The Sting Of Justice
The origin of the Green Hornet set in the 1930's.
My Thoughts:
Green Hornet: Year One is written by Matt Wagner who does a decent job presenting the origins of the Green Hornet and Kato exploring them in a way not done so until now. You can tell Matt Wagner is a talented writer and knows how to put together well written stories that keep your interest. It may be a little confusing for some because he consistently jumps back and forth from the past and present giving you two different stories with the same characters at the same time.
The art is by Aaron Campbell who doesn't exactly do a horrible job by any means but I just wasn't the biggest fan of his work here. It's mostly contributed to the fact that I didn't like the coloring. I understand why the art was designed the way it is. Being that this is set in the 1930's and they wanted to give it that "pulp drama" feel but I just couldn't get into it as much as I would have liked to. Sometimes it's a little difficult depicting what exactly I'm looking at. On a side note, the cover for the TPB by Alex Ross was an amazing work of art in my opinion.
I think a lot of Green Hornet fans out there will really enjoy this comic, perhaps more than I did. I would recommend reading it if you like the Green Hornet, but if you've never read any Green Hornet comics before you may wan't to consider passing on this depending on your preference of comics.
Rating: 3.5/5