THEY'RE Here! THE GREEN HORNET! Yes, That Sentence Actually Makes Sense...

...because over 30 years ago, NOW Comics produced a Green Hornet comic series...

...featuring a multi-generational plotline encompassing the various versions of the character, from 1930s radio to 1940s comics and movie serials to the 1960s TV series.

The primary creatives, writer Ron Fortier and illustrator Jeff Butler, did an amazing job both of tying the original versions together, then adding to the storyline with descendants based in the then-present (1990s)!
Sadly, though Dynamite Comics has reprinted some of the Golden Age Green Hornet books, they've shown no interest in repackaging this particular series, which introduced some of the concepts Dynamite's creatives have used since, such as how the 1930s Britt Reid and Kato met and a contemporary female Kato!
We believe that this now all-but-forgotten series deserves to be seen by present-day fans, so we're running the unseen-for-decades series in weekly chapters on our "brother" RetroBlog Crime & Punishment!

Click HERE to enjoy!

Let's Roll, Kato!
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Give the Christmas Gift That Keeps On Giving ALL YEAR LONG!

One of our favorite types of pop culture collectible here at the Atomic Kommie Comics™ offices are calendars, in particular the multi-page 12-month kind, with a different illustration for each month.

I have over a decade's worth of James Bond 007 movie poster calendars.
Each year the new one adorns the wall over my computer.
When the year is over, I cut it up and use the art the next year as mini-posters to decorate whatever vacation place I rent during the summer.
Besides 007, over the years, I've picked up, or been given, various Star Trek, Star Wars, DC, Marvel, and other licensed property calendars.
I've always enjoyed using them, and often thought of the person who gave them to me!

But, there are pop culture categories and subjects that we've wanted in calendar form as presents for others (or for ourselves), but were never produced!
So, we decided to create them, using the wildest, rarest, kitchiest comic book and pulp magazine covers & movie posters we could find, each image digitally-restored and remastered from hi-rez scans of the original items, NO reprints or low-rez files!

Only $19.99 each!

Here are the  
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2018 12-Month Calendars 
by genre

Mystery / Crime
Sherlock Holmes: the Greatest Sleuth of All!™ 
Basil Rathbone IS Sherlock Holmes!™
Mr District Attorney™

Horror
WereWolves & Vampires™
Horror Comics of the 1950s™
Vampires of Pulps and Comics™
Werewolves of the Comics and Pulps™
Zombies of Comics and Pulps™
(shown above)

Camp / Kitsch
3-D Movies™
3-D Comic Books™
Seduction of the Innocent!!™
Jungle Girls™
Good Girl / Bad Grrrl™

Romance
True Love Comics Tales™


Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Art of Barsoom™ 
Thrilling Science-Fiction Tales™ 
Bugs & Creepy Crawlies of Comics and Pulps™
Dinosaurs of the Comics and Pulps™ 

SuperHeroes
Captains of the Comics™
Heroines!™
Classic Phantom Lady™
Lost Heroes of the Silver Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
More Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics Team-Ups™
1st Appearance Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Flag-Waving Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics vs HITLER™
Classic Captain Future™
Classic Cat-Man™
Classic Dare Devil™
Classic Green Hornet
Classic Monster of Frankenstein 
Classic SuperSnipe™

Western
Western Comics Adventures™
Real-Life Western Comics™
The Cisco Kid and Pancho™


Military
Captain MidNight™
Aviators of the Golden Age of Comics™
WAR: Past, Present and Future™
Classic Korean War Comics™

NOT available in brick and mortar stores, only on-line!
 Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

Want to See The Green Hornet Beat Up a Criminal Named Trump...Twice?

Click HERE to see it...

... in his premiere episode from exactly 50 years ago today!

Note, The Green Hornet trashes gangster Al Trump (Charles Francisco), not the mango-hued moron currently running for President...

All 12-Month Calendars are NOW 25% Off!

From now until January 31, 2015, all calendars are discounted from $19.99 to $14.99!
And they now have customizable"start dates", so you can give them as birthday presents with the recepient's 2015 birthday month as the first month on the calendar, then running 12 months to their birthday in 2016!
(Can't do that with a store-bought calendar!)

