#1)  December 1940 - August 1941
              Holyoke - Issues 1-6

         #2)  June 1942 - September 1949
              Harvey [Family] Comics - Issues 7-47
              Also appeared in two issues of Harvey's "All New"
              comics in 1946 and 1947

         #3)  1953
              Dell Publications, one issue #496 of their 
              "Color" series

         #4)  November 1966 - August 1967
              Gold Key - 3 issues

In November 1989, NOW comics published the first issue of The Green Hornet. Their take on the character was a generational saga, meaning that they had been various Hornets and Katos along the years: the first ones, Britt Reid and Ikano Kato, in the forties (the ones featured in the radio show and the serials), the second ones, Britt Reid II and Hayashi Kato (so named because of George Hayashi) in the sixties and seventies (the ones featured in the TV series), a third one, Alan Reid, who lasted only one mission in 1986, and the fourth one, Paul Reid, who was assisted first by Mishi Kato and then by Hayashi, and finally by Kono Kato, in the eighties and nineties. If this sounds a little complicated for you, the full family trees of the Reid and Kato families can be found in the Green Hornet vol.II #26.

The first seven issues showed how Paul Reid became the current owner of the mask, after showing the last missions of the first and second Green Hornets, the death of the third and the first one. After that, the series concentrated mostly on the adventures of Paul Reid, alongside the beautiful Mishi Kato (who later became a vigilante called the Crimson Wasp), the more experienced Hayashi, and the new kid in town Kono.

Here's what NOW published during the period it held the rights to the property:

These two series are the main ones, and had quite a turnover of writers. The first one was Ron Fortier, followed by Chuck Dixon (who changed a very good character, Mishi, into another cardboard vigilante, something I'm still not very happy about), and Joan M. Weiss. The second series had two annuals, one in 1992, the second one in 1994

This mini-series shows an adventure of the second Green Hornet and Kato. It has the distinction of having been written by Van Williams himself!

Written by James van Hise, author of the GREEN HORNET BOOK. The first two issues of this series recall the origin of the first Green Hornet, the other two showcase the second Hornet

Still written by James Van Hise, the first two issues showcase the first Hornet (and the first one is one of the best story of all), and the third one showcases the second Hornet.

The first Green Hornet against nazis during WW II. The absolute best story of the whole series! Good writing, good art, and a lot of references to golden age pulps and comics. If you have to read only one story, this is it!

Written by James van Hise, it's set between GH vol.I and GH vol.II, and shows how Paul Reid discovered that being the Green Hornet was important. The setting is a bit absurd, though: who could believe that a corrupt mayor could take over the city, and declare martial law, in the land of the free :-)

Set in the future, it shows Clayton Reid, the latest holder of the mask, as a real criminal who gets a wake-up call from his cousin, Luke Kato.

Two mini-series showcasing Hayashi Kato, and written by Mike Baron, who later wrote a Bruce Lee mini-series for Malibu comics. The first one shows Kato going back to the Shaolin Temple where he was trained to protect it from the chinese army. The second has him playing bodyguard to a spoiled rock star.

Soon after GH #40 was published, NOW stopped the publication of the series, even if plans had been made to carry it on (they involved notably the wedding of Hayashi Kato with Paul's cousin Diana Reid, daughter of Britt Reid I). The series is for the time being in comic book limbo. But according to some rumors I've heard, Dark Horse comics might (I emphasize "might") publish their own version to coincide with the release of the much talked about movie.