Apart from a few errors, a pretty interesting article
A Talk With Van Williams
Tag: Black Beauty
1988 Pontiac Banshee (Prototype)
Green Hornet, Mar, 1947
Green Hornet Comics, #33, Harvey Publications, March/April, 1947. Cover art by Al Avison.
Golden Age Radio, 1970
Illustrated sleeve featuring Superman, Flash Gordon, Green Hornet’s Black Beauty, Mandrake the Magician, The Shadow and The Lone Ranger. Original transcription disks were 16″ and were pressed at 16-2/3 RPM records, a speed used almost exclusively for spoken word content, particularly the “talking books” used by the visually impaired. For this reason, the inclusion of this speed was required on phonographs in some countries for many years.
It’s only a model (shhhh)
Below are several photos of the models used in the the Making of the Green Hornet TV show
Green Hornet, Dec, 1942
Green Hornet Comics, #10, Harvey Publications, December 1942
Tales of the Green Hornet, April, 1992
Tales of the Green Hornet #4, NOW Comics, April, 1992. Cover by Eddy Newell
The Incomparable Imperial
Postcard featuring the 1966 Imperial Crown convertible
IMPERIAL CROWN
This truly magnificent automobile has more standard features than a Rolls-Royce. Paneling of 100-year-old claro walnut, 7 foam padded armrests, and electrically-powered windows are among the thoughtful extravagances which help make the Crown Imperial the incomparable luxury car in America, if not the world. And best of all, there are three distinctive ways to choose Crown – Coupe, convertible and 4-door Hardtop. (from text on back of postcard)
Corgi Model 268
Images from the Corgi Model 268 box, better known as the Black Beauty
Back Lot Shots
Promotional shots of Green Hornet, Kato and the rolling fortress, the Black Beauty
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