Kato of the Green Hornet II #2
In "Karthage Must Be Destroyed," Kato of the Green Hornet II follows a trail of assassins from a luxury hotel to a remote monastery, uncovering a conspiracy that ties a rock star’s secret illness to a deadly scheme. Written by Mike Baron and illustrated by Val Mayerik, with inks by James Sherman, colors by Suzanne Dechnik, and letters by Andrea Albert, this 1992 issue blends tense action with a quietly devastating revelation. The cover, by Val Mayerik, captures the story’s brooding intensity.
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Concluded from last issue: Kato spots the archer and catches the arrow. The bowman, dressed like a ninja, escapes easily. Hayashi gets Sragow and two more playmates back into the hotel, but a room service deliverer turns out to be another assassin, joined by three others coming through the window from the balcony above. They all fail. Kato takes an unenthusiastic Sragow to a rural monastery, then travels to Ned Karthage's country home. The big man doesn't like his property being invaded, but convinces Kato that Faye Ripien would frame him. Late at night, Hayashi sneaks into her office and finds documents that explain everything, but she and Rex, who was the archer, walk in on him. He defeats Rex and turns both over to the authorities. At the monastery, Sragow announces that with the help of acupuncture treatments he is clean and feeling great. Kato tells him the truth: a routine but contractually required physical examination had revealed the rock star to be HIV positive. His dying slowly in a hospital would not have released Faye from legal obligations that would have cost her a fortune, but his being murdered would have. Kato goes home, and both he and Paul decide to get tested.
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