Van Williams-Bruce Lee TV series inspired 1960s “Green Hornet” comics from Gold Key
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Green Hornet (Gold Key) 1-3
Created to tie in with the 1966-1967 TV show, these three “Green Hornet” issues feature Britt Reid and his valet Kato, who pretend to be criminals in order to fight crime. District Attorney Frank Scanlon and secretary “Casey” Case are in on Britt Reid’s secret. Mike Axford, a police beat reporter working for Reid’s newspaper, is constantly after the Green Hornet, but he falls into humorous mishaps that prevent any true discovery. Van Williams and Bruce Lee are featured on the covers, with photos from the show also appearing in the interior covers. The stories are roughly comparable to the TV show of the time, and are relatively enjoyable, if dated stylistically.
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Marc Guggenheim and Yanick Paquette create this story of a new team of mutants following the”Messiah Complex” storyline. With no new mutants being born, Rockslide, Blindfold and Dust believe they are part of the last generation of mutants. Recruited by Cyclops, they are told that the old New Mutants are the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and they must track down and kill the team. Not my favorite work by either Guggenheim or Paquette, but it has its moments (particularly in one neat Danger Room sequence). Ben Oliver becomes the artist with issue #6, as the origin of the Young X-Man “Ink” is explained.
Captain Confederacy (1-12, Steeldragon, 1986; 1-4, Epic, 1991)
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- Matt Price
Comics read in 2011: 1,881. Still to go: 130.
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