The Green Hornet ( TV series ) - wikipedia The Green Hornet ( TV series ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2017 ) For the radio character, see Green Hornet. The Green Hornet Genre Action / Adventure Created by George W. Trendle Fran Striker Directed by William Beaudine Leslie H. Martinson Larry Peerce Allen Reisner Seymour Robbie Starring Van Williams Bruce Lee Walter Brooke Lloyd Gough Wende Wagner Narrated by William Dozier Opening theme `` Flight of the Bumblebee '' composed by Nikolai Rimsky - Korsakov, arranged by Billy May, conducted by Lionel Newman, performed by Al Hirt Composer ( s ) Billy May ( background score ) Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons No. of episodes 26 ( list of episodes ) Production Executive producer ( s ) William Dozier Producer ( s ) Richard M. Bluel ( 23 episodes ) Stanley Shpetner ( 2 episodes ) Cinematography Jack Marta Carl Guthrie Charles Clarke Editor ( s ) Fred R. Feitshans Jr. Noel Scott Running time 30 min. Production company ( s ) Greenway Productions 20th Century Fox Television Distributor 20th Television Release Original network ABC Picture format Color Original release September 9, 1966 ( 1966 - 09 - 09 ) -- March 17, 1967 ( 1967 - 03 - 17 ) The Green Hornet is a television series on the ABC US television network that aired for the 1966 -- 1967 TV season starring Van Williams as the Green Hornet / Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as Kato. The single - season series premiered September 9, 1966, and ran through March 17, 1967, lasting 26 episodes ; ABC repeated the series after its cancellation by the network, until July 14, 1967, when The Green Hornet had its last broadcast on network television. The character had originated as the star of a radio series ( 1930s to 1950s ), and it had previously been adapted to movie serials, comic books, and other media. Owing in part to George W. Trendle and Fran Striker having created all the central characters and developed the core formats of both radio shows, Britt Reid shares the same family name as the Lone Ranger, as Britt 's father had been the Lone Ranger 's nephew Dan Reid. Contents 1 Premise 2 Production 3 Cast 4 Episodes 5 Differences from radio version 6 Theme music and opening 7 Black Beauty 7.1 Storage and deployment 7.2 Weaponry, surveillance and security features 8 Crossover with Batman TV series 8.1 The Green Hornet and Kato on Batman 8.2 Batman and Robin on The Green Hornet 9 Other appearances 9.1 Dragon : The Bruce Lee Story 9.2 Batman ' 66 Meets the Green Hornet 10 Comics 11 References 12 External links 12.1 Television 12.2 Other Premise Van Williams and Bruce Lee, 1966. Playboy bachelor and media mogul Britt Reid is the owner and publisher of the Daily Sentinel newspaper, but as the masked vigilante Green Hornet, he fights crime with the assistance of his martial - artist expert Kato, Britt 's crimefighting partner, and his weapons - enhanced car, the Black Beauty ( license plate V - 194 ). On police records, the Green Hornet is a wanted criminal, but in reality, the Green Hornet is masquerading as a criminal so that he can infiltrate and battle criminal gangs, leaving them and the incriminating evidence for police arrival. Beyond Kato, Britt 's dual identity is known only to his secretary Lenore `` Casey '' Case and District Attorney Frank P. Scanlon. Britt 's motive for fighting crime was explained on - screen : his father had died in prison after having been framed for a crime he did not commit. Production Despite character co-creator George W. Trendle 's failed efforts to generate interest in a Green Hornet TV series in 1951 and 1958, the success of ABC 's 1960s Batman series prompted the network to adapt the venerable radio and movie - serial character. The series starred Van Williams as the Green Hornet and introduced martial artist Bruce Lee to American television audiences as his partner, Kato. Unlike the campy and humorous Batman series, The Green Hornet was played straight. Though it was canceled after one season, Lee became a major star of martial arts movies. Lee 's popularity in Hong Kong, where he was raised, was such that the show was marketed there as The Kato Show. The Green Hornet and Kato also appeared in two episodes of Batman titled `` A Piece Of The Action / Batman 's Satisfaction, '' with Reid mentioning that he and Bruce Wayne had been acquaintances and rivals since childhood. Though other characters in the story were all led to believe wrongly that the Green Hornet and Kato were villains, as on The Green Hornet : The Series, Roger C. Carmel acted out the show 's real villain, who called himself Colonel Gumm. Cast Van Williams as Britt Reid / Green