| Issue | #39 |
| Published | December 1994 |
| Cover Price | 2.50 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Joan Weis (Managing editor), Geoff White (Editor) |
| Notes | This issue is published in the four-color/newsprint format. |
| Characters | Crimson Wasp; Mei Li |
| Genre | Superhero; Crime |
| Pencils | Patrick Zircher |
| Inks | Todd S. Tuttle |
| Colors | Patrick Williams |
| Notes | This issue is published in the four-color/newsprint format. |
| Characters | Crimson Wasp; Mei Li [The Dragon's Claw] (V); Green Hornet IV; Kato II; Kato IV [Kono Kato](I costumed identity, albeit in Kato II garb). |
| Synopsis | Continued from last issue: 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. The tong warriors have their special weapons deflected toward each other and are defeated. The Wasp does indeed overcome her adversary, but the image of her father causes her to spare the other woman and release her. While the masked heroes compare notes--Kono says that he has been sent to replace his uncle behind the mask permanently, even though Hayashi hadn't told anyone about his plans to stop vigilante work on a fulltime basis once he and Diana marry--the Daughter of the Dragon collects her fallen men and departs. |
| Genre | Superhero; Crime |
| Script | Joan Weis |
| Pencils | Vinton Heuck |
| Inks | Todd S. Tuttle; Holly Sanfelippo; Andrea Albert |
| Colors | Holly Sanfelippo |
| Letters | Andrea Albert |
| Notes | Special credit--""Dragon Claw' concept by Todd S. Tuttle." No Reid or Kato family member appears in civilian identity in this story; the new Kato is also identified above as Kono Kato only because this is his first ever appearance in costume. There is no hint of an explanation as to how Kato II can have any knowledge of the existence of Mei Li's claw at all, let alone a weapon designed specifically for it (compounded by the Wasp's admission to Kono that she "made the mistake of taking the unknown--her claw--at face value"; her brother is incredibly well-prepared for the thing while she is totally ignorant of it?), nor as to how the former Daughter of the Dragon quickly regains its use. |
| Characters | Crimson Wasp; Mei Li |
| Synopsis | Two-page blow-up of this issue's front cover art, with the logo greatly reduced and imprint, etc., eliminated. Opens with a page that is white and blank except for the series logo, and closes with a similar one with the publisher's logo. |
| Pencils | Patrick Zircher |
| Inks | Todd S. Tuttle |
| Colors | Patrick Williams |
| Notes | Centerspread between pages 12 & 13 of Sequence 1. |
| Reprinted | This issue's front cover art. |
| Characters | Various |
| Synopsis | Promotion of five NOW Comics releases. |
| Pencils | Various |
| Inks | Various |
| Notes | Between pages 15 & 16 of Sequence 1. This feature appeared in most NOW releases for this month. |
| Reprinted | Covers of five NOW Comics publications, including both covers of one comic produced in flip-book format, all completely devoid of logos or other copy. |
| Synopsis | Letters from Scott Phelps, Andy Lawrence, and Greg Kerrigan, with editorial responses. |
| Script | Joan Weis |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Kato II; Kato IV |
| Synopsis | A preview of the following month's issue of this series. |
| Pencils | Patrick Zircher |
| Inks | Todd S. Tuttle |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Reprinted | Cover art for the next issue, devoid of logo, imprint, or any other copy. |
| Characters | Kato IV |
| Synopsis | Information about the newly added Kato character, as if provided by himself, with a humorous tone. Alongside the text is an illustration of him in his own, previously unseen (except for the reduced repro of #40's cover art in Sequence 5), costume, as well as the standard list of NOW staffers. |
| Letters | Typeset (main text), ? (one scrawled word). |
| Notes | This feature appeared on the last interior page of most NOW releases this month. The illustration does not appear to have been published in any other context. |
| Synopsis | Brief promo of this issue's contents. |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | The UPC code box appears here rather than on the front cover. |