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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published December 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
Pages 68
Editing Frank Temerson

Cover Details

Characters Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]
Genre superhero
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Letters typeset
Notes The Dynamite reprint cover was drawn by Joe Rubenstein w/Tony Avina.
Reprinted in The Green Hornet: Golden Age Remastered (Dynamite, 2010 series) #1

1 page Green Hornet text article "Green Hornet introduction"

Letters typeset
Notes Uncertain if there is an illustration. Inside front cover.

8 page The Green Hornet story "Catro, Union Racketeer"

Characters The Green Hornet [Britt Reid] (introduction); Kato [Hayashi Kato] (introduction); Mike Axford (introduction, newspaperman); Lenore "Casey" Case (introduction, Britt's secretary); Jacques (waiter, death); Catro (villain, introduction); Lefty (villain, introduction)
Synopsis The death of a waiter, who had been leading his union's fight against racket rule, leads the Green Hornet and Kato to rid that organization of its criminal bosses.
Genre superhero
Script Fran Striker (signed)
Pencils Bert Whitman Associates (signed)
Inks Bert Whitman Associates (signed)
Reprinted in The Green Hornet: Golden Age Remastered (Dynamite, 2010 series) #1

8 page The Green Hornet story "Murder In the Offing"

Characters Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Mrs. Marbury (introduction); Grafton (introduction, death); Ed Lowery (introduction); Michael (villain, introduction); Palmer (villain, introduction)
Synopsis Ther Hornet and Kato work to uncover a vicious murder, brought about when shyster lawyers take advantage of their position of trust to juggle funds entrusted to them.
Genre superhero
Script Fran Striker
Pencils Bert Whitman Associates
Inks Bert Whitman Associates
Reprinted in The Green Hornet: Golden Age Remastered (Dynamite, 2010 series) #1

8 page The Green Hornet story "Measure For Measure"

Characters The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Lenore "Casey" Case (Britt's secretary]; Lowery (Sentinel photographer); Mulhouse (introduction); Alton (villain); Monk (villain)
Synopsis Miss Case attempts to do a one-woman investigation of a racket in the Bureau of Weights and Measures, and has to be rescued by the Hornet.
Genre superhero
Script Fran Striker (signed)
Pencils Bert Whitman Associates (signed)
Inks Bert Whitman Associates (signed)
Reprinted in The Green Hornet: Golden Age Remastered (Dynamite, 2010 series) #1

8 page The Green Hornet story "Accidents On Purpose"

Characters The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Mike Axford {Sentinel reporter); Lenore "Casey" Case (Britt's secretary); Mr. Carson (introduction); Mrs. Carson (introduction); Kreevy (villain, introduction, Freeman's lawyer); Hopper (villain, introduction); Freeman (villain, introduction); Dutch (villain, introduction)
Synopsis When Miss Case is beaten, the Green Hornet goes into action to expose the heads of an automobile association accident racket.
Genre superhero
Script Fran Striker
Pencils Bert Whitman Associates
Inks Bert Whitman Associates
Reprinted in The Green Hornet: Golden Age Remastered (Dynamite, 2010 series) #1

2 page The Green Hornet text story "Sins of the Fathers"

Characters The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]
Genre superhero
Script Fran Striker
Letters typeset
Notes Feature surmised from character reference by Ted Watson, August 2010. Unknown if there is an illustration.

8 page The Green Hornet story "Racketeers Go To the Dogs"

Characters The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Lowery (Sentinel photographer); Lenore "Casey" Case (Britt's secretary); Tommy Mulhouse (introduction); Mrs. Mulhouse (introduction, Tommy's mother); Cole (villain, introduction); Allman (villain, introduction); Shorty (villain, introduction)
Synopsis Britt Reid becomes interested in an advertisement for the recovery of a lost dog, and, as the Green Hornet, strikes at professional dog thieves.
Genre superhero
Script Fran Striker
Pencils Bert Whitman Associates
Inks Bert Whitman Associates
Reprinted in The Green Hornet: Golden Age Remastered (Dynamite, 2010 series) #2 (2010)

8 page The Green Hornet story "A Copyright On Chiseling"

Characters The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Lenore "Casey" Case [Britt's secretary]; Lowery (Sentinel photographer); Tompkins (introduction, author); Mrs. Thompkins (introduction); Ryder (villain, introduction); Cross (villain, introduction)
Synopsis The Hornet and Kato act swiftly to strike a ruthless racketeers who prey upon gullible writers.
Genre superhero
Script Fran Striker
Pencils Bert Whitman Associates
Inks Bert Whitman Associates
Reprinted in The Green Hornet: Golden Age Remastered (Dynamite, 2010 series) #2 (2010)

6 page The Green Hornet story "Graft Beyond the Grave"

Characters The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Lowery (Sentinel photographer); Lenore "Casey" Case [Britt's secretary]; Gunnigan [Sentinel's city editor); Larry Borden [as Joe Hunt] (introduction); Mrs. Borden (introduction); Webster (villain, introduction); Tierney (villain, introduction)
Synopsis Britt comes to the aid of widows who are being victimized by criminals making a regular business of engaging in hearse chasing.
Genre superhero
Script Fran Striker
Pencils Bert Whitman Associates
Inks Bert Whitman Associates
Reprinted in The Green Hornet: Golden Age Remastered (Dynamite, 2010 series) #2 (2010)

8 page The Green Hornet story "No Sale In Premiums"

Characters The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]' Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Mike Axford (Sentinel reporter]; Lenore "Casey" Case (Britt's secretary); Sergeant Moran; Lister (villain, introduction); Crosby (villain, introduction)
Synopsis When angry storekeepers discover that they have been victimized by a smooth-tongued confidence man who cannot be located, the Hornet and Kato locate him and reveals this man's connection to a political higher-up.
Genre superhero
Script Fran Striker
Pencils Bert Whitman Associates
Inks Bert Whitman Associates
Reprinted in The Green Hornet: Golden Age Remastered (Dynamite, 2010 series) #2 (2010)