GREEN HORNET/MISS FURY #5, by Dynamite Comics on 5/14/25, brings the unlikely team-up to a close when Silver Shrike’s true motives are revealed. Will Green Hornet become the thing he hates?
Credits:
- Writer: Henry Barajas, Alex Segura
- Artist: Federico Sorressa
- Colorist: Lesley Atlansky
- Letterer: Taylor Esposito
- Cover Artist: Francesco Francavilla (cover A)
- Publisher: Dynamite Comics
- Release Date: May 14, 2025
- Comic Rating: Teen
- Cover Price: $4.99
- Page Count: 22
- Format: Single Issue
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Analysis of GREEN HORNET/MISS FURY #5:
Recap:
When we last left the pulp heroes in Green Hornet/Miss Fury #4, we discovered it was Silver Shrike all along. Kato was forced to fight Green Hornet to knock some sense into the emerald hero’s head and see that his old mentor was behind the killings. Meanwhile, Silver Shrike unleashed longtime villain Erica von Kampf on Miss Fury to keep the feline hero busy while her mentor escaped. The issue ended with the heroes winning the day, but Green Hornet slipped away to confront his former mentor alone.
Plot Analysis:
In Green Hornet/Miss Fury #5, the adventure comes to an end. Green Hornet finds Silver Shrike at an old cabin. There, the mentor orders Dr. Death to attack from the shadows. Green Hornet disarms Death, but Silver Shrike kills Death with an axe to the neck to show Green Hornet that adhering to the law won’t stop villains. Extreme measures are the only way. When Green Hornet tries to save Death, Shrike jumps him and knocks him out.
When Green Hornet wakes up, he’s aboard a blimp headed for the city. Shrike explains that Green Hornet can only become the soldier he needs to be when he kills his old life. Therefore, the blimp, laced with explosives, is set to collide with the Sentinel, Britt’s newspaper. When the building explodes and everyone inside dies, Green Hornet will be reviled as a mass murderer, forcing Green Hornet to live above the law.
To seal the deal, Silver Shrike leaps out of the blimp to end his life, preventing Green Hornet from forcing him to explain how to disarm the explosives. The issue ends when Green Hornet sets off the explosives early to prevent killing everyone, Britt Reid puts away the Green Hornet for good, and Miss Fury’s new partner, Kato, explains their latest villain can only be stopped by calling upon the Green Hornet.
First Impressions:
What a convoluted mess!? Alex Segura and Henry Barajas go for grimdark edginess when Green Hornet’s mentor switches over to the dark side, encouraging Green Hornet to go with him. Still, Silver Shrike’s plan is so riddled with plot holes and half-baked ideas that you don’t know whether to hate it or laugh at it.
Artwork and Presentation:
Contrary to the writing, Federico Sorressa’s artwork is great. Green Hornet/Miss Fury #5 has plenty of fights and at least one large action set piece, which Sorressa delivers with a grand sense of scale that ranks right up there with a Batman or Superman adventure. There are no complaints about the art.
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Story Positives & Negatives:
The Positives:
At the heart of this miniseries is a strong idea – how far should a vigilante go before the law gets in the way of justice? Segura and Barajas put Green Hornet in a small corner, physically and emotionally, to force him to come up with an answer. Plus, the notion of Kato becoming (temporarily) Miss Fury’s sidekick in the end could be an interesting matchup for a follow-up.
The Negatives:
Good ideas are no substitute for execution. Segura and Barajas’s plot structure and dialog are ridiculously flawed. Scenes jump from one place to the next with little transition. Silver Shrike pulls villainous cohorts out of thin air to capitalize on a nostalgia factor that barely exists. Silver Shrike’s “plan” doesn’t make a lick of sense. Worst of all, Green Hornet’s solution to a no-win situation doesn’t play out in a way that you could follow. He survives, but how???
In effect. This entire miniseries should have been scrapped and redone from scratch. Between Segura’s terrible work at Marvel, Mad Cave, and DC, it’s tough not to conclude that Barajas may have gotten a bad deal in this writing pair-up.
Final Thoughts:
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GREEN HORNET/MISS FURY #5 brings the team-up miniseries to a close when Green Hornet is forced into a no-win scenario. Alex Segura and Henry Barajas have a thoughtful idea at the heart of this story, but the execution is too flawed and the plot is too nonsensical to make it work. Well, at least Federico Sorressa’s art looks great.
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