Hornet -- The owner and publisher of The Daily Sentinel and masked fighting hero, who masquerades as a villain Bruce Lee as Kato -- Britt Reid 's partner, who is also the Green Hornet 's aide Wende Wagner as Lenore `` Casey '' Case -- Reid 's secretary at the Daily Sentinel, one of only two other people who know the true identities of the Green Hornet and Kato Lloyd Gough as Mike Axford -- A police reporter for the Daily Sentinel Walter Brooke as District Attorney Frank P. Scanlon, the other one of only two other people who know the true identities of the Green Hornet and Kato William Dozier as The Narrator Episodes This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2017 ) This section 's factual accuracy is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on Talk : The Green Hornet ( TV series ). Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced. ( March 2017 ) PC = Production code number No Title Directed by Written by Original air date PC `` The Silent Gun '' Leslie H. Martinson Ken Pettus September 9, 1966 ( 1966 - 09 - 09 ) 9804 In this premiere episode, Dave Bannister is shot at a funeral with 20 witnesses present and not a shot is heard, not even by the Green Hornet 's friend, District Attorney Frank P. Scanlon, who was also attending. A messenger from a Brokerage House, carrying $5000 in negotiable bonds, is the Silent Gun 's second victim. The Green Hornet and Kato respond in the infamous Black Beauty and hit the streets to track down the villainous culprit. Lloyd Bochner guests. `` Give ' Em Enough Rope '' Seymour Robbie Gwen Bagni, Paul Dubov September 16, 1966 ( 1966 - 09 - 16 ) 9806 Joe Sweek, waiting to meet Daily Sentinel reporter Mike Axford to sell him photos proving an insurance claim to be fraudulent, is manipulated into a nearby warehouse and murdered by a man in black swinging from a rope. The Green Hornet plans a surprise visit to the claimant, Alex Colony, to propose a partnership with him in his `` accident '' racket. `` Programmed for Death '' Larry Peerce Lewis Reed September 23, 1966 ( 1966 - 09 - 23 ) 9802 After reporter Pat Allen is killed in the Daily Sentinel 's eighth - floor city room by a leopard, Britt Reid finds a transmitter in a cigarette box. Later, D.A. Scanlon informs Britt of the discovery of a perfect diamond on Allen 's desk. Digging around, Reid suspects that the gemologist had been working on producing synthetic diamonds, and the Green Hornet takes an interest in him. Although the third episode aired by ABC, this is generally believed to be the series ' original pilot, in part due to the fact that stars Van Williams and Bruce Lee wear angularly stylized masks rather than those molded to their faces seen in other episodes. This episode was also released as a Sawyers ' ViewMaster stereoscopic set. `` Crime Wave '' Larry Peerce Sheldon Stark September 30, 1966 ( 1966 - 09 - 30 ) 9803 A scientist predicts crimes with a computer that implicates the Green Hornet. 5 `` The Frog Is a Deadly Weapon '' Leslie H. Martinson William L. Stuart October 7, 1966 ( 1966 - 10 - 07 ) 9805 Private investigator Nat Pyle informs Britt that he has proof, for a fee, that presumed - dead racketeer Glen Connors is still alive. Shortly later, Nat is found floating dead in the harbor from a possible boating accident. Reid thinks otherwise, and has a special interest in proving Pyle was murdered because it was Connors who had framed Reid 's father, leading to the father 's imprisonment and death. Hollywood veteran Victor Jory plays the villain. 6 `` Eat, Drink, and Be Dead '' Murray Golden Richard Landau October 14, 1966 ( 1966 - 10 - 14 ) 9807 An illegal bootleg liquor ring devised by Henry Dirk forces a stronghold on bars in the town to buy from them. As reporter Mike Axford tries to follow a lead to the racketeers, he becomes kidnapped. To get in and save Axford, the Green Hornet approaches Dirk for a cut of his action. The bootlegger and his helicopter, from which he drops bombs on his non-conformists, is a challenge to the Black Beauty. 7 `` Beautiful Dreamer : Part 1 '' Allen Reisner Lorenzo Semple, Jr., Ken Pettus October 21, 1966 ( 1966 - 10 - 21 ) 9808 Seems that wealthy and prominent members of the community have been executing crimes and then forgetting that they ever happened. Eventually the District Attorney and the Green Hornet find that Peter Eden, owner of the very high class spa called the Vale of Eden, has been implanting `` suggestions '' into his clients 's subconscious minds via his treatments. 