DYNAMITE SIGNS WRITER FRED VAN LENTE AND ARTIST BOB Q
FOR NEW GREEN HORNET '66 MEETS THE SPIRIT SERIES
April 18, 2017, Mt. Laurel, NJ: Dynamite
Entertainment is proud to announce that classic television's
incarnation of The Green Hornet is set to make his return with an
unexpected new partner in the pulp character's latest cross-over
miniseries,
The Green Hornet '66 Meets The Spirit, featuring revered comic writer/artist Will Eisner's famous two-fisted crimefighter.
Written by Fred Van Lente (
Archer & Armstrong, Cowboys and Aliens), with art by Bob Q (
Kings Quest),
The Green Hornet '66 Meets The Spirit #1 arrives in stores this July!
The Green Hornet is back and on the case! With his aide Kato and their rolling arsenal, The Black Beauty, by his side, The Green Hornet is ready to face the toughest of challenges! On police records a wanted criminal, The Green Hornet
is secretly Britt Reid, owner/publisher of The Daily Sentinel. Reid and
Kato have traveled to Central City to participate in the futuristic
World's Fair, and to get the skinny on the new and potentially dangerous
"Newspaper of Tomorrow", a device capable of predicting headlines
before events happen.
Writer Fred Van Lente says, "I'm
very excited to link these two iconic characters. The Spirit has been a
favorite of mine since I was a kid, and the opportunity to pair Will
Eisner's legendary creation with a character that has an actual year in
its name allowed me to age The Spirit cast fourteen years forward. In
our world, the Spirit hasn't been seen since 1952 (the year the strip
ended) but suddenly this new guy has appeared in the mask and hat -- one
who will look pretty familiar to longtime fans. Who is this guy, and
why has he returned? This is the mystery Green Hornet and Kato must
solve."
Fred Van Lente is the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning writer of comics like Dynamite's The Mocking Dead and Magnus: Robot Fighter, Archer & Armstrong (Harvey Award nominee, Best Series), Action Philosophers! (American Library Association Best Graphic Novel for Teens), and Cowboys & Aliens (with Andrew Foley), the basis for the feature film.
Artist
Bob Q says, "I'm incredibly excited to be working with Fred Van Lente
who has written a script that's fun all the way through. Artistically,
my plan is to capture that spirit as best I can with a series of
ham-handed pencil and brush strokes. What I'm really striving for,
though, is to shake up masked-vigilante fashion. It's time to trade in
spandex onesies, capes, and pouched belts and get back to some nicely
tailored suits and fedoras. If you're going to fight crime, do it with
some class."
"The Green Hornet and Will Eisner's The Spirit
have been incredibly successful properties for us, thanks to these
characters' dedicated and eternal fan base," says Nick Barrucci,
Dynamite CEO and Publisher. "We're thrilled that after many decades in
print, the characters are still able to resonate with fans - both old
and new - across the globe, and now courtesy of a titanic team-up of
their trademark trench coats!"
The debut issue of The Green Hornet '66 Meets the Spirit
features a wide selection of cover variants, providing fans and
retailers with the freedom of choice! The cover artwork features the
talents of the award-winning husband and wife team, Mike and Laura
Allred (Batman '66, X-Force, iZombie), Ty Templeton (Batman 66, The Simpsons) and Javier Pulido (The Amazing Spiderman, Robin: Year One),
respectively. Limited variant editions in "Black & White" and
"Virgin Art" formats are also available as retailer incentives for comic
shops that support the launch issue by achieving stocking thresholds.
The Green Hornet '66 Meets the Spirit #1 will be solicited in Diamond Comic Distributors' May 2017 Previews
catalog, the premier source of merchandise for the comic book specialty
market, and slated for release in July. Comic book fans are encouraged
to reserve copies with their local comic book retailers. The Green Hornet '66 Meets the Spirit #1
will also be available for individual customer purchase through digital
platforms courtesy of Comixology, Dynamite Digital, iVerse, and Dark
Horse Digital.
About Dynamite Entertainment:
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The Boys,
The Shadow,
Red Sonja,
Warlord of Mars,
Bionic Man,
A Game of Thrones,
and more. Dynamite owns and controls an extensive library with over
3,000 characters (which includes the Harris Comics and Chaos Comics
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Vampirella,
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Steve Niles, James Robinson, and a host of up-and-coming new talent.
Dynamite is consistently ranked in the upper tiers of comic book
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Krueger's
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the company a GEM award for Best New Publisher and another GEM in 2006
for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%) and again in 2011. The
company has also been nominated for and won several industry awards,
including the prestigious Harvey and Eisner Awards.
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