November 5, 1989: A fancy car (the third Black Beauty) sits outside the smouldering ruins of the Reid country estate. Inside, a man wearing the costume of Green Hornet III examines an old Daily Sentinel edition ("September 20, 1968"), "The Journal of Britt Reid" and a scrapbook. Photos and clippings in the last inspire thoughts of the past. October 1, 1979 (another Sentinel front page): From the basement garage of Reid Tower, Britt Reid II and Hayashi Kato enter the night as the Green Hornet and his chauffeur/bodyguard/enforcer. They intrude upon an arms deal held undercover at a dairy, hearing the name Garrick dropped in conversation as they approach. Predictable resistance to "cutting in" the Hornet gives the masked men their excuse to shut it down. As they head back home, Britt remembers how this entire lifestyle began for him. January 28, 1968: Britt II holds Britt I's Hornet mask up to his face as he had May 14, 1955 (see issue #1, Sequence 2), but now he is quite opposed to the idea of following in his uncle's footsteps. Nevertheless the older man sends for his former partner Ikano Kato's oldest son Hayashi, ostensibly for him to continue his engineering studies in American schools. As Hay keeps up with his classwork (Feb. 5), he also works with Britt I on two special projects, an unusual car ("the new Black Beauty") (March 16) and an equally unusual garage in which to hide it (April 6). All the while, young Britt insists he will never become the Green Hornet, until on June 10, 1968, his former college roommate and now Presidential candidate Senator Steve Carlson is assassinated right in front of the young Reid. He races home, informs his uncle and Hayashi that he has changed his mind and tries on a new Hornet mask before their eyes. To be continued....