The Green Hornet: Solitary Sentinel #1
In "Strike Force: Solitary Sentinel Part 1," Paul Reid, the grandson of the original Green Hornet, steps into the mantle during a city under siege—where the mayor’s cronies have silenced the press, arrested allies, and turned the streets into a police state. With the family in disarray and the city’s media under control, Paul must don his grandfather’s iconic gear and vanish into the shadows, becoming the Green Hornet not to fight crime, but to survive it. Written by James Van Hise and illustrated by Terry Tidwell, with inks by Butch Burcham and colors by Joseph Allen, the issue’s cover by Jason Palmer captures the weight of this new vigilante’s burden.
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A senior citizen Britt Reid II thinks back. November 1990: Despite having his "thug tactics" exposed by the Daily Sentinel and other media outlets, Leon Marshall is elected mayor. Several members of the city council "mysteriously resign" and are immediately replaced by mayoral interim appointees, who quickly pass oppressive laws, with judges who are Marshall cronies blocking court challenges. Hayashi's brother Kumara is scheduled to visit to discuss perceived problems with the US-based Kato's martial arts movies, but shows up in a drugged state and fights Hayashi, who loses out of an unwillingness to hurt him and is imprisoned. An armed assault on Reid Tower via helicopters occurs when Paul Reid is home alone, but he escapes by way of the secret doors, elevators, and passageways of the Green Hornet operation. A celphone call to the Sentinel offices informs Paul that charges have been trumped up against most of the family, cousin/D.A. Diana has been arrested, and Britt has disappeared. The mayor's "special police" have taken over all radio and TV stations and newspapers in the city. Paul makes his way to the concealed entrance to the secret sub-cellar beneath the Reid family mansion, where he gets out all of Britt's old Hornet gear, including his Black Beauty. In a reversal of the usual situation, Paul Reid hides from the authorities by becoming the Green Hornet! To be continued...
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