Green Hornet Comics (1940) comic books 1946-1948

Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Art Helfant, and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The musical killer called The Note uses his robot hand to play a violin note that causes death and destruction, in an offbeat story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. Spirit of '76 tries to help his buddy Tubby collect a samurai sword from WWII Japan without getting killed in the process. Twinkle Twins seek a bartender who serves minors, in a somewhat heavy-handed temperance story that targets the then-new concept of "juke joints." Green Hornet: Death's Screaming Symphony; The Spirit of '76: The Souvenir Sword; Green Hornet: Mole Meets Hornet; Twinkle Twins: Madness For Minors; Zebra: Satan's False Face; Blonde Bomber: Viva Victory; Green Hornet Buzzers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jerry Robinson. Stories and art by George Roussos, Jerry Robinson, Ernie Schroeder, Art Helfant, and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Crooks robbing a museum are the first ones enslaved by a revived mummy, in a story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. Spirit of '76 seeks a rogue Japanese mini-sub that is sinking Allied vessels thousands of miles from Axis territory. Twinkle Twins encounter Axis spies, a disintegration ray, and a runaway gorilla. Green Hornet: The Mummy Murders!; The Spirit of '76: The Tiger Shark's Lair; Green Hornet: Last Mile Vengeance; Twinkle Twins: Gorilla-Tactics; Zebra: Death Plays the Outfield; Mighty Midgets: Lion Hunters; Flak From a Flying Fortress. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. GH seeks the cause of deadly accidents on a racetrack, in a story with art possibly by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. US fighter pilots must make a sacrifice during combat, in an early story from comics legend Joe Kubert. Stripe-wearing hero Zebra battles the hideously disfigured Dr. Diabole, in a pre-Code horror story that also marks Zebra's final appearance. Green Hornet: Death At The Finish Line; Spirit Of 76; Flossie; Twinkle Twins: Bombo Goes Berserk; Black Beauty Meets A Challenge; Mighty Midgets; Sacrifice; Zebra: The Phantom Philtre. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Green Hornet investigates smugglers on the bay, in a story with nice nautical art by Al Avison. The reader is invited to solve a two-page mystery before the Green Hornet can. The Phantom Stranger-like Man in Black presents a wartime tale of action and espionage. Also featuring a vintage ad for "New Postwar Roller Derby Outdoor Skates," "available for the first time in years" due to wartime metal rationing. Classic cover by Al Avison. Green Hornet: Fishes and Fools; Spirit Of 76; Green Hornet's U-Solve-It Mystery: Murder In the Baggage Car; The Forgotten Sound; Twinkle Twins: The Case of the Wandering Necklace; Fire With Fire!; Mighty Midgets: Seeing Things; Sacrifice; Man In Black: Tale of Treachery. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Art Helfant, A. W. Nugent and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Blonde Bomber catches a jewel thief by using x-rays. The Man in Black narrates the strange tale of a deep-sea diver who finds a sunken treasure with an experimental new diving suit. Tubby's cousin Hector learns Spirit of '76's secret identity and becomes his teen sidekick. Green Hornet: Death As a Service; Spirit Of 76; You Find 'Em!; Blonde Bomber: The X-Ray of a Jewel Thief; Mighty Midgets: The Sky's the Limit; All-Sports Puzzler; Dry Swamp; Ricky Roony; Detective You; Man In Black; Bimbo's Beanery. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Rotund river pirate Jolly Roger targets a ferryboat, until Green Hornet enters the picture. Blonde Bomber gets mixed up with a murdered symphony conductor and his identical twin. A daring pilot tries to break a coast-to-coast flight-speed record, but he didn't reckon on Googy the Gremlin. The Man in Black gives himself a name in this story: Mr. Twilight. Green Hornet: Ferryboat Fantasy; Spirit Of 76; Mighty Mountain; Blonde Bomber: Concerto for Death; Mighty Midgets; Man In Black. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Green Hornet investigates when men are killed after their obituaries appear in the newspaper. Blonde Bomber accidentally photographs a murderer while shooting society-page photos at an upscale party. Mad scientists use a female pilot and her fiance as fodder for their reanimation experiments, until the Man in Black steps in. Green Hornet: The Obituary Murders; Spirit Of 76; Slaughter Island; The 216; Roddie; Blonde Bomber: Portrait of a Murderer; Mighty Midgets Out West; Man In Black. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Bill Draut, and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Hornet tracks a gang that specializes in stealing evidence from police warehouses to sabotage prosecutions. The Society of the Black Skull frames Tommy for a bank robbery, and only his pal Spirit Of 76 can clear his name. Female private eye (and early action girl) Calamity Jane finds real danger after she's hired to protect a mischievous rich kid. Green Hornet: The Case of the Souvenir Hunter; Spirit Of 76; The Kingpin of Crime; Ricky Roony; Story Behind the Cover: High-Dive Death; Calamity Jane: The Fat Tuesday. