Green Hornet: Reign of the Demon 2 Writer: David Liss Artist: Kewber Baal Colorist: Adriano Augusto Letterer: Tom Napolitano Cover: Ken Lashley and Pete Pantazis Dynamite Comics has started their new volume of Green Hornet. There are additions and surprises this go around, and it’s a fun ride. Dynamite is expanding on the Hornet’s world,…
call myself a herogeek, instead of a comic book geek, in part because my interest goes well outside comics. I’ve done my share of research on comic book characters, sure, but also on some of the ones that came before. The heroes before comics got their starts in books, or, as the popular medium of the time, radio. The Lone Ranger, who most people probably think of as a tv character (or the truly wretched Disney movie a few years ago), first popped up on a radio show in 1933. Later, the Green Hornet was created as a spinoff of sorts.
The two Hornets’ team up comes to an end in final issue of the mini-series. This issue came out some time ago, but I couldn’t get to it at the time. I’ve enjoyed all the Legenderry series, so I wanted to go back and make sure the finale got some attention.
Someone is setting the gangs of the big city against each other, and the Green Hornet is determined to find out who. He and Kato battle through a few various bizarre foes trying to get a lead. They do have a great interrogation method that makes use of their current Black Beauty, the airship. It’s a fun scene.
Green Hornet is the third of three characters to get their own spinoff after the Legenderry series. The steampunk variations work really well for some characters, and the look is great for Hornet and his gadgets. As far as I can tell, there are only cosmetic differences for Kato, but the Black Beauty as an armed airship is a nice twist.
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