The Lone Ranger/Green Hornet No. 1
Michael Uslan, writer
Giovanni Timpano,
artist
Pete Pantazis,
colorist
Hey, Kiddie Cops, long time, no see! Work is still keeping
me hopping at a crazy pace; so much so, in fact, that this is the first comic I
have had time to read in nearly six weeks. Now maybe that had something to do
with it, but I very much enjoyed this comic. So much so that I wanted to share.
I’ve liked most of what Dynamite has done since obtaining
the rights to Lone Ranger comics, and while I have avoided most of the more
modern takes on Green Hornet, I also very much enjoy the character and his ties
to the Lone Ranger. So I decided to give this six-issue mini a try. And if this
first issue is any indication, this series is off to a great start.
This tale is set in 1936-38 with an aged John Reid (the Lone
Ranger) still around to help shape the beginnings of his grand-nephew, Britt
Reid’s origins as the Green Hornet. Michael Uslan uses the setting and time
period to tie real-world events and figures into the narrative to very great
effect. Further, he uses some pass Green Hornet stories, particularly GreenHornet Year One by Matt Wagner and Aaron Campell
to flesh out some of the early career of the Green Hornet. I absolutely love it
when creators take something done before and build on it rather than going the
everything-you-know-is-wrong route to erase and re-write history. It doesn’t
hurt when the tale the current creator is building on is one I have read and
enjoyed.
This is still only the first issue of a six-issue series,
and I don’t want to spoil the story twists and historical tidbits by revealing
them here (half the fun is discovering them in the story as they come up), but
this was a nice story to return to my hobby with, and I recommend it highly!
