| Characters |
Paul Reid; Mishi Kato; Lucas Heartworthy; Hayashi Kato; Diana Reid; Britt Reid I (killed in this issue); Angela Devane (villain); David Devane (villain); Britt Reid II; Murray, the Reids' butler (killed in this issue); Ikano Kato; Marie Kato |
| Synopsis |
Continued from last issue...October 8, 1986: Paul Reid is recalled from a concert appearance in Paris because of his brother's death. Approx. November 1, 1989: Mishi Kato finds her brother Hayashi a drunk in his beach house (in "Santa Barbara"), blaming himself for Alan's death, and she starts him on the road to sobriety and to restoring relations with the Reids. In The City (on "the east coast"), D.A. Diana Reid realizes that her former college pal Angela Devane is indeed following in her father's felonious footsteps and intends to kill Britt I. The motive: Diana had assured Angela shortly after her father's 1979 murder (in #3) that she knew for a fact that, despite appearances, the Green Hornet had not killed him, tipping Angela that the Reids were involved deeply with the Hornets. Meanwhile, Britt II asks Paul to pick up the mask and avenge his brother, showing him the newest Black Beauty in the process, but the young man adamantly refuses. Diane arrives at the Reid mansion to warn her father of Angela's intent, at which point Devane forces launch a devastating attack. Continued next issue.... |
| Genre |
Crime; super-hero |
| Script |
Ron Fortier |
| Pencils |
Jeff Butler |
| Inks |
David Mowry |
| Colors |
Tammy Daniel |
| Letters |
P. [Patrick] Williams |
| Notes |
1: In the beach house scene, the intoxicated Hayashi Kato is wearing trousers consistent with his costume while his mask lies on the floor next to him; this indicates that the caption-indicated passage of three years since Green Hornet III's murder was a last minute, post-art change (i.e., after Kato returned to Hornet HQ, gave the family the bad news and in a moment of shock and grief was blamed for the tragedy, he went home and started drinking without changing clothes, stripping to his pants over the course of a three-DAY drunk; in this connection also note that plot requirements of NOW's Green Hornet miniseries, Solitary Sentinel, put the "beach house" in the immediate vicinity of The City, rather than across the continent as caption-indicated here). 2: There is no hint here or in subsequent stories, features or even letter columns as to what explanation was put on the public record for the death of "Alan Reid" by his family. 3: This issue establishes "Jackknife" Devane's real first name as Joey, in three different scenes. |
| Reprinted |
in "Green Hornet, The" (hardback book), NOW Comics & Bonus Books, 1990. |
| Characters |
Green Hornet II; Kato II |
| Synopsis |
An essay describing the release of Dave Dorman's painting from the cover of this series' second issue as a print, and of the first issue of a miniseries, "The Terminator: The Burning Earth." Beneath this are listings for nine NOW comics "on sale NOW," with creative talent credits and synopses, plus a boxed list of NOW's staff. |
| Pencils |
Dave Dorman (painting) (signed) |
| Inks |
Dave Dorman (painting) (signed) |
| Letters |
Typeset |
| Notes |
The feature has an off-white background and appeared on the last interior page of most NOW releases of this cover date. |
| Reprinted |
from Green Hornet, NOW, 1989 series, #2, the cover painting, in b/w. |