Check them out at 
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2015 12-Month Calendars 

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

Labor Day Sale: All 2015 12-Month Calendars are NOW 25% Off!

From now to Midnight (ET) on September 2nd, 2014, all calendars are 25% off!
Plus, they now have customizable"start dates", so you can give them as birthday presents with the recepient's September 2014 (or later) birthday month as the first month on the calendar, then running 12 months to their birthday in 2015!
(Can't do that with a store-bought calendar!)

Check them out at 
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2014-2015 12-Month Calendars 

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

2015 12-Month Calendars are HERE!

2015 12-Month Calendars are now on-line!

Check them out at 
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2015 12-Month Calendars 

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

2015 Calendars are HERE!

2015 12-Month Calendars are now on-line!

Check them out at 
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2015 12-Month Calendars 

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

All 12-Month Calendars are NOW 25% Off!

Due to popular demand we're extending the sale from now until July 31, 2014, all calendars are discounted from $19.99 to $14.99!
And they now have customizable"start dates", so you can give them as birthday presents with the recepient's 2014 birthday month as the first month on the calendar, then running 12 months to their birthday in 2015!
(Can't do that with a store-bought calendar!)

Check them out at 
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2014-2015 12-Month Calendars 

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

All 12-Month Calendars are NOW 25% Off!

From now until July 4, 2014, all calendars are discounted from $19.99 to $14.99!
And they now have customizable"start dates", so you can give them as birthday presents with the recepient's 2014 birthday month as the first month on the calendar, then running 12 months to their birthday in 2015!
(Can't do that with a store-bought calendar!)

Check them out at 
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2014 12-Month Calendars 

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

2014 12-Month Calendars Now Available!

Here are the  
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2014 12-Month Calendars 
by genre

Mystery / Crime
Sherlock Holmes: the Greatest Sleuth of All!™ 
Basil Rathbone IS Sherlock Holmes!™
Mr District Attorney™

Horror
WereWolves and Vampires™
Horror Comics of the 1950s™
Vampires of Pulps and Comics™
Werewolves of the Comics and Pulps™
Zombies of Comics and Pulps™
(shown above)

Camp / Kitsch
3-D Movies™
3-D Comic Books™
Seduction of the Innocent!!™
Jungle Girls™
Good Girl / Bad Grrrl™

Romance
True Love Comics Tales™


Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Martians, Martians, Martians!™
Art of Barsoom™ 
Thrilling Science-Fiction Tales™ 
Bugs and Creepy Crawlies of Comics and Pulps™
Dinosaurs of the Comics and Pulps™ 

SuperHeroes
Captains of the Comics™
Heroines!™
Classic Phantom Lady™
Lost Heroes of the Silver Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics Team-Ups™
1st Appearance Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Flag-Waving Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics vs HITLER™
Classic Captain Future™
Classic Green Hornet
Classic Monster of Frankenstein 
Classic SuperSnipe™

Western
Western Comics Adventures™
Real-Life Western Comics™
The Cisco Kid and Pancho™


Military
Captain MidNight™
Aviators of the Golden Age of Comics™
WAR: Past, Present and Future™
Classic Korean War Comics™

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

What I'm looking forward to at SDCC...

...with all the new merchandise from the 1960s Batman tv series...

...coming out, there's really only one thing left, an annoucement about a long-awaited DVD release, either as season boxes or a complete series set!

(And a simultaneous release of it's "brother" tv series...

...The Green Hornet, would be the icing on the cake!)

Coming Monday: the ORIGIN of the Lone Ranger and Tonto...

...as told by Dan Reid...

...nephew of the Lone Ranger and father of the Green Hornet!

Read it Monday, only at Western Comics Adventures™!

Calendars are NOW 25% Off!

From now until July 4, 2013, all calendars are discounted from $19.99 to $14.99!

