Green Hornet

• Title: Green Hornet #2
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• Writer: Scott Lobdell
• Artist: Anthony Marques

Although they initially mistake the strange being in front of them for an alien, and the creature does everything in its power to force that assumption, Britt Reid and Kato discover the creature before them to be a British astronaut transformed through his reintroduction to Earth’s atmosphere as his secret space station was destroyed by a passing spaceship.

Seeking answers and revenge on the pilot of the spacecraft that led both to his transformation and the death of his fellow astronaut, the creature is in no mood for the Green Hornet’s attempt at an olive branch demanding answers and the location of the pilot who he blames for his current condition.

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• Title: Green Hornet #1
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• Writer: Scott Lobdell
• Artist: Anthony Marques

What immediately drew my attention to Green Hornet #1 was the art of Anthony Marques which popped right off the page in beautiful black and white. I’m a fan of the character of the Green Hornet, but honestly I wasn’t planning on spending much time with yet another series featuring a new take on the character (I’ve lost count how many different comics Dynamite Entertainment has put out over the years). The look of the comic made me take notice.

After a few minor skirmishes both in costume and as themselves, the story begins in earnest as the Green Hornet and Kato get in over their heads while searching for a missing reporter from Britt Reid’s newspaper The Sentinel. The trouble also includes a baby, the United States Army, and a UFO.

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• Title: Green Hornet #13
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• Writer: Mark Waid
• Artist: Ronilson Freire

Mark Waid’s run on the Green Hornet comes to an end with the final issue of the series that goes out with more of a whimper than a bang. Last issue wrapped up the Green Hornet‘s adventure with Britt Reid and Kato contemplating retiring the costumed vigilante for good. This issue reveals the identity of the person who stole the Hornet’s costume and weapons to continue the fight and force Britt Reid to face his creation which is no longer in his control.

Hero origins often come with a cost, and although I understand Waid’s reasoning for the actions Lenore Case commits I don’t quite buy the sacrifice she makes to guilt Britt Reid into continuing his costumed adventures (or that Reid would need such convincing in the first place). And with Reid still separated from The Sentinel the comic also leaves a dangling thread of the story undone as there is no room her for the newspaper man to reclaim what he’s lost over the thirteen-issue series. Hit-and-Miss.

[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]