8 `` Beautiful Dreamer : Part 2 '' Allen Reisner Lorenzo Semple, Jr., Ken Pettus October 28, 1966 ( 1966 - 10 - 28 ) 9809 Part two picks up with a Green Hornet visit and proposition for Peter Eden, owner of the Vale of Eden. After Peter uses Vanessa Vane in an almost successful attempt to double - cross the Hornet, the Hornet re-visits Eden and uses his own dream machine on Peter to foil the last crime for the evening and get him to confess everything to the police. 9 `` The Ray Is for Killing '' William Beaudine Lee Loeb November 11, 1966 ( 1966 - 11 - 11 ) 9801 A charity art auction of fine paintings at Britt Reid 's home is interrupted on live television by three masked, gun - toting criminals. The police, nearby, manage to wound one of the thieves, but before they can arrest the other two, a laser ray is unleashed on their squad car with devastating results. The Green Hornet and Kato find themselves in quite a confrontation against this portable killing machine. 10 `` The Preying Mantis '' Norman Foster Charles Hoffman November 18, 1966 ( 1966 - 11 - 18 ) 9810 Organized crime 's `` Protection '' Boss Duke Slate decides it 's time to acquire `` the city 's Chinatown district '' and uses Low Sing 's tong to handle his influence. Low Sing, a martial arts professional, instructs his craft to his gang using the actions of a caged Praying Mantis, analogizing its intricate moves to proper Kung - Fu application. After a kidnapping which Low Sing engineers, a challenge between Low Sing and Kato is inevitable. Keye Luke, the man who previously played Kato in the 1940s film serials and would later appear in Kung Fu as Caine 's master in some flashback segments of the show, has an uncredited role as Mr. Chang. 11 `` The Hunters and the Hunted '' William Beaudine Jerry Thomas November 25, 1966 ( 1966 - 11 - 25 ) 9811 Big - game hunters are using mobsters as quarry -- but their next target may be their most dangerous game yet, the Green Hornet. 12 `` Deadline for Death '' Seymour Robbie Ken Pettus December 2, 1966 ( 1966 - 12 - 02 ) 9812 After a rash of wealthy homes are burglarized shortly after reporter Mike Axford writes a feature on them, he becomes so suspicious that he places himself at the next possible home to be targeted, only to find himself being arrested and put behind bars, for suspicion of murder when the home 's butler is killed in the robbery. D.A. Scanlon is so convinced of Axford 's guilt that only the Green Hornet is willing to investigate Mike 's photographer. 13 `` The Secret of the Sally Bell '' Robert L. Friend William L. Stuart December 9, 1966 ( 1966 - 12 - 09 ) 9813 The Sally Bell, a cargo ship with $2 million in narcotics en route to the United States from Hong Kong, after initially being lost at sea with all hands of her crew, mysteriously shows up at a salvage yard. The only survivor, Gus Wander, knows `` The Secret '' of her special cargo with only one big problem : He is currently unconscious due to a blast from the Hornet Sting. 14 `` Freeway to Death '' Allen Reisner Ken Pettus December 16, 1966 ( 1966 - 12 - 16 ) 9815 Britt Reid orders Mike Axford to team up with the Green Hornet to uncover the ringleader in an insurance scam. Mike reluctantly agrees, but later tries to expose the ringleader alone, leaving it up to the Green Hornet and Kato to save him before it is too late. 15 `` May the Best Man Lose '' Allen Reisner Judith Barrows, Robert Guy Barrows December 23, 1966 ( 1966 - 12 - 23 ) 9814 At election time, District Attorney Scanlon is running for another term -- but someone wants to remove him from the ballot... and permanently so at that. 16 `` The Hornet and the Firefly '' Allen Reisner William L. Stuart December 30, 1966 ( 1966 - 12 - 30 ) 9817 An arsonist wreaks havoc setting fire to buildings at the stroke of midnight. The Green Hornet and the District Attorney work behind the scenes to aid the Commissioner to put a stop to this hot situation. The Commissioner refuses to enlist the aid of a retired top arson investigator because his work had previously cost him an eye, but reporter Mike Axford suggests to Britt Reid that the Daily Sentinel can put him to work. Unfortunately, Mike is in for a very big surprise. 17 `` Seek, Stalk and Destroy '' George Waggner Jerry Thomas January 6, 1967 ( 1967 - 01 - 06 ) 9816 A tank crew who served together in Korea steals a tank to free their former captain from prison before he is executed for the murder of their ex-commanding officer. It falls to the Green Hornet and Kato both to stop them before they can accomplish their goal, and to uncover the real killer. 