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Green Hornet #17
Green Hornet Comics, Volume 1, Number 17 (March 1944) This issue contains multiple stories. In one tale, a Baxter's famed ball is disrupted when a butler is poisoned, and the Green Hornet must investigate the mystery while navigating a party full of suspects. Another story features a wounded Eskimo warning U.S. soldiers about a Japanese raiding party, leading to a comedic sequence involving sled dogs and the small men's obedience. A third narrative follows a new worker at federal shipyards who encounters the mysterious criminal the Jackal, a fearsome figure who recruits the protagonist into a dangerous work gang despite warnings about the villain's ruthless reputation and methods.