| Issue | #12 [Direct] |
| Published | August 1992 |
| Cover Price | $2.50 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Tony Caputo (Editor in chief); Joan Weis (Editor) |
| Notes | Entire issue simultaneously published in newsstand edition with different cover art, different cover sub-name and different number, Anniversary Special #1, both names/numbers given in indicia. |
| Characters | Crimson Wasp; Green Hornet IV; Kato II |
| Genre | Superhero; crime |
| Pencils | Sandra Chang (painting, signed) |
| Inks | Sandra Chang (painting, signed) |
| Colors | Sandra Chang (painting, signed) |
| Notes | Entire issue simultaneously published in newsstand edition with different cover art, different cover sub-name and different number, Anniversary Special #1, both names/numbers given in indicia. |
| Characters | Marie Kato (flashback only); Mishi Kato [Crimson Wasp]; Hayashi Kato [Kato II]; Paul Reid [Green Hornet IV]; Jonathan Dunhill [Johnny Dollar] (flashback only); Hatami Kato (flashback only) |
| Synopsis | 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. Eventually, a suspect is identified, but found an apparent suicide, with Dunhill writing off the money as already squandered. Moments after Eric proposes marriage to Mishi, Johnny Dollar, a.k.a. Dunhill, and some hired thugs burst in shooting, the idea being to permanently silence Ms. Kato before she can raise her father's suspicions, but she survives. Not so fortunate are Eric or Katya, and Mishi is surprised to learn that she has miscarried Eric's baby. To be continued.... |
| Genre | Superhero; crime |
| Script | Ron Fortier |
| Pencils | Tod Smith |
| Inks | David Mowry |
| Colors | Joseph Allen; The Now Staff |
| Letters | Andrea Albert |
| Genre | Superhero; crime |
| Notes | A button, bearing a drawing of a green hornet, very similar to the insect figure that swept back and forth across the screen during the main opening titles of the 1960s Green Hornet TV series, is polybagged with the comic. |
| Script | Joan M. Weis |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | Announcement of writer Ron Fortier's return to the NOW series he had developed and launched. |
| Script | Joan M. Weis |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | 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. |
| Script | Joan M. Weis |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Includes a photo of Peter Fernandez, Corinne Orr and NOW publisher Tony Caputo, and a boxed list of NOW's staff. |