18 `` Corpse of the Year : Part 1 '' James Komack Ken Pettus January 13, 1967 ( 1967 - 01 - 13 ) 9818 A carbon copy of the Green Hornet 's Black Beauty attacks a Daily Sentinel delivery truck and terminates its driver right in front of Britt Reid. Then the Daily Sentinel offices have an explosive visit from a Green Hornet impostor, leading the real Green Hornet on a cat and mouse chase of his shadow car disrupting Daily Sentinel deliveries. Celia Kaye guest stars as Melissa Neal. 19 `` Corpse of the Year : Part 2 '' James Komack Ken Pettus January 27, 1967 ( 1967 - 01 - 27 ) 9819 After another death -- of Simon Neal, publisher / owner of the Daily Express -- at the hands of the phony Green Hornet, part 2 begins with Britt Reid bringing one of the Daily Express 's previous employees, Dan Scully, into the Daily Sentinel 's staff to help investigate Simon 's termination. After finding out from Sabrina Bradley, Managing Editor of the Daily Express, that Simon had had a copy of the Black Beauty produced for the Press Club 's Masquerade Ball, the real Green Hornet sets a trap with her help. 20 `` Ace in the Hole '' William Beaudine Stan Silverman, Robert Lees February 3, 1967 ( 1967 - 02 - 03 ) 9820 When Mike Axford unexpectedly shows up at a meeting of mobsters Phil Trager, Steve Gant and... the Green Hornet, he gets shot. The Hornet fools the other two into believing Mike has been killed and tries to manipulate them into taking each other out. The plan may fail and cost Axford, the Green Hornet, and Kato all their respective lives when the reporter reveals that he is still very much alive. 21 `` Bad Bet on a 459 - Silent '' Seymour Robbie Judith Barrows, Robert Guy Barrows February 10, 1967 ( 1967 - 02 - 10 ) 9821 Britt Reid must figure out how to get medical attention for a wound he received as the Green Hornet, as well as how to stop two cops who are using silent alarm calls for their own profit. 22 `` Trouble for Prince Charming '' William Beaudine Ken Pettus February 17, 1967 ( 1967 - 02 - 17 ) 9822 After the Green Hornet prevents the assassination of Prince Rafil, his blonde American fiancée, Janet Prescott, is kidnapped, and the prince is ordered to abdicate in order to save her. 23 `` Alias The Scarf '' Allen Reisner William L. Stuart February 24, 1967 ( 1967 - 02 - 24 ) 9823 When a wax museum 's figure of The Scarf, an infamous strangler from 20 years ago, is replaced in the center display spot by effigies of the Green Hornet and Kato, the waxen form of the Scarf seemingly comes to life and starts attacking people. Using the museum researcher 's manuscript about the Scarf, the Green Hornet and Kato attempt to snare the killer before he claims any more victims. Horror film star John Carradine plays the researcher. 24 `` Hornet Save Thyself '' Seymour Robbie John Tait March 3, 1967 ( 1967 - 03 - 03 ) 9824 As a surprise birthday party begins for Britt, a handgun given as a present to Britt seemingly discharges itself, fatally shooting ex-employee Eddie Rech. In a reverse of his usual situation, Britt Reid hides from the police by becoming the Green Hornet. There is no `` Produced by... '' credit on this episode. 25 `` Invasion from Outer Space : Part 1 '' Darrell Hallenbeck Arthur Weingarten March 10, 1967 ( 1967 - 03 - 10 ) 9825 The arrival of visitors from outer space seemingly coincides with an Air Force convoy transporting top secret electronic equipment and an H - Bomb missile warhead. Having Britt 's secretary, Lenore `` Casey '' Case, taken hostage makes the situation very touchy. Brett King guest stars in this episode, his last screen role, as Major Jackson. 26 `` Invasion from Outer Space : Part 2 '' Darrell Hallenbeck Arthur Weingarten March 17, 1967 ( 1967 - 03 - 17 ) 9826 Part 2 begins with the Green Hornet using his tracking signal to close in on the visitors from outer space and their mystery. This is the last episode. Differences from radio version As with the later years of the radio version, secretary Lenore `` Casey '' Case ( played by Wende Wagner ) is again aware of Reid 's secret, and the Hornet also has a confidant within the law enforcement community, but now he is District Attorney Frank P. Scanlon ( played by Walter Brooke ). This character was changed from the original 's police commissioner because the Batman TV series was already using a man in that post as the hero 's official contact, and William Dozier, the executive producer of both programs, wanted to downplay comparisons between the two shows. Michael Axford ( Lloyd Gough ), the bodyguard turned reporter of the radio series, is now solely a police reporter for The Daily Sentinel, the newspaper owned by Britt Reid / the Green Hornet. ( The first episode, `` The Silent Gun '', provides a connection between the radio and the TV series, as Axford reminds Reid of the `` old days '' when he lived in the same apartment with Reid 's father, which hints that Reid 's father may have been the Green Hornet of the radio