The 2nd issue of The Green Hornet was a comic book published by NOW Comics. It was the second issue of their eponymous Green Hornet series and picked up the story from the previous issue, introducing a new contemporaneous generation of crime-fighters. It was released in December 1989 and contained two Green Hornet features: a 25 page untitled story and a single page feature outlining the Reid and Kato family trees.
Untitled story[]
Appearances[]
Synopsis[]
It's November 5th, 1989, and a green-clad figure walks alone through the smoking ruins of the Reid Estate. In what was Britt Reid's study, the masked man discovers a scrapbook untouched by the fire, and begins to look through it's contents. After seeing a newspaper clipping regarding the death of archeologists Tom and Mary Reid in 1972, the man begins to reminisce to the days of his youth...
1979: Paul Reid walks home to Reid Tower with a classmate named Heather, and takes her up to his family's private penthouse. Inside, Paul's brother Alan and his "butler" Hayashi Kato are working out in the gym. After introductions, Paul and Alan's uncle, Britt Reid II offers for Heather to join them for supper. When the kids leave, Britt tells Hayashi that after dinner, The Green Hornet is going out on a mission.
By nightfall, The Green Hornet and Kato are on their way to a little dairy farm, which is actually a front for gunrunners dealing illegal automatic weapons. The duo wastes no time once they arrive to break up the deal. A fight quickly breaks out between the gangsters and the two vigilantes, but the thugs are no match for the Hornet's gas gun and Kato's martial arts skills. With the mobsters subdued and tied up inside the barn, the Green Hornet and Kato depart in the Black Beauty.
Reid family tree[]
Appearances[]
- Dan Reid Jr.
- Margaret Sanford
- Helen Sawyer
- Jack Reid
- Britt Reid
- Ruth Hopkins
- Diana Reid
- Mary Graham
- Tom Reid
- Britt Reid II
- Lenore Case
- Alan Reid
- Paul Reid
- Dan Reid III
Synopsis[]
An outline tracing the past five generations of the Reid family.
Kato family tree[]
Appearances[]
- Oshura
- Ikano Kato
- Marie Granier
- Hayashi Kato
- Mishi Kato
- Kumura Kato
- Hatami Kato
Synopsis[]
An outline tracing the past four generations of the Kato family.