The Green Hornet

A masked crimefighter continuing the legacy of a classic pulp hero, the Green Hornet poses as a powerful crime boss to infiltrate and dismantle criminal organizations from within, aided by his martial-arts-expert partner Kato.

Few pulp legends made the leap to the Copper Age with as much style as The Green Hornet, whose NOW Comics revival brought this classic crime-fighter roaring into the early 1990s with fresh energy and a devoted readership. Debuting in The Green Hornet #7 in 1990 — crafted by writer Ron Fortier and artist Jeff Butler — this incarnation found a home across a rich constellation of titles including The Green Hornet: Solitary Sentinel and Tales of the Green Hornet, racking up 53 catalog appearances across a run that stretched through 1995. The roster of characters sharing these pages — Kato, Kato II, Britt Reid, and Ikano Kato among them — speaks to a layered, generational mythology that NOW Comics leaned into with real ambition. With at least one key collector issue to its name, this is a chapter of Green Hornet history that rewards the dedicated fan willing to dig into one of the most spirited licensed-character runs of its era.