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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published August 1967
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes 1202-708; TV series photo of Van Williams as the Green Hornet and Bruce Lee as Kato; Green Hornet TV emblem in inset.

Cover Details - "The Counterplot Affair!"

Characters Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato
Genre superhero
Pencils Photo
Inks Photo
Notes 1202-708; TV series photo of Van Williams as the Green Hornet and Bruce Lee as Kato; Green Hornet TV emblem in inset.

1 page Green Hornet, The filler

Characters Green Hornet [Britt Reid]
Synopsis Photo of Van Williams as the Green Hornet.
Pencils Photo
Inks Photo
Colors B/W
Notes On inside front cover.

21 page Green Hornet, The story "The Counterplot Affair"

Characters Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato; D.A. Frank Scanlon; Lenore "Casey" Case; Mike Axford
Synopsis The child prince of an oil-rich middle-eastern kingdom is targeted for overthrow while visiting the Green Hornet's city.
Genre superhero; crime
Script Paul Newman
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Notes The plot premise is reminiscent of the TV episode "Trouble for Prince Charming"; Casey Case's real first name, Lenore, is not used in this issue.

1 page filler "Mini-Comics"

Synopsis A 17 panel silent gag strip.
Genre Humor
Notes Follows page 14 of Sequence 2 as the first item of a four-page center insert that appeared in many Gold Key titles of this cover date.

1 page filler "Monster Museum"

Synopsis Drawings and textual descriptions of four non-existent creatures.
Genre Humor
Notes Follows Sequence 3 in center insert.

1 page filler "Quick Takes"

Synopsis Four silent three-panel gag cartoon strips.
Genre Humor
Notes Follows Sequence 4 in center insert.

1 page filler "Jest for Fun"

Synopsis 17 jokes sent in from readers, with one illustration for the logo and another for the final joke.
Genre Humor
Script Mary Pat Manion; Marsha Chrisman; Frank Prio; Becky Viscuso; Carolyn Olson; Jayne Roseman; Robert Nelson; Chris Christie; Barbara Symons; Beverly Rarick; Peggy Christy; Gary Nelsoix; Peggy Moser; Joseph Savino
Letters Typeset
Notes Follows Sequence 5 to conclude the center insert; Sequence 2 resumes afterward with page 15.

5 page Green Hornet, The story "Masquerade"

Characters Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato; D.A. Frank Scanlon
Synopsis Attending a charity benefit/masquerade ball as the Green Hornet and his associate, Britt Reid and Kato find two other people dressed the same way robbing the place.
Genre superhero; crime
Script Paul Newman
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Notes Plot elements are reminiscent of the TV episodes "Crime Wave" (the costume party) and "Corpse of the Year" (the Hornet imposter); next comics appearance of the Green Hornet in The Green Hornet (NOW Comics), 1989 series aka Vol. 1, #1, November 1989.

1 page filler "Chuckle Time"

Synopsis Four one-panel cartoon gags.
Genre Humor

1 page Picture Dictionary filler "W the Walrus"

Synopsis A discussion of the walrus, with illustrations.
Genre Fact
Letters ? (logo); Typeset

1 page Green Hornet, The filler "The Green Hornet's Crime-Fighting Aids"

Synopsis Illustrations of the Hornet Gas Gun, Hornet Pocket Watch, Hornet Mask, Hornet Sting, and Black Beauty, with brief textual descriptions of their respective functions and uses.
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dan Spiegle?
Inks Dan Spiegle?
Colors B/W
Notes On inside back cover.

1 page Green Hornet, The (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "The Green Hornet Pin-up"

Characters Kato; Green Hornet [Britt Reid]
Synopsis B/W TV series photo of Bruce Lee as Kato and Van Williams as the Green Hornet, with color borders.
Genre Superhero
Pencils Photo
Inks Photo