Green Hornet Comics (1940) comic books 1944-1946

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Green Hornet battles Hercules, The Strongest Man In the World, and Tremont Tremaine, in stories with art possibly by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. Perhaps the highlight of the issue is a rare adventure starring World War II feminist and cultural icon Rosie the Riveter, as she is entrusted with keeping a vital wartime device away from enemy agents. Stripe-wearing hero Zebra investigates a fortune-teller at the circus who might be sharing national secrets with the Nazis. Cover by comics legend Alex Schomburg references the Hornet's success in radio and movie serials. Green Hornet: The Strongest Man In the World; Spirit of '76; Twinkle Twins; Rosie the Riveter; Mighty Midgets; Prisoner of War; The Sensational Case of the Milk Hoax; Zebra: The Man Who Looked Into the Future! 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Jill Elgin, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Nazi saboteurs target wartime iron suppliers until the Green Hornet intervenes, in GH stories with art possibly by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Twinkle Twins seek a butler's killer in a Scooby Doo-like plot, complete with a villain in a final-twist rubber-mask reveal. The werewolf-like Jackal tries to sabotage American shipyards. Nazi-punching cover by comics legend Alex Schomburg references the Hornet's success in radio and movie serials. Green Hornet: Ore For War; Spirit of 76; Twinkle Twins: The Murderer Who Killed Himself!!; Mighty Midgets: See Action In Alaska; Green Hornet: Pigeons and Parachutes of Peril!!; Nazis' Last Stand; Mel, The Messenger Boy; The Zebra: The Jackals Revenge. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Marv Lev, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Nazi saboteurs enlist American hoboes to target a dam, in GH stories with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Twinkle Twins meet Mike the Muscle's nephew Mikey, a juvenile delinquent in the making, and try to set him straight. The clue to a million-dollar robbery is a crate of oranges, in a story that promotes War Bonds, a WWII fundraising drive. Bondage cover by comics legend Alex Schomburg references the Hornet's success in radio and movie serials. Green Hornet: The Society of the Swastika!; Spirit of 76; Mighty Midgets: Invisible Paint; Youngun and Tagalong; Green Hornet: Dam of Death!; The Story Behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins: The Lad Who was Bad!; Zebra: The Mystery of the Pink Drake Brand; Green Hornet Buzzers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by A. W. Nugent, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. One-eyed Nazi agent Dr. Zorano tries to sabotage the US war effort, and when Green Hornet goes after him, he releases dangerous animals from a zoo. Returning to America from a special mission in Africa, Spirit of 76 must keep a boxing kangaroo named Herbert from falling into Axis hands. Green Hornet must stop escaped killer Trouble Thomas from taking revenge on a prosecutor, even if he has to abduct the lawman himself. Green Hornet: The Monster Roars in German; Spirit of 76; Mighty Midgets: In Australia; Green Hornet: The Brute's Revenge; The Story Behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins: Salvage by Slobber; Zebra: Death on Display; Green Hornet Buzzers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Jill Elgin, Art Helfant, and Joe Kubert. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. A Japanese spy releases a bright yellow T-Rex, riding on its back as he terrorizes America, in a one-of-a-kind story with art possibly by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Mighty Midgets battle the military-minded sabotage critters known as gremlins - then a new concept. Stripe-wearing hero Zebra investigates the murders of five men, and the finds only clue left behind: a silver silhouette, in an early story from comics legend Joe Kubert. Also featuring a vintage ad for boogie-woogie lessons ("If You Can Play Piano at All, You Can Play Boogie-Woogie!"). Green Hornet: Terror from the Past; Spirit of 76; Mighty Midgets Versus Gremlins; Blonde Bomber: Taurus the Nazi Bull; Flossie; The Story Behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins; Zebra: Silver Silhouette!!; Green Hornet Buzzers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Haitian voodoo priestess Mamaloi disguises herself as an American secretary to turn a US defense scientist into a zombie, in a story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Spirit of 76 learns that the suspiciously Sinatra-esque Hank Wonatra is sharing code messages with enemy agents when he sings. The Twinkle Twins infiltrate a gang of pool sharks by wearing fancy "zoot suits," then a trendy outfit. Green Hornet: The Corpse Who Walked Away; Spirit of 76; Mighty Midgets; Blonde Bomber; Corporal Fooie; The Story Behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins: The Zoot-Suit Sharks; Zebra: Gluttony Must Kill. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, Jill Elgin and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. There has to be more to the story when police spot Green Hornet consorting with Japanese spies, in a story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Blonde Bomber discovers a Nazi plot to destroy the supply of muskrat fur that lines the bomber jackets of US military pilots - haven't seen that one before. The Twinkle Twins discover an extortion racket when a philanthropist suddenly closes down a rec center for impoverished kids. Green Hornet Turns Traitor; Spirit of 76: Death Rides Patrol; Mighty Midgets: Major Kokomo; Blonde Bomber: Horror Rules the Quicksands; The Story Behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins: Danny Whacks the Weeper; Zebra: Masquerade of Murder. