
"The Green Hornet" premiered as a radio show in 1936, moving to comics in 1940.
The characters were also adapted for a 1940's theatrical serial and a 1960's ABC TV series starring actors Van Williams as 'Britt Reid' and Bruce Lee as sidekick 'Kato, cruising mean streets in the tricked out 1965 Chrsyler Imperial, 'Black Beauty'.