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Bill Draut, Buford Tune and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Hornet investigates a grisly murder at a steel foundry, and almost gets cast as his own statue. Spirit Of 76 deals with an impostor and two beautiful women at a fancy society party, who each want to use him for their own purposes, in a particularly goofy story. Female private eye (and early action girl) Calamity Jane reveals how a man met his exact double, in a story featuring a cameo by Calamity Jane artist Bill Draut himself. Green Hornet: Molten Justice; Spirit Of 76; The Case of the Floating Body; Snoop and Droop; Dotty Dripple; Calamity Jane: The Man Who Met Himself. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Bob Powell, Bill Draut, Buford Tune and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Hornet investigates a mad doctor who drives wealthy and powerful people to suicide with drugs of his own design. Electric-powered hero Shock Gibson faces gigantic monsters while exploring the far side of the moon with his science team. The origin of boxer Kid Adonis, in a story with art by Joe Simon and a likely script assist by Jack Kirby. Creative cover by Al Avison. Green Hornet: Maker of Madness; Spirit Of 76: Kidnap Kapers; Shock Gibson: The Giant-Eared Giants!; Green Hornet: Tearoom Murders; Kid Adonis: Bust of Adonis; The Furnished Room: The Smiling Salesman; Green Hornet vs. Puppet Master; Dotty Dripple. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Joe Simon, C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Bob Powell, Bill Draut, Buford Tune and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Hornet battles arson on the docks, in a story with an action-packed splash page. Electric-powered hero Shock Gibson and his science team, Beautee and Dr. Bright, face Dr. Gromkin and the Moonmen on the far side of the moon. Boxer Kid Adonis meets the overconfident Superior Male, a strange visitor from another planet, giving Simon and Kirby the chance to spoof Superman himself. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Green Hornet: Boomerang; Crime and Combustion: Shock Gibson: Death on the Moon; Green Hornet: Blackmail; Kid Adonis: The Affairs of the Man from Out of This World; The Furnished Room; Dotty Dripple. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Allen Saunders, Ken Ernst, Buford Tune and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Hornet must clear his name after imitation "Green Hornets" frame him for crimes. The Simon-Kirby superhero Stuntman stumbles across a resort town for crime, where mobsters have team-building workshops. Plus reprints of the classic comic strip Mary Worth, as Mary probes the secrets of Gypsy Monez. Cover by Al Avison owes a debt to Eisner's The Spirit. Green Hornet: The Men Behind the Masks; Mary Worth; Stuntman: Rest Camp for Criminals; Green Hornet: Unknown Terror; Veil of Deception; Dotty Dripple. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Ken Ernst, Buford Tune and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Hornet investigates a rigged game show. Then he goes after an insurance swindle that targets an old friend. The reader is invited to solve a two-page mystery before the Green Hornet can. Plus reprints of the classic comic strip Mary Worth - perhaps as un-superheroic a strip as possible - as Mary probes the secrets of Gypsy Monez. Green Hornet: Digits For Dumbbells; Mary Worth; Green Hornet: My Money--Your Life; Green Hornet's U-Solve-It Mystery: Case 49235-X; The Killer's Brand; Race Against Death; Dotty Dripple. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Paul McCarthy, Allen Saunders, Ken Ernst, Buford Tune and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Hornet tracks an auto-theft ring. Rival astronomers come to blows over naming rights to a new star, in another story with a strong Spirit-era Eisner feel. The reader is invited to solve a mystery before the Green Hornet can, after a man calls the Hornet to report his own impending murder. Plus reprints of the classic comic strip Mary Worth. Green Hornet: Crime on Wheels; Mary Worth; Green Hornet: The Stolen Star; Green Hornet's U-Solve-It Mystery: Death Pays a Sick Call; Ricky Roony; Dotty Dripple; Green Hornet: Dragnet of Doom; Sally and the Gang; Green Hornet: Green for Danger. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola, Buford Tune and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. A $40,000 loaf of bread leads Green Hornet to a smuggling ring on the waterfront. A gambling racket uses orphans as runners, until one of them alerts the Hornet. The reader is invited to solve a two-page mystery before the Green Hornet can. Plus reprints of the classic detective comic strip Kerry Drake. Also featuring a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Babe Ruth Story," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck and a cameo by actor William Bendix, promoting the film The Babe Ruth Story. Green Hornet: Treachery on the Waterfront; Green Hornet: The Orphanage Racket; Green Hornet's U-Solve-It Mystery; Winnie the Waitress; Kerry Drake: Crime Can't Win; Dotty Dripple; Green Hornet: Case of the Golden Eye; Green Hornet: Secret of the Tomb. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.