Diplomatically Done
The Green Hornet uncovers a racket that exploits immigrants by falsely promising to recover money trapped overseas, then follows the scheme into an embassy where diplomatic immunity shields one of…
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The Green Hornet uncovers a racket that exploits immigrants by falsely promising to recover money trapped overseas, then follows the scheme into an embassy where diplomatic immunity shields one of…
When a $50,000 shortage appears in the controller's office, clerk Madge Hartman is found shot beside a forged confession and part of the missing cash. The real thief, Barton, has…
The Green Hornet uses a carefully planned deception to expose a corrupt political boss and the illegal gambling network he controls.
A murder investigation leads the Green Hornet to a liquor-smuggling operation protected by corrupt officials.
Damage to Britt Reid's new car leads to a broader racket involving parking-lot operator Phil Brick and corrupt councilman Grayson. Britt recruits Miss Case to cooperate directly with the Green…
A routine wage dispute at the Empire Company explodes into violence because professional agitators are secretly being paid to turn labor trouble into national unrest. After witness Rodney Franklin and…
At a society ball, jewels vanish during a blackout and private detective Palmerston claims the Green Hornet is responsible. Palmerston is actually the thief and plans to frame ex-convict Wardell…
John DeMargo recruits young men for South American jobs and secretly insures them, then arranges fatal plane disasters so he can collect. After two crashes he plans a third under…
The Sentinel's investigation of school-board kickbacks focuses on purchasing official Jane Bixby, who resigns and disappears before she can be questioned. Lenore Case discovers that Bixby is secretly married to…
Dog-racing interests try to force Senator Gurom to reverse his public opposition to gambling by threatening to publish a doctored composite photograph that appears to show him taking money while…
Gangster Big Jim Devlin is found shot on Steve Manning's boat, leaving Manning as the obvious surviving power in their old partnership. The Hornet pressures Devlin's widow into admitting Manning…
The murder of grand-jury witness Andrews blocks an investigation into state graft until prison trustee Joe Finnerty secretly calls Britt and reveals that a powerful convict was released long enough…
Paroled gangster Sonny Braggio terrorizes Ted Roberts, the citizen whose testimony sent him to prison, by sending ominous funeral sprays and keeping the Roberts family in fear. Britt also suspects…
Pink Wonderland is an amusement park whose legitimate attractions mask crooked gambling controlled by Sneed and political boss Marshkey. Britt uses Miss Case, Axford and the Hornet to pressure the…
When blueprints for Channing Products' important new Process X disappear from a locked safe, suspicion falls on longtime employee Amos Jones after a fake Green Hornet threatens to expose his…
Commissioner Higgins cannot hold hoodlum Marty Thurber because intimidated witnesses keep collapsing the cases against him. The Green Hornet engineers a double play by steering Thurber into crooked Bixby's office,…
The apparent suicide of actress Hazel Paul leads Britt to a blackmail operation that has been draining victims for years. The same gang targets young actress Audrey Johnson by threatening…
Dr. Rupert's refusal to answer espionage accusations conceals a deeper case involving a murdered courier and film proving his contact with enemy agents. A woman from Rupert's yacht secretly preserves…
Imprisoned detective Oliver Perry sends racketeer Jack Bartow after Linda Travis in hopes of forcing her to reveal the Green Hornet's identity. Linda is killed during the botched abduction and…
Society welcomes 'Colonel Ashton Burleigh' as a distinguished retired British officer while a series of jewel robberies spreads through the city. A cable from England reveals that Burleigh is an…
Promising pitcher Frank Dennon's sudden losing streak makes it look as if he has sold out to gamblers. Britt discovers that Louis Gordon's ring has been coercing Dennon through Phyllis…
Waxy Lucas uses his taxi-dance hall as the center of a marijuana distribution racket, and undercover investigator Betty Jennings is killed after getting too close to the operation. The Green…
A government agent investigating international jewel smuggling is murdered after tracing the traffic to Lighthouse Mary's waterfront club. Britt discovers that staged fights at the club conceal the transfer of…
Guard Archie Gluck is murdered on his way to tell the Sentinel that millionaire Galen Curtin has been confined in Dr. Gordale's sanitarium through a fraud. Britt discovers that Gordale…
A music-publishing partnership solicits amateur songs nationwide, collecting money from hopeful writers while technically fulfilling contracts by submitting material that is almost certain to be discarded. The Green Hornet forces…
After a judge sentences his own son to jail, criminals manipulate the young man into helping frame his father, leaving the Green Hornet to unravel the setup.
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