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Issue: The Green Hornet #4
Publication Date: February 1990
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Issues: #4 of 15 Issues (29 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagNow
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Indicia Publisher: NOW Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.25 CAD
$1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Tony Caputo (editor in chief); Katherine Llewellyn (editor); Diane Piron (assistant editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Baxter interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Steve Rude (painting) (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Rude (painting) (signed)
Colorist(s): Steve Rude (painting) (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, superhero
Feature(s): Green Hornet
Character(s): Green Hornet II; Kato II
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Despite the cover illustration, the second Green Hornet as such does not appear in this issue.
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A Death In The Family

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ron Fortier
Penciller(s): Jeff Butler
Inker(s): David Mowry
Colorist(s): Tammy Daniel
Letterer(s): Patrick Williams
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, superhero
Feature(s): Green Hornet
Character(s): Britt Reid II; Diana Reid; Britt Reid I; Alan Reid [Green Hornet III] (killed this issue); Paul Reid; Lenore "Casey" Case Reid (first NOW appearance); Hayashi Kato [Kato II]; Lucas Heartworthy (Kato's agent; introduction); Mishi Kato; Marie Grainier Kato; Daniel John "Danny" Reid (introduction); Angela DeVane (villain); Arnie the Lip (introduction, death); David DeVane (villain)
Synopsis: 1981: Shortly after the funeral of Britt I's wife, Britt II proposes to his secretary, Lenore Case. 1983: A few months following the birth of the couple's son (22 August 1983), nephew Alan announces his and Paul's knowledge of the family secret and his intent to become the third Green Hornet. October 7, 1986: Syndicate heiress Angela DeVane "executes" an informer within her family's organization, and with an explosive booby trap kills the new Hornet on his way to his very first mission, a meeting with that informer.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Green Hornet Special Hard Bound Collector’s Edition #[nn] published January 1990
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: The title is given by the editor in the letter column of issue #7; pages 15-16 continue the framing sequence, of Paul in Alan's costume looking at a scrapbook in the ruins of the Reid mansion, from #2; this story marks the NOW version's first use of Casey, and surprisingly all her appearances are in stories that post-date Britt II's "retirement" as the Green Hornet, never as his secretary/confidante in a Green Hornet II adventure.
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The Reid Family Tree/The Kato Family Tree

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ron Fortier
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Minimal family trees for the series' two pivotal clans.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Green Hornet #1 [Direct] published November 1989
was The Reid Family Tree/The Kato Family Tree [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The Reid tree identifies Britt II and Casey's son as "Dan Reid III," but Sequence 1 gives his full name as "Daniel John Reid," meaning he is named after not just the first Dan Reid, but that man's younger brother John (the Lone Ranger) as well, and the suffix "III" is therefore incorrect.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Diane Piron
Penciller(s): Jeff Butler
Inker(s): David Mowry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Buzz Word
Character(s): Lone Ranger; Britt Reid I
Synopsis: Letters from Jacob Gilbert, Brian P. Kujawa, Paul Castiglia, John W. Migala and Willie R. Mellen, with editorial responses.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes from the story from #1, page 2, panels 1 and 5, in black and white. The feature has a lime green background, except for the reprinted panels.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): NOW Newsflash
Synopsis: An essay correcting and apologizing for the wrong price being cited for the "What NOW Caper" video in the previous month's NOW Newsflash, and outlining the public appearance schedule of TV Green Hornet star Van Williams. Beneath this is a listing of nine NOW issues then on sale, with creative talent credits and synopses for each, and a boxed list of the NOW staff.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The entire feature has a dark green background, and appeared on the last interior page of most NOW releases of this cover date.

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