Green Hornet Comics #2 (Harvey, 1941). Born out of the pulps and later a highly-rated radio series, The Green Hornet has pro...

Auction amount: $2,760.00

Sold: Mar 16, 2002

Green Hornet Comics #2 Values

Publisher: Temerson / Helnit / Continental, 1941

About Green Hornet Comics #2

Bert Whitman cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]

Pencils: Bert Whitman (signed)

Inks: Bert Whitman (signed)

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(12 Stories)

Title: The Numbers Racket

Characters: The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Lenore Case (Reid's secretary); Lowry (Sentinel reporter); Sgt. Moran (introduction); Capt. Sheldrake (villain, introduction); Dutcher (villain, introduction); Brunt (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Green Hornet and Kato help clear a Police officer who has been charged with taking a bribe and is being framed by a group of racketeers.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Fran Striker (signed)

Pencils: Bert Whitman Associates (signed)

Inks: Bert Whitman Associates (signed)

Title: The Cure-All Racket

Characters: The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Mike Axford (Sentinel reporter); Lenore Case (Reid's secretary); Sgt. Moran; Dr. Nelson (introduction); Dr. Seaton (introduction); Dr. Canfield (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Green Hornet puts an end the business of a quack doctor, who has started a cure-all racket for cancer via a radio program from across the border.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Fran Striker

Pencils: Bert Whitman Associates

Inks: Bert Whitman Associates

Title: The Tourist Camp Racket

Characters: The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Sgt. Moran; Mike Axford (Sentinel reporter); Lenore Case (Reid's secretary); Senator Young (introduction); Tasker (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: After a shooting at a tourist camp, Britt Reid is informed about legislative efforts to push through a bill regulating the tourist camp industry. However, the Hornet suspects a man named Tasker as being a racketeer attempting to stop that bill from passing.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Fran Striker

Pencils: Bert Whitman Associates

Inks: Bert Whitman Associates

Title: Ferranti, the Evil Union Leader

Characters: The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Mike Axford (Sentinel reporter); Hanson (introduction, death); Ferranti (villain, introduction, death); Snipe (villain, introduction); Breedon (villain, introduction); un-named crooks (villains, introduction)

Synopsis: The Hornet and Kato must stop a crooked union leader from diverting the funds of honest union members for his own purposes.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Fran Striker

Pencils: Bert Whitman Associates

Inks: Bert Whitman Associates

Title: Snyder, Machine Politician

Characters: The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Mike Axford (Sentinel reporter); Gunnigan (Sentinel city editor); Bayliss (introduction, investigator); Snyder (villain, introduction); Turk (villain, introduction); Betty (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Britt Reid, in his guise as the Green Hornet, attempts to break the crooked political machine of a man named Synder, who is draining the State's funds through numerous rackets.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Fran Striker

Pencils: Bert Whitman Associates

Inks: Bert Whitman Associates

Characters: The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Lenore Case [Reid's secretary]; Mike Axford (Sentinel reporter); Pete Nibblo (villain, introduction); Butch (villain, introduction); Smoky (villain, introduction); Smithton (villain, introduction); un-named crooks (villains, introduction)

Synopsis: The Hornet discovers, after the kidnapping of Miss Case, a scheme to get the three major printing plants to conspire to keep the printing prices to the city high.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Fran Striker

Pencils: Bert Whitman Associates

Inks: Bert Whitman Associates

Characters: The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato [Hayashi Kato]; Lenore Case (Reid's secretary); Lowry (Sentinel reporter); Gildersleeve (introduction); Padget (introduction); Hedges (villain, introduction); Seely (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Green Hornet vows to put an end to the mysterious mis-appropriation of funds of the Veterans Relief Board.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Fran Striker (signed)

Pencils: Bert Whitman Associates (signed)

Inks: Bert Whitman Associates (signed)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	26
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	27

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