Sting of the Green…
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Sting of the Green Hornet #1
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A German plot to replace a known American gangster with a German soldier in order to distract local police and the secret service is thwarted by the Green Hornet and Kato. The Baroness, creator of a two-part plan called \"Operation Double Strike\", escapes as the Green Hornet drops through a hidden trapdoor where a floor covered with spikes awaits him. Kato saves him at the last second as the false Tony Caltone's thugs enter the room to shoot them.
Cover Date
June 1, 1992
Pages
36
Cover Price
$2.75 / CA$3.20
Characters
Baroness (Colonel) Gretchen Wagemuten, leader of the Schatten Kriegers; 2 unnamed German soldiers in bandages; 2 rival Mafia gangs; \"Lefty\" Morbelli; the Hornet's usual informers (including a derelict; a doorman at the Wilson Hotel; a barfly; a newspaper vendor; and a gemologist); Commissioner Higgins; Major Leland Case of Army Intelligence; Mike, a police reporter; Ruth, Britt's secretary; Walt Gibson, a freelance writer; The Master, Gibson's employer; Tony Caltone, a gangster (dies in this story and is replaced by one of the bandaged Germans); Big Eddie Conklin; Speed Malloy; Panama Williams (all gangsters coming to Tony's for a meeting)