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THE GREEN HORNET
Al Hodge - RADIO'S FIRST GREEN HORNET
First Episode: January 31, 1936
Last Episode: December 5, 1952
Number of Episodes: Approximately 1045
Network: WXYZ Detroit (1/31/36-4/7/38), Mutual (4/12/38-11/9/39), Blue Network (11/16/39-8/28/40), Mutual (9/2/40-10/10/40), Blue Network (12/28/40-4/11/43), ABC (4/20/43-12/5/52)
Series Creators: Fran Striker, George W. Trendle
NOTE: Photo to the right is Al Hodge in his secret identity as Britt Reid -------->
Cast Members: Al Hodge (Britt Reid/Green Hornet 1/31/36-12/20/42), A. Donovan Faust (Britt Reid/Green Hornet 1/10/43-?/?/43), Robert "Bob" Hall (Britt Reid/Green Hornet ?/?/43-?/?/46), Jack McCarthy (Britt Reid/Green Hornet ?/?/46-12/5/52), Raymond Hayashi (Kato 1/31/36-12/20/42), Rollon Parker (2nd Kato - Dates Unknown), Mickey Tolan (3rd Kato - Dates Unknown), Lee Allman (Lenore Case), Jim Irwin (Michael Axford), Gil Shea (Michael Axford), Jack Petruzzi (Ed Lowry), Paul Hughes (Miscellaneous Villans), John Todd (Dan Reid)
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HARVEY COMICS 1940s
DELL 1966
GOLD KEY 1967
NOW COMICS 1989
NOW COMICS 1992
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Harvey covers can be divided into two time groups. The first were for the pocket sized comics that Al Harvey first published. The cover art was drawn by Al Avison or Joe Simon. Jack Kirby did not do any of them despite the fact that all three were involved with creating Captain America comics at that same time. Coincidentally the pocket sized Harvey comics ended at the same time as Simon and Kirby’s termination at Timely. This was followed by a gap of a few months and then Harvey started publication again, this time using the standard comic book size. Avison no longer supplied any covers, he was probably too busy doing Captain America for Timely now that Simon and Kirby were gone. Simon would draw some Harvey covers, but most were done by Jack Kirby. Oddly Joe Simon was responsible for three covers done in one short period of time; Champ #22 and Speed #22 (September) and Green Hornet #8 (August). Green Hornet was a bimonthly. Although Joe had done Champ #19 and Speed #19 (both June) in a Kirby style, the later trio of covers did not seem to reflect much influence from Jack.
THE GREEN HORNET SERIAL
1960s TV SHOW
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GREEN HORNET MOVIE
Frankly, we're a little concerned about whether funnyman Seth Rogen will be able to pull off the action-star thing when he takes the lead role in next year's big-screen adaptation of The Green Hornet . Then again, we remember thinking Michael Keaton would utterly tank as Batman in 1989, but that experiment in casting against type wound up working extremely well, so we'll sit back and hope for the best. As with Tim Burton's Batman, a car will feature prominently in The Green Hornet, and in this regard, things are looking very good indeed.
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Comic-Con: 'Green Hornet' Cast Reveals Cameron Diaz, Nicolas Cage Character Names, Details
Posted 7/23/09 10:42 am ET by Larry Carroll in Comic-Con, News
It’s been a busy last few days for Seth Rogen and his “Green Hornet” team, who kicked off Comic-Con Wednesday by unveiling The Black Beauty -- the iconic car that the funnyman will be driving when cameras soon begin rolling on the 2010 release. After the unveiling of the sleek auto, we also got them to cough up the name of Cameron Diaz and Nicolas Cage’s characters in the film, as well as some other brand-new details.
The Green Hornet is a fictional masked crime fighter. Originally created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker for an American radio program in the 1930s, the character has appeared in other media as well, including film serials in the 1940s, a network television program in the 1960s, and multiple comic book series from the 1940s to the 1990s. Though various incarnations sometimes change details, in most incarnations the Green Hornet is Britt Reid, a newspaper publisher by day who by night goes out in his masked "Green Hornet" identity to fight crime as a vigilante, accompanied by his similarly masked Asian manservant Kato and driving a car, equipped with advanced technology, called "Black Beauty". The Green Hornet is often portrayed as possessing fair to above average hand-to-hand combat skills and is often armed with a gun that sprays knock-out gas (a sonic blast weapon called the "Hornet's Sting" was added to his arsenal for the TV series).
Originally, the show was to be called The Hornet, but the name was changed to The Green Hornet so that it could be more easily trademarked. The color was chosen because green hornets were reputed to be the angriest.
One relatively minor aspect of the character which tends to be given limited exposure in the actual productions is his blood relationship to The Lone Ranger, another character created by Striker. The Lone Ranger's nephew was Dan Reid. In the Green Hornet radio shows, the Hornet's father was likewise named Dan Reid, making the hero the Ranger's grand-nephew.
The Western property was sold to another company in the 1950s, a legal complication that resulted in the identity of the Masked Rider of the Plains being obscured when it has been dealt with at all in Green Hornet depictions (though a comic book from NOW Comics later displayed the Hornet's living room as being decorated with a painting of a man dressed very similarly to the Lone Ranger; the radio series had expressly indicated the presence of such a portrait there).
During World War II, the radio show's title was used as a codename for SIGSALY, secret encryption equipment used in the war. "The Green Hornet" also became a popular nickname for General George S. Patton, due to the unique and attention-getting uniform that he proposed for tank crews, which featured a gold-painted football helmet. Supposedly, while Patton was testing it after development (which he funded out of his own pocket), one Army trooper said "Look! It's the Green Hornet!" and the name followed Patton for years[citation needed].
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