A series detailed a risky venture of Britt Reid, debonair newspaper publisher by day, crime-fighting masked hero when asleep, along by using his trustworthy brother, Kato. Kato was the Filipino of Japanese ancestry. Using a irruption of World War II his Japanese heritage was down-played, leading to a common misperception that the character's nationality got been switched per indicate's writers. (Whenever the characters were utilized within a pair of film serials Kato's nationality was inexplicably given as Korean.) Reid is said to be the descendent of The Lone Ranger. A character of Dan Reid, world health organization appeared on a Only Ranger program when the Masked Human's nephew wwhen besides featured on the Green Hornet as Britt's father.

A original introduction of a radio indicate proclaimed that the Green Hornet went when malefactor that "even the G-Men (FBI agents) couldn't reach". A shows were known as by FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover who prompted them to remove the line implying that some crime fighting was beyond the abilities of the FBI.

the Green Hornet was adapted into a pair of movie serials in the early 1940s. These are better known through the 1966-67 TV series adaptation, which introduced martial arts master Bruce Lee to American audiences & starred Van Williams when a Green Hornet. A tv program was inspired per profits of the camp Batman series. Unlike Batman, a TV version of Green Hornet was played straight, however around spite of the considerable interest within Lee, it was cancelled when single of these year. All a same, the rise of Lee as a major cult film star ensured continued interest in the property pertinent in which projected Green Hornet productions generally stand a casting of a few major martial arts film star when Kato as a number 1 choose of business. Lee's popularity inside his native Hong Kong wwhen such that the indicate was marketed there as "The Kato Show".

In the 1990s a comic book series (Written by Ron Fortier and illustrated by Jeff Butler. These are notable that Ron Fortier is the merely human to use at times written the female Kato. Based on data from Fortier, these are a addition of this character, Mishi Kato, that led to the funny series cancellation.) attempted to reconcile a different versions of the character. A Britt of a radio series was the version of the Hornet world health organization fought crime in the 1930s and 1940s before retiring. A television character was revealed to exist as a nephew of the original Britt Reid, world health organization took higher his uncle's mantle. In the comedian the immature descendent known as Paul Reid will require on the role of the Hornet & is assisted by the fresh, female Kato.

The film version of the character has been in the works for many years today. Screen writer John Fusco created the screenplay for the film in the area of 2002; when of the summertime of 2004, Kevin Smith was writing the screenplay for a fresh rendition of The Green Hornet which is scheduled for even release within 2005 or 2006. These are rumored that Jet Li will portray Kato (who has starred in the film Black Mask which features a super similiar title character), & Jake Gyllenhaal will play the Green Hornet.

A radio indicate's title was utilized as a codename for SIGSALY, secret encryption devices utilized around World War II.

One of a right-remembered elements of a TV series was the Green Hornet theme. Whereas a radio indicate utilized Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" as its theme song, the TV series utilized the jazzed-higher variatiin played on trump by Al Hirt. Years late, this recording was featured in the period of the key scene in the 2003 film, Kill Bill, which paid tribute to Kato by featuring dozens of swordfighters wearing Kato masks in a period of the film's key fight sequence.