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