The Green Hornet is a fictional masked crime-fighting vigilante created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell.
The character has appeared in a wide variety of media, including film serials, a television series, multiple comic book series, and a feature film in 2011. More recently, an upcoming animated series has been confirmed.
About the Green Hornet |
The character Green Hornet was originally created by George W. Trendle, aided and abetted somewhat by a book he came across called The Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank Pritchard.
According to the novel, Jimmie Dale was a wealthy heir and member of the prestigious St. James Club by day, but at night, he enjoyed breaking into businesses and homes to crack their safes for “the sheer deviltry of it.” He did not actually steal anything — he did it because he could. He was a modern-day Robin Hood who left a diamond-shaped gray paper seal at the scene of his crimes and became known in the press as The Gray Seal (The Hornet, in his turn, leaves his own seal, the semblance of a green hornet). His real identity stayed a secret until he was caught in the act by a woman who chose to blackmail him into using his unique talents to help others. Before long, he was taking on organized crime and various bad guys. All the while, he tried to stay ahead of the police and avoid being discovered by the press. |
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Masks (stylized MASKS) is a crossover comic book series by Dynamite Entertainment, written by Chris Roberson with art by Alex Ross. It features the Green Hornet and Kato, as well as the Shadow, the Spider and many other pulp heroes. The series has eight issues in total. Masks #1 was released on November 28, 2012. The official description of the series from Dynamite reads:
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