Kato #1

Spinning out of Kevin Smith's Green Hornet, Dynamite's Kato #1 gives the legendary sidekick his own spotlight in this 2010 series written by Ande Parks with interior art by Alé Garza. The cover by Joe Benitez and Mark Roslan is immediately arresting — a silver-haired elder in a dark mandarin-collar suit delivers a powerful high kick while behind him looms a masked, red-eyed figure in a long coat and fedora, the two figures radiating tension and danger against a shadowy backdrop. It's a striking first issue that promises plenty of martial arts intensity and intrigue for fans ready to see Kato take center stage.