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, Jill Elgin and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Zebra searches for a vampire stalking the city, in a weird precursor to Harvey's horror classics of the 1950s. Blonde Bomber battles sharks and Nazi collaborators in a Central American republic. The Twinkle Twins help a disabled boy after coal thieves murder his grandfather. Green Hornet; Spirit of 76: Death Rides Patrol; Mighty Midgets: Swing Out; Blonde Bomber: Blood and Sharks' Teeth; The Story Behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins: Red Coals of Crime; Zebra: Gore of the Vampire. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Art Helfant, A. W. Nugent and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Green Hornet's old foe Baron Satakai returns from the dead, in a story with art possibly by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Blonde Bomber discovers that Axis agents disguised as Eskimos are sabotaging the US salmon supply. Circus performers are targeted by the disturbing figure called The Creeper, who slightly resembles the later Steve Ditko character of that name. Green Hornet: Satakais Ghost Craves Blood!; Spirit of 76: The Black Samurai; Blonde Bomber: Fiends of the Blizzard; Mighty Midgets are Taken Prisoner!; The Story Behind the Cover; Green Hornet Twisters; Crackpot Cornelius; Twinkle Twins: Kids for Sale; Zebra: The Creeping Freak. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Art Helfant, A. W. Nugent and Bob Powell. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Enemy agents want the new invention called the Audio-Visor (what we would call TV), in a story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The reader is invited to solve a robbery before G-Man Bull does, by examining three clues. Green Hornet battles saboteurs, in a story referencing the soldiers returning from World War II. Green Hornet: The Eye of Satan; Detective You; Spirit of 76: The Night of the Dark Moon; Blonde Bomber: The Murdering Muscleman; Maisie Meets the Prince; The Story Behind the Cover; Green Hornet Buzzers. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jerry Robinson. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Art Helfant, and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Green Hornet matches wits with the sinister fortune-teller known as The Mystic, in a story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. Zebra seeks a killer (with a pointed tongue, like the Creeper in issue #24) who just can't control his homicidal impulses. A judge seeks the Twinkle Twins' help in combating a gang of child pickpockets. Green Hornet: Seance of Death; Zebra; Mighty Midgets: In Arabia; Twinkle Twins; Getting Maisie Married; The Story Behind the Cover; Green Hornet Buzzers. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Gabriele. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Art Helfant, and Jill Elgin. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Green Hornet battles saboteurs who are derailing trains, in a story with some nice train art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Blonde Bomber discovers an Axis plot to further bomb Pearl Harbor during World War II. Spirit of '76 battles a tiger and Japanese spies in the jungles of Burma. Green Hornet: Revenge Rides the Death-Tracks; Private Pinky; Blonde Bomber: The Helicopter Bandits; The Spirit of '76: The Spy of Burma; Green Hornet Buzzers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Art Helfant, and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The musical killer called The Note uses his robot hand to play a violin note that causes death and destruction, in an offbeat story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. Spirit of '76 tries to help his buddy Tubby collect a samurai sword from WWII Japan without getting killed in the process. Twinkle Twins seek a bartender who serves minors, in a somewhat heavy-handed temperance story that targets the then-new concept of "juke joints." Green Hornet: Death's Screaming Symphony; The Spirit of '76: The Souvenir Sword; Green Hornet: Mole Meets Hornet; Twinkle Twins: Madness For Minors; Zebra: Satan's False Face; Blonde Bomber: Viva Victory; Green Hornet Buzzers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jerry Robinson. Stories and art by George Roussos, Jerry Robinson, Ernie Schroeder, Art Helfant, and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Crooks robbing a museum are the first ones enslaved by a revived mummy, in a story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. Spirit of '76 seeks a rogue Japanese mini-sub that is sinking Allied vessels thousands of miles from Axis territory. Twinkle Twins encounter Axis spies, a disintegration ray, and a runaway gorilla. Green Hornet: The Mummy Murders!; The Spirit of '76: The Tiger Shark's Lair; Green Hornet: Last Mile Vengeance; Twinkle Twins: Gorilla-Tactics; Zebra: Death Plays the Outfield; Mighty Midgets: Lion Hunters; Flak From a Flying Fortress. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. GH seeks the cause of deadly accidents on a racetrack, in a story with art possibly by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. US fighter pilots must make a sacrifice during combat, in an early story from comics legend Joe Kubert. Stripe-wearing hero Zebra battles the hideously disfigured Dr. Diabole, in a pre-Code horror story that also marks Zebra's final appearance. Green Hornet: Death At The Finish Line; Spirit Of 76; Flossie; Twinkle Twins: Bombo Goes Berserk; Black Beauty Meets A Challenge; Mighty Midgets; Sacrifice; Zebra: The Phantom Philtre. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Green Hornet investigates smugglers on the bay, in a story with nice nautical art by Al Avison. The reader is invited to solve a two-page mystery before the Green Hornet can. The Phantom Stranger-like Man in Black presents a wartime tale of action and espionage. Also featuring a vintage ad for "New Postwar Roller Derby Outdoor Skates," "available for the first time in years" due to wartime metal rationing. Classic cover by Al Avison. Green Hornet: Fishes and Fools; Spirit Of 76; Green Hornet's U-Solve-It Mystery: Murder In the Baggage Car; The Forgotten Sound; Twinkle Twins: The Case of the Wandering Necklace; Fire With Fire!; Mighty Midgets: Seeing Things; Sacrifice; Man In Black: Tale of Treachery. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.