Linda Reid (grandmother; deceased)
John Reid (great uncle; deceased)
Dan Reid Jr. (father; deceased)
Janet Reid (wife; deceased)
Britt Reid Jr. (son)
Alright, creep! Feel the sting...of the Green Hornet! 
- -- Britt Reid src
History[]
Britt Reid Sr.
Britt Reid Sr. was the first individual to take up the vigilante moniker of the The Green Hornet. Britt was born sometime in the early 1910s, and was the only child of Dan Reid Jr., a Chicago newspaper publisher. In 1934, Britt left the United States to experience the world around him[1]. While still on this "world tour", Reid found himself trapped in China during the Nanking Massacre of 1937. It was during this time in China that he met and rescued a renegade Japanese soldier named Hayashi Kato, who had turned on his fellow soldiers following the massacre[2]. Returning to the United States with Kato in early 1938, Britt discovered that in his absence, his father had died from a stroke and left him The Daily Sentinel newspaper[3][4]. Shortly after taking control of The Sentinel in mid-1938, Britt was asked by his great uncle, John Reid (formerly the masked vigilante known as The Lone Ranger), to become a new Lone Ranger of the modern age[5]. After some debate, he decided that he wasn't going to become a new Lone Ranger, but develop his own identity as The Green Hornet[6]. One of Britt's first "missions" as The Green Hornet involved him and his great uncle teaming-up to battle a new Cavendish Gang and Charles Bowles Jr., the son of the old west outlaw Black Bart[7]. In early September of 1938, Britt and Kato teamed-up with several masked vigilantes in New York City to fight The Clock and his "Black Police" army[8]. Shortly after these events, Britt and Kato returned to Chicago to take down mob boss "Skid" Caruso[9]. Sometime after sending Caruso to prison, The Green Hornet and Kato once again teamed-up with several masked vigilantes, this time on a mission to stop a threat that spanned several generations and universes[10]. In late-1941, Britt ran for mayor of Chicago and took down Nazi sympathizer Vito "The Face" Cerelli[11].
At some point, Britt settled down and married a woman named Janet and eventually having a son named Britt Reid Junior. Despite his new family, Britt continued to operate as the Hornet until the last crime families of Central City were disbanded[12][13].
More than 20 years after retiring from vigilante life, Britt's past caught up with him in the form of The Black Hornet, who crashed a party being held at the Reid Estate. Britt fought back against the intruder, but was shot several times by the masked assailant and eventually died from his wounds[14]. His son, [Jr.], eventually took on the mantle of The Green Hornet to bring his father's killer to justice[15].
Powers and Abilities
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Abilities
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Weapons
Smokes Grenades
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Trivia
- The Green Hornet was created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from Jim Jewell, in late 1935 and made first appearing in January 1936, making him and the original Kato among the oldest characters to be adapted by Dynamite Entertainment.
Links[]
- 62 Appearances of Britt Reid Sr. (Earth-818793)
- Media Britt Reid Sr. (Earth-818793) was Mentioned in
- 225 Images featuring Britt Reid Sr. (Earth-818793)
- 2 Quotations by or about Britt Reid Sr. (Earth-818793)
- Character Gallery: Britt Reid Sr. (Earth-818793)
- ↑ The Green Hornet: Year One Vol 1 1
- ↑ The Green Hornet: Year One Vol 1 3
- ↑ The Green Hornet: Year One Vol 1 4
- ↑ The Green Hornet: Year One Vol 1 5
- ↑ The Lone Ranger/Green Hornet Vol 1 1
- ↑ The Lone Ranger/Green Hornet Vol 1 2
- ↑ The Lone Ranger/Green Hornet Vol 1
- ↑ Masks Vol 1
- ↑ The Green Hornet: Year One Vol 1
- ↑ Masks 2 Vol 1
- ↑ The Green Hornet Vol 1
- ↑ Green Hornet: Blood Ties Vol 1
- ↑ Green Hornet Vol 1 1
- ↑ Green Hornet Vol 1 3
- ↑ Green Hornet Vol 1 5