series. ) In this series, Reid owned a television station as well. There were visual differences as well. Promotional artwork for the radio program and the comic books of the day depicted the Hornet wearing a mask that covered all of his face below the eyes ( the two Universal Studios Saturday matinee serials contained a full face mask with eye holes ) while Kato wore goggles. Here, both men wear masks that cover only the upper portions of their faces. These masks initially had a stylized angularity that soon proved problematic : neither man could see much. They were soon replaced with masks molded to the performers ' faces. In a technological update, the Hornet carried a telescoping device called the Hornet 's Sting, which projected ultrasonic soundwaves. He most frequently used it to open locked doors, although he was also seen using it to set things on fire ( presumably by vibrating them and causing heat through friction ) and to threaten criminals to get information. In the episode `` The Secret of the Sally Bell '', the Hornet used it to explode the thug 's gun, causing the thug to fall and suffer a concussion, resulting in the criminal 's being hospitalized. He also had a Hornet knockout gas gun. The television version Kato used green `` sleeve darts '' to give him a ranged attack he could use to counter enemies both at a distance and in hand - to - hand combat. The impression Bruce Lee made at the time is demonstrated by Kato 's Revenge Featuring the Green Hornet, a TV series tie - in coloring book produced by Watkins & Strathmore. Theme music and opening Nikolai Rimsky - Korsakov 's orchestral interlude, `` Flight of the Bumblebee, '' used for the radio series, was so strongly identified with The Green Hornet that it was retained as the series theme, but it was rearranged by Billy May, who also composed the new background scores, and conducted by Lionel Newman, with a trumpet solo by Al Hirt, performed in a jazz style nicknamed `` Green Bee. '' Each episode begins with the following monologue, narrated by producer William Dozier : Another challenge for the Green Hornet, his aide Kato, and their rolling arsenal, the Black Beauty. On police records a wanted criminal, the Green Hornet is really Britt Reid, owner - publisher of the Daily Sentinel ; his dual identity known only to his secretary, and to the district attorney. And now, to protect the rights and lives of decent citizens, rides The Green Hornet ! Years later, the Billy May music was featured in the 2003 film Kill Bill, Vol. 1, starring Uma Thurman versus David Carradine, in which Quentin Tarantino paid tribute to Kato by featuring the dozens of sword - fighting members of `` The Crazy 88 '' wearing Kato - style masks during one of the film 's fight sequences. Black Beauty A Black Beauty used in the series This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2011 ) The TV series featured the Green Hornet 's car, The Black Beauty, a 1966 Imperial Crown sedan customized by Dean Jeffries at a cost of US $13,000. Two cars were built for the show and both exist today. Black Beauty 1 is located in the Petersen Automotive Museum collection and Black Beauty 2 has been fully restored and is located in a private collection in South Carolina. Storage and deployment The Black Beauty was stored underneath Britt Reid 's garage. A set of switches on a secret control panel behind a tool wall would sequentially set the lights to green, attach clamps to the bumpers of Reid 's personal car, rotate the floor of the garage -- hiding Reid 's car and bringing up the Black Beauty -- finally unclamping the Black Beauty 's bumpers. The Black Beauty would then exit the garage through a hidden rear door, and enter the street from behind a billboard advertising the fictitious product Kissin ' Candy Mint ( with the slogan `` How sweet they are '' ) designed to separate down the middle and rejoin. Weaponry, surveillance and security features The Black Beauty, which carried rear license plate number V194, could fire explosive charges from tubes hidden behind retractable panels below the headlights which were said to be rockets with explosive warheads ; had a concealed - when - not - in - use, drop - down knock - out gas nozzle in the center of the front grille and the vehicle could launch a small flying video / audio surveillance device ( referred to as the scanner ) through a small rectangular panel in the middle of the trunk lid. It was a foreshadowing of today 's small helicopter - like drones. Working rockets and gas nozzles were incorporated into the trunk lid as well. Crossover with Batman TV series Main article : Batman ( TV series ) This section possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( March 