At last, the thrilling origin tale of the Green Hornet and Kato, the classiccrime-fighting duo, can be told! After his father's death, Britt Reed takescontrol of his father's newspaper, the Daily Sentinel... but discovers that histrue inheritance is his father's thirst for justice. Donning the iconic emeraldoutfit, developing an arsenal of non-lethal weaponry, and building his rapportwith martial artist and driver Kato, Reed launches a crusade against mob bossVincent "Skid" Caruso, making the bullet-ridden Chicago streets safe againduring the Prohibition Era. But will the Green Hornet and Kato survive whentheir efforts attract the attention of the sadistic enforcer called TheScourge?