Here are the  
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2013 12-Month Calendars 
by genre

Mystery / Crime
Sherlock Holmes: the Greatest Sleuth of All!™ 
Basil Rathbone IS Sherlock Holmes!™
Mr District Attorney™

Horror
WereWolves & Vampires™
Horror Comics of the 1950s™
Vampires of Pulps & Comics™
Werewolves of the Comics & Pulps™
Zombies of Comics & Pulps™
(shown above)

Camp / Kitsch
3-D Movies™
3-D Comic Books™
Seduction of the Innocent!!™
Jungle Girls™
Good Girl / Bad Grrrl™

Romance
True Love Comics Tales™


Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Martians, Martians, Martians!™
Art of Barsoom™ 
Thrilling Science-Fiction Tales™ 
Bugs & Creepy Crawlies of Comics & Pulps™
Dinosaurs of the Comics & Pulps™ 

SuperHeroes
Captains of the Comics™
Heroines!™
Classic Phantom Lady™
Lost Heroes of the Silver Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics Team-Ups™
1st Appearance Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Flag-Waving Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics vs HITLER™
Classic Captain Future™
Classic Green Hornet
Classic Monster of Frankenstein 
Classic SuperSnipe™

Western
Western Comics Adventures™
Real-Life Western Comics™
The Cisco Kid and Pancho™


Military
Captain MidNight™
Aviators of the Golden Age of Comics™
WAR: Past, Present & Future™
Classic Korean War Comics™

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

Cover Preview MASKS #7

The BIG crossover of masked mystery-men continues...

...with this cover by Francisco Francavilla for #7, featuring The Shadow, The Green Hornet, and The Spider.

But who's holding the card?

My Uncle is The Lone Ranger and My Son is The Green Hornet!

Status quo-changing events are not a new phenomenon in fiction.
Even in the Golden Age of Comics, series and characters received revamps (or even total reboots) if sales weren't meeting expectations.
Sometimes, the revamp extended through a character's other media incarnations as well!
And, at least once, through two different characters' incarnations with a crossover character...Dan Reid!
Much has been written about the radio show episodes that tied The Green Hornet and The Lone Ranger together, using Dan Reid, who was both Britt (Green Hornet) Reid's father, and John (Lone Ranger) Reid's nephew!
Though Dan was the same character in both shows, different actors played him on the two series, because Dan was a 'tween/teen on the 1880s-set Lone Ranger, and a middle-aged/elderly man on the contemporary (1940s) Green Hornet!

The 1940s Harvey Green Hornet comic book series had been loosely-adapting the radio show's scripts into comic stories, but when this storyline (spread over four episodes) ran on the radio show, the comics' creatives had to do some serious juggling to fit two hours of dramatic radio into two eight-page chapters in a single issue!

(And, yes, a subtle Lone Ranger reference is in the comic story, too!)

It's so historically-important that we couldn't confine this tale to a single blog!

You can see the results at Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™, with the conclusion at Hero Histories™.
In both entries, we're providing not only the comics tales, but the radio show episodes as well, so you can compare them!

Plus, we're presenting the introduction of Dan Reid (as a kid) into the Lone Ranger series, which added another ongoing character with whom the Masked Rider of the Prairie could interact (especially when the actor playing Tonto went on vacation or was out sick) in both comics and mp3 formats!
You'll find Part One HERE at Western Comics Adventures™ and Part Two HERE, back at Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™.
Enjoy!

And, don't forget to visit...

The Classic Green Hornet Store

25% Off Calendars for New Year!

From now until Jan 2, 2013, all calendars are discounted from $19.99 to $14.99!

