The Green Hornet #1 (Raw VF/NM) - Midtown Comics Exclusive Variant (Mark Waid / Newspaper Cover)

Add a high-demand retailer exclusive variant to your online inventory with The Green Hornet #1 (Midtown Comics Exclusive Variant), published by Dynamite Entertainment! Written by Eisner Award-winning author Mark Waid (Kingdom Come, Daredevil), with interior artwork by Daniel Indro.

The upper trade dress features the classic bright green title logo The GREEN HORNET with the hornet emblem alongside the green DYNAMITE 1 issue box, creator credits (MARK WAID and DANIEL INDRO), and the Midtown Comics Exclusive NYC logo. The bottom left corner displays the official barcode box, rating (Rated T+ Direct Sales), and Dynamite website address.

The cover artwork by artist Cezar Razek features a dramatic newspaper front-page layout for The Daily Sentinel with the headline "MIDTOWN COMICS GOES AFTER THE GREEN HORNET!" The cover illustration showcases a high-octane melee with Kato delivering a flying kick while The Green Hornet battles armed mobsters.

In this premiere issue, Mark Waid launches a defining era for the classic pulp vigilante. Posing as a criminal mastermind to infiltrate and tear down mob operations from within, Britt Reid and Kato navigate deadly gang warfare, corrupt officials, and relentless danger in classic 1940s noir fashion.

This unslabbed raw comic issue is in top-tier collectible condition (estimated VF/NM 9.0 or better), featuring sharp corners, clean edges, a flat spine, and rich color depth—making it an essential pickup for Green Hornet fans, Midtown Comics variant collectors, Mark Waid completists, and #1 key issue collectors.