2017 ) This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2017 ) The Green Hornet and Kato on Batman Van Williams and Bruce Lee make a cameo appearance as the Green Hornet and Kato in `` window cameos '' while Batman and Robin were climbing a building. This was in part one of a two - part second - season episode of the Batman TV series : `` The Spell of Tut, '' which aired on September 28, 1966. There is also mention of The Green Hornet TV series on the Batman two - part episode `` The Impractical Joker, '' transmitted on November 16, 1966, as Alfred, Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne are watching television, and Bruce Wayne says, `` It 's time to watch The Green Hornet ! ''. Later that same season, the Green Hornet and Kato appeared in the two - part second - season episodes `` A Piece of the Action '' and `` Batman 's Satisfaction, '' which aired on March 1 -- 2, 1967. In the two episodes, the Green Hornet and Kato are in Gotham City to bust a counterfeit stamp ring run by Colonel Gumm ( portrayed by Roger C. Carmel ). `` Batman 's Satisfaction '' leads up to a mixed fight, with both Batman & Robin and The Green Hornet & Kato fighting Colonel Gumm and his gang. Once Gumm 's crew is defeated, Batman and Robin square off against The Green Hornet and Kato, resulting in a stand - off interrupted by the police. In this episode, Batman, Robin and the police consider the Green Hornet and Kato criminals, though Batman and Robin were cordial to the duo in the earlier window appearance. Batman and Robin on the Green Hornet In the December 9, 1966 The Green Hornet episode `` The Secret Of The Sally Bell '' the Batmobile is seen on a television receiver, turning around inside the Batcave. In the February 3, 1967 Green Hornet episode `` Ace in the Hole, '' which was transmitted in between the September 1966 and March 1967 Batman appearances ( mentioned above ), an unidentified episode of Batman is seen playing on a television set, showing Batman and Robin climbing a building. One other appearance of The Green Hornet, Kato, and Batman was broadcast in Autumn 1966 on a Milton Berle Hollywood Palace television variety show. Other appearances Dragon : the Bruce Lee story Main article : Dragon : The Bruce Lee Story The 1993 American semi-fictionalized film biography of Bruce Lee depicts Lee ( Jason Scott Lee ) meeting fictional producer Bill Krieger ( Robert Wagner ) after a martial arts tournament, and being hired to play Kato in The Green Hornet series. The movie shows the fictionalized shooting of the first episode, where cast and crew are impressed by Lee 's martial arts skills. Van Williams plays the director of the episode. Batman ' 66 Meets the Green Hornet Kevin Smith and Ralph Garman are co-writers of a Batman and Green Hornet team - up titled Batman ' 66 Meets the Green Hornet. The issues were drawn by artist Ty Templeton, with covers by Alex Ross. The six - issue miniseries was co-produced by DC Comics ( publishers of Batman ) and Dynamite Entertainment ( current publishers of the Green Hornet titles ). The overall story is a sequel to the above - mentioned Batman / Green Hornet two - part TV crossover episodes, reuniting Hornet & Kato with Batman & Robin, and pitting both teams against the now `` General Gumm '' and his new criminal cohort, the Joker. The series was published both in physical comic book form and in an extended 12 - part digital format ( splitting each regular issue 's material into two digital issues ). The full series has since been published in a collected volume, both in hardcover and `` trade paperback '' editions. Furthermore, Garman and Smith have performed dramatized readings of all 6 issues on podcast episodes hosted on Smith 's SModcast webpage. The first issue was dramatized in an episode of Smith 's Fatman on Batman podcast ( episode # 66 ), and the remaining five as episodes of Hollywood Babble - On, co-hosted by Garman and Smith, as special `` Hollywood Babble - On Comic - Con Theater '' episodes ( episodes 175, 180, 184, 188 & 193 ). Comics The TV series was adapted into a comic strip by Dan Spiegle, distributed by Gold Key Comics. References Jump up ^ Lidz, Franz ( January 7, 2011 ). `` Float Like a Franchise, Sting Like a... ''. The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2011. Jump up ^ Boucher, Geoff ( July 23, 2010 ). `` Getting ' The Green Hornet ' off the ground ''. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 13, 2010. ^ Jump up to : Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh. 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Question: who played the green hornet in the tv series
Answer: Van Williams