Here are the  
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2013 12-Month Calendars 
by genre

Mystery / Crime
Sherlock Holmes: the Greatest Sleuth of All!™ 
Basil Rathbone IS Sherlock Holmes!™
Mr District Attorney™

Horror
WereWolves & Vampires™
Horror Comics of the 1950s™
Vampires of Pulps & Comics™
Werewolves of the Comics & Pulps™
Zombies of Comics & Pulps™
(shown above)

Camp / Kitsch
3-D Movies™
3-D Comic Books™
Seduction of the Innocent!!™
Jungle Girls™
Good Girl / Bad Grrrl™

Romance
True Love Comics Tales™


Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Martians, Martians, Martians!™
Art of Barsoom™ 
Thrilling Science-Fiction Tales™ 
Bugs & Creepy Crawlies of Comics & Pulps™
Dinosaurs of the Comics & Pulps™ 

SuperHeroes
Captains of the Comics™
Heroines!™
Classic Phantom Lady™
Lost Heroes of the Silver Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics Team-Ups™
1st Appearance Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Flag-Waving Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics vs HITLER™
Classic Captain Future™
Classic Green Hornet
Classic Monster of Frankenstein 
Classic SuperSnipe™

Western
Western Comics Adventures™
Real-Life Western Comics™
The Cisco Kid and Pancho™


Military
Captain MidNight™
Aviators of the Golden Age of Comics™
WAR: Past, Present & Future™
Classic Korean War Comics™

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

"My Son is The Green Hornet!"

Status quo-changing events are not a new phenomenon in fiction.
Even in the Golden Age of Comics, series and characters received revamps (or even total reboots) if sales weren't meeting expectations.
Sometimes, the revamp extended through a character's other media incarnations as well!

To celebrate the release of the new Dynamite comic series Masks, which teams up the greatest mystery-men of the Golden Age of Comics and Pulps (plus radio and movie serials), RetroBlogs™ will be running some never-reprinted tales of those amazing heroes through the month of December!

First-off is the story that changed the status quo of The Green Hornet!

Much has been written about the 1947 radio show episodes that tied The Hornet and The Lone Ranger together, using Dan Reid, who was both Britt Reid's father, and John (Lone Ranger) Reid's nephew!

The 1940s Harvey Green Hornet comic book series had been loosely-adapting the radio show's scripts into comic stories, but when this storyline (spread over four episodes) ran on the radio show, the comics' creatives had to do some serious juggling to fit two hours of dramatic radio into two eight-page chapters in a single issue!

(And, yes, a Lone Ranger reference is in the comic story, too!)

It's so historically-important that we couldn't confine this tale to a single blog!

You can see the results tomorrow at Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™, with the conclusion Tuesday at Hero Histories™.

Plus, we'll be running tales of other heroes presented in Masks including Zorro, The Shadow, Miss Fury, Black Terror, and Green Lama through the RetroBlogs™ line during December.

And don't forget to check out...

The Classic Green Hornet Store

MASKS: the Ultimate Mystery-Man Team-Up

We've shown you a team-up between The Shadow and The Avenger....

We'll be showing you a team-up between The Shadow and Doc Savage soon...

But there's a marathon team-up mini-series coming in November that'll make history for the sheer amount of pulp and media heroes from various companies combined in one story!

It's called, appropriately enough, MASKS, and features...

The Shadow!

Zorro!

The Spider!

The Green Hornet & Kato!

Plus other heroes like Miss Fury, The Black Bat, and The Black Terror are mentioned as appearing later on in the series!

Watch for it!
Plus see a sneak preview of the latest (#8) cover for The Shadow's solo title!

Mike Wallace (1918-2012) & The Green Hornet

Did you know 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace began on radio as the announcer for...

In 1941, a young announcer named Myron Wallace was working on a number of programs at WXYZ in Detroit, including handling narration on several live shows including The Green Hornet, as heard in this episode "Murder Across the Boards" from 7/5/41. (click HERE or the title to open and listen to the complete episode!)

Oddly, while the actors aren't identified on-air, the announcer (Wallace) is!

BTW, though it's believed Wallace also did occasional announcing duties on the Hornet's grand-uncle's show, The Lone Ranger, he never did!

Did Britt Reid's thrilling exploits inspire Mike Wallace to become a hard-hitting reporter?

The answers are in the ether...

Indulge in the Airin' of the Green (Hornet, that is) on St Patrick's Day

I won't be watching The Quiet Man this St Pat's Day!
Instead, it's...

...who will have my attention during the...

...featuring Svengoolie!

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