general challenges from prospective bidders are so suspiciously lame, it's a miracle none of the assembled racketeers pursues the matter further; The captive Paul tries to convince Glory that Dollar is wrong about him, mentioning among other things the potential damage to his concert pianist's hands (a consideration which should have given rise to objections during this feature's development); The bidding, primarily between Jeremy Fletcher and Helen Stefanopoulos (the latter as the authorized representative of her father, Constantine), reaches ten million. David Letterman-esque "top ten" list to promote the Kato graphic novel, followed by an ad for Syphons. 36 pages, full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Joan Weis. Art by Vinton Heuck, Todd S. Tuttle, and Andrea Albert. Cover by Patrick Zircher and Todd S. Tuttle. Best Served Cold; Mei Li, with a mechanical claw grafted to her wrist in place of the hand disabled by the Crimson Wasp's sword (in #28), gathers four warriors of the tong to be her personal instruments of vengeance, the Teeth of the Dragon, whom she arms with special weapons fashioned by the same person responsible for her new "hand"; When one starts to make a mild protest about the tong, she immediately kills him; Britt calls Mishi, Paul, and Hayashi to a meeting about a personal ad taken out in the Sentinel, reading, "CW: We have unfinished business; The Wasp will lose her sting on the night of the full moon near the Mistress of the Tiger. ML."; With the elder Reid's knowledge that the local zoo has brought in a tiger for breeding purposes, and the fact that the moon will be full in two days, all is clear. 36 pages, full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

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Written by Joan Weis. Art by Vinton Heuck, Todd S. Tuttle, Holly Sanfelippo, and Andrea Albert. Cover by Patrick Zircher and Todd S. Tuttle. Fighting Tooth And Claw; As Mei Li is about to finish off the Crimson Wasp, the Green Hornet and his assistant intrude, with Kato throwing two darts into Li's claw that, much to her surprise, deactivate it; As the masked men battle the tong warriors, the two women's fight carries them away from the others; An electrical blast from the claw causes the Wasp to fall into the tiger pen, and to seeming certain death (would Mishi really sacrifice her own life rather than kill the zoo's property with her sword, as she easily did Mei Li's pet/guard-attack tiger in their original encounter?), but a pony-tailed young man garbed identically to Kato swings over the pen on a line, grabs the Wasp and pulls her to safety!; The mask notwithstanding, she immediately recognizes her nephew Kono, sends him to help their kinsman and the Hornet while she goes after the villainess, assuring the other she won't underestimate that claw again. Two-page blow-up of this issue's front cover art. 36 pages, full color. $2.50. Cover price $1.95.