| Issue | #40 |
| Published | January 1995 |
| Cover Price | 2.50 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Joan Weis (Managing editor); Geoffrey White (Editor) |
| Notes | This was the final issue of the series, and was published on heavy, high quality paper with full-color, offset printing, following several months of production in the four-color/newsprint format. |
| Characters | Kato II; Kato IV |
| Genre | Superhero; Crime |
| Pencils | Patrick Zircher (signed) |
| Inks | Todd S. Tuttle (signed) |
| Colors | Patrick Williams |
| Notes | This was the final issue of the series, and was published on heavy, high quality paper with full-color, offset printing, following several months of production in the four-color/newsprint format. |
| Characters | Mishi Kato; Diana Reid; Kono Kato [Kato IV]; Hayashi Kato [Kato II]; Paul Reid [Green Hornet IV]; Constantine "Con" Stefanopoulos (Villain, killed); Helen Stefanopoulos (Villain); Frankie (Villain, killed). |
| Synopsis | As Hayashi trains Kono to be the new Kato, Mishi and Diana discuss the younger man. His aunt expected to replace Hay in the Hornet operation, but will settle for being one of Diana's bridesmaids at the wedding. The two Japanese men report to Paul the results of their check of a bug previously planted on the Stefanopoulos estate, learning of an incoming illegal shipment of Greek artifacts. Patriarch Constantine, however, arranges for the Hornet to be informed of it and pick up his "cut," against the advice of his daughter, Helena, to whom he nonetheless assigns the details. Frankie tells her that as soon as the old man goes back to Greece, HE will be placed in charge. As it all sounds totally routine, Kono rather than Hay will be the Hornet's driver. At the docks, police sirens reveal a double cross, and Helena tells them that the "hot stuff" came in three days ago, so SHE isn't going to be "busted" here. Kono, never having driven the Beauty before, doesn't know the necessary evasive action or how to execute it, and the Hornet takes over via voice control. They just make it, and Paul unfairly states that Kono lost his cool. Helena seduces a thug into killing her father and Frankie for her, then shoots him and tells other members of the household that she just barely evaded his attempt on her life! |
| Genre | Superhero; Crime |
| Script | Joan Weis |
| Pencils | Jose Rivera |
| Inks | Todd S. Tuttle; Andrea Albert |
| Colors | Holly Sanfelippo |
| Letters | Andrea Albert |
| Notes | This story was intended to give the readers a breather after several issues of nail-biting suspense and action. It firmly established the new Kato after his brief introduction last issue and set up future plotlines. Unfortunately, NOW's cessation of operations left the latter unrealized. "Constantine" is incorrectly rendered as "Constatine" on page 5, panel 2, and three panels later the word "course" is duplicated. |
| Characters | Kato II; Kato IV |
| Synopsis | The art for the front cover, blown up to a two-page spread, and completely devoid of logos, imprint, etc. This feature opens with a white page blank but for the Green Hornet logo, and closes with a similar page bearing the publisher's logo. |
| Pencils | Patrick Zircher |
| Inks | Todd S. Tuttle |
| Notes | Centerspread between pages 13 & 14 of Sequence 1. |
| Reprinted | This issue's front cover art. |
| Characters | Various |
| Synopsis | Promotion of six NOW comics, two consecutive issues each from three different series, with cover repros. |
| Pencils | Various |
| Inks | Various |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Between pages 16 & 17 of Sequence 1. This feature appeared in most NOW releases for this month. |
| Reprinted | Covers of six NOW Comics publications, completely devoid of logos, imprints, or copy of any kind. |
| Synopsis | Letters from Chris Mentzer and Matt Spaulding, with editorial responses. |
| Script | Joan Weis |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Green Hornet IV |
| Synopsis | A "preview" of what was intended to be the next issue of this series, with a text blurb and a small repro of the cover, with no logo, imprint, or copy of any kind. The described two-part storyline, concerning the murders of small children, does not seem to build on anything set up in this issue's story, nor involve Mei Li who was left free at the end of the preceding installment. |
| Pencils | ? (signed [BSH?]) |
| Inks | ? (signed?) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Issue #41 was never published. The art bears at least one set (BSH?), possibly two, of initials, but in this reduced presentation, they are not quite legible. The possible second set is an overlapping scrawl in the style of Jim Aparo's famous "JA" signature, if THIS is initials at all. |
| Characters | Peg, Bud and Al Bundy (of Married...With Children) |
| Synopsis | Announcement of a "contest" (there were to be absolutely no prizes) in which readers would offer NOW Comics panels altered for comedic effect in the tradition of the "...almost slipped by" gags which appeared sporadically on the untitled and variantly formatted last-page feature throughout NOW's line. A new example, from a Married...With Children issue, is included. There is also a "Newsflash" concerning the discovery of additional back issues to be offered through their service, and the usual list of NOW staffers. |
| Letters | Typeset (main text); ? (art caption) |
| Notes | As NOW ceased operations after this month's releases, the contest was never actually conducted. This feature appeared on the last interior page of most NOW releases for this month. |
| Reprinted | A panel from Kelly Goes To Kollege #3, altered for humorous effect. |
| Synopsis | Promotion of this issue's main story. |
| Notes | The UPC code's box appears here instead of on the front. |