Green Hornet

Costumed insect crimefighter

Green Hornet is a masked crime-fighting vigilante from American pulp fiction, radio serials, and adaptations.

The character, secretly newspaper publisher Britt Reid, fights criminals with his sidekick Kato and a weaponized car called the Black Beauty.

The 1960s TV series and later film revivals kept the franchise alive.

He dressed as the Green Hornet for Halloween.

character

mask

Face-worn concealment

sidekick · vigilante · justice · nighttime · patrol · undercover · fedora · trench coat · martial arts · chauffeur

television

Bruce Lee

  • ABCFirst three letters
  • 1966A mid-century year
  • TV seriesOngoing broadcast entertainment

episode · camp · cancellation · cult classic · theme song · costume · props

comics

issue

Point of contention

illustration · Golden Age · crossover · origin story · retcon · continuity · Kevin Smith · reboot · cover art · anthology

radio

serial

Occurring in ordered succession

drama · airwaves · narrator · announcer · sponsor · 1930s · 1940s · cliffhanger · sound effects · theme music

film

Seth Rogen

  • 2011Calendar designation, twenty-tens
  • action comedyHumorous high-octane film
  • 3DThree-axis spatial representation

Cameron Diaz · blockbuster · reboot · Hollywood · stunt · special effects

insect

stinger

Venom-injecting body part

  • venomInjected animal poison
  • swarmMass of moving insects
  • nestAnimal-built shelter for young

wasp · yellow jacket · aggressive · buzzing · hive · queen · colony · namesake

Categories
Opposites
heroic identity

Green HornetSuperman

Metropolis's flying defender

Lex Luthor · The Joker · Moriarty · Doctor Doom · Captain America

pulp era masked heroes

Green HornetSuperman

Metropolis's flying defender

Dick Tracy · Zorro · Flash Gordon · The Shadow · Batman

insect-themed characters

Green HornetBlue Beetle

Superhero with alien armor

Spider-Man · The Fly · Ant-Man

Family

green, greens, greener, greenest, greenish, greenery, greening, hornet, hornets

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG