Credits
Writer(s):
James Van Hise
Penciller(s):
Dru Woodard
Inker(s):
Dave Simons
Colorist(s):
Suzanne Dechnik; Holly Sanfelippo
Letterer(s):
Andrea Albert
Subject Matter
Genres:
crime, superhero
Feature(s):
The Green Hornet
Character(s):
Green Hornet II [Britt Reid II]; Kato II [Hayashi Kato]; Inferno I [Leon Fleming] (V); Inferno II [Fleming's son] (V); Paul Reid; Mike Axford (1960s TV version); Green Hornet I and Kato I (flashback cameo); Dark Agent (variation of The Shadow) (flashback and main story); Daily Express publisher Sabrina Bradley (from TV series)
Synopsis:
An aging Paul Reid is looking at scrapbooks of old Green Hornet newspaper clippings. October 4, 1967: The bombing of a bank announces the debut of a new version of a dead criminal, Inferno. 1949: A madman calling himself Inferno was burning various and apparently unrelated targets. Even as the first Hornet/Kato team closed in on him, another masked hero, the Dark Agent, got there first, and a great explosion seemed to take two lives. Now the name and style are being used by someone else, who seems to strike only financial institutions. At a meeting of crime bosses, the Green Hornet tells the others that he suspects that the cash, securities, etc., are being removed first, and they agree to work together to stop Inferno. A shadowy figure has been watching the meeting, however. The Daily Express finds an aging ex-convict who claims he knows all about Inferno, but he is killed at a press conference before he can say anything specific. A check of his background gives Britt what he needs to find another original Inferno hireling, however, who talks quickly, his information leading to the true identities of both madmen, and a confrontation that results in Inferno II's capture and a meeting between the Hornet and the Dark Agent, who barely survived his encounter with the original Inferno.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
24
Notes:
The time frames of the two Infernos, 1949 and 1967 respectively, are incompatible with NOW's earlier established overall Green Hornet chronology, as the first Hornet/Kato team hung up their masks in 1945, with Kato returning to Japan at that time, and the second's career beginning during the presidential election campaign of 1968. The Daily Express and Sabrina Bradley are from the 1960s Hornet TV series episode, "Corpse of the Year, Parts One and Two," while the events of another, "Alias The Scarf," are referenced and its wax museum setting is visited. District Attorney Frank Scanlon is neither seen nor heard while on the other end of a telephone call placed by Britt.
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