Let's get back into the first volume of the Green Hornet book from Now Comics, which greets us with the killer cover below by, I believe, Lenin Delsol.
The previous issue concluded with Britt Reid Jr. donning the Hornet mask for the first time following the shooting death of friend Steve Carlson, who was campaigning to become president of the United States.
This one begins with the Hornet on the hunt for the killers, as he ambushes one Joe Scully Montrano.
He also takes the opportunity to spread the message that the Green Hornet is back in business.
Several other targets similar to Montrano are hit, using similar strongarm methods and leading to the desired result; a meeting of organized crime figures from the city. And as they discuss the Hornet and the potential chaos he could bring their respective operations, the man himself calls in to remind him that he has expectations of them.
The senior Britt Reid, uncle to the current Hornet, is familiar with the Broxton name. He offers to do a little digging for the crime-fighting duo and shares his results the next day.
The three men did not realize it, but they had an audience.
More on that later, no doubt.
The Hornet has set up a meeting with this Broxton to talk business. The encounter takes place in a cemetery. Once face to face, the Hornet threatens to go to the police with the information he has dug up about Broxton orchestrating Carlson's assassination unless Broxton pays him $100,000.
Broxton had come up with a plan to eliminate any such threat, but the Green Hornet had a plan of his own to counter Broxton's.
Broxton has little choice but to agree to the Hornet's demands at this point. Everything is going to plan.
Since writer Ron Fortier packed a lot in these issues, and we're at about the halfway point, we'll break here and review part two a little later on, but the story is moving at a pretty stiff pace.
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