| In this article we're going to briefly discuss one of | | | | true identity and just went by The Lone Ranger, |
| the darkest heroes in comic book history, The | | | | Britt Reid kept both of his identities. Newspaper |
| Green Hornet.The Green Hornet actually hit the | | | | publisher by day and crime-fighter by night.The |
| scene as a radio program before it ever saw the | | | | Green Hornet did not fight crime on his own, |
| light of day as a comic book. The radio show | | | | however. He had his trusty sidekick Kato, who |
| debuted in 1936. This was two years before | | | | was Reid's Oriental houseboy. Kato was a master |
| Superman hit the scene in comic books and three | | | | at martial arts long before Kung Fu movies were |
| years before the creation of Batman. Yes, The | | | | even thought of. Kato was really the muscle of |
| Green Hornet did come before both of them | | | | the team while Reid was more of the brains, |
| though most people don't realize that.The | | | | though he could put up a pretty big fight when |
| character of The Green Hornet was created by | | | | and if he had to.Unlike many of the super heroes |
| George W. Trendle, who stated in his creation | | | | that came after him, The Green Hornet was a |
| that John Reid, who was the Lone Ranger, was | | | | plainly dressed man. He wore a hat popular during |
| the great-uncle of Britt Reid, the Green Hornet. | | | | the times and a coat. The only thing he wore that |
| Something else very few people know. The | | | | would even be remotely considered odd was his |
| Green Hornet was one of the forerunners of the | | | | mask. But as crime fighters went, he was a dull |
| super hero genre. And since Trendle linked The | | | | one to look at. Kato too wore a mask and was |
| Green Hornet to The Lone Ranger, it could be | | | | dressed like a chauffeur. The two certainly didn't |
| said that The Lone Ranger was also a | | | | win any awards for original fashion.The Green |
| forerunner.Like many crime-fighters that came | | | | Hornet's car was the Black Beauty. This vehicle |
| after him, The Green Hornet wore a mask, as did | | | | was created long before Batman's Batmobile and |
| The Lone Ranger. The Green Hornet's true | | | | had every gadget inside that you could think of, |
| identity of Britt Reid, was an editor of a | | | | from rocket blasters to laser beams. The Green |
| newspaper, the Daily Sentinel. This way he could | | | | Hornet also had a Hornet Gun which could blow |
| keep an eye on what was going on in the world | | | | the locks clean off of doors.The one thing fairly |
| around him, much like Clark Kent did as Superman | | | | unique about the Hornet, especially for the times, |
| when he took a job working as a reporter at the | | | | was that he was looked at as a bad guy. This |
| Daily Planet. There were actually many parallels | | | | made his job that much harder with the police |
| between Reid and Kent even though Reid was | | | | also on his tail.The comic eventually made its way |
| human and Kent was from the planet Krypton. | | | | to a hit TV series starring Van Williams and the |
| Unlike The Lone Ranger though who got rid of his | | | | ever popular Bruce Lee. |