Kato of the Green Hornet II #1
"Bad Boy" kicks off Kato of the Green Hornet II #1 with a pulse-pounding thriller set in the heart of The City, where rock star Sragow—famed for his wild lifestyle and recent brush with death—arrives under heavy security. With a killer using Asian martial arts and a trail of personal vendettas, Green Hornet IV’s protégé Hayashi Kato is called in to protect him, clashing immediately with Sragow’s brash persona. Written by Mike Baron and illustrated by Val Mayerik, with inks by James Sherman and colors by Suzanne Dechnik, the issue builds tension with a deadly arrow shot through a hotel window and a shadowy figure poised in the concert crowd—setting up a showdown that’s sure to escalate. Cover by Val Mayerik.
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Rock star Sandy Sragow (professionally known simply as Sragow) is almost murdered on stage during a Boston concert, and his tour's next stop is The City. Due to his connection to Reid Communications and his having played in some sessions produced by the involved record label's president, concert pianist Paul Reid (a.k.a. Green Hornet IV) is asked by the mayor what he might be able to offer in security arrangements. As the would-be killer used Asian martial arts weaponry and the star is a buff, Paul asks Hayashi Kato to help. The obvious suspects are the Spitting Cobras, a street gang Sragow anatgonized by firing two of its members from his entourage, and Ned Karthage, the ex-business partner and former lover of his label's president, Faye Ripien. At the City's airport, Kato meets the rocker, who recognizes him from his kung fu movies and demotes his regular bodyguard, Rex, to driver. Sragow's profanity, drug abuse, promiscuity and arrogance do not sit well with Hayashi. Five Cobras accost the two while working out at a dojo, but are easily handled. However, while Sragow later entertains two playmates in his high rise hotel suite, an arrow smashes through the window and kills one of the women. During his concert, a man in the shadows lets loose an arrow from a compound bow....Concluded next issue.
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