Pop Culture from an Alternate Dimension

       I kept going back and forth on what design to use on the cover and I went first comic cover altered to be the pulp cover but I also loved Steranko's retro painting, so I decided to include that design here. I also included an alternate title page and an extra page of story, both with art from the 1940 Better Little Book of the Green Hornet. Let me know which design you prefer.

       Every once in a while, I will see an article or video about great pulp heroes. They will mention The Shadow, Doc Savage, Tarzan, Buck Rogers, etc. Many times, the Green Hornet will be listed. He was on radio, in comics, serials and television but never had a pulp magazine. The Lone Ranger, who was created by the same people who created the Hornet, did have a pulp. This is my interpretation of what I think a Green Hornet pulp look like.

  As superhero comics became more popular in 1940s the "cape and tights" look became the standard. When the Crimson Avenger first appeared in Detective Comics the year before Batman, he wore a suit, fedora, overcoat and mask. He carried a gas gun and had an Asian sidekick. Soon he was wearing red tights and cape. Sandman originally wore a green double-breasted suit, fedora, cool gas mask and a cape. His weapon of choice being a gas gun. At the end of 1941 he, surprisingly, no longer had a cape but now wore purple and yellow tights. The character they seemed to be based on was the Green Hornet. He wore a suit, fedora overcoat and mask. What if he followed the trend? I got inspiration not only from the Crimson Avenger and Sandman but other insect based heroes of the time, the Red Bee (I didn't make that up) and Yellow Jacket.  Obviously the Hornet should have a striped costume. I added a split cape that could look like hornet wings when in action. Above you can seen my vers...