| “ | Only Kato drives the Black Beauty. | „ |
| ~ Mulan Kato. |
| “ | Feel that sting, asshole. | „ |
| ~ Mulan Kato. |
Mulan Kato is the daughter of the original Green Hornet's sidekick Kato, Mulan is just as dangerous and skilled as her father. Trained from birth, she swore vengeance against the man who killed her mother and eventually took on his father's mantle as the new Kato, partner of the second Green Hornet. Later she would even become the Green Hornet for a while.
The character was created by Kevin Smith for an unmade movie of the Green Hornet that he was supposed to direct. The script was later picked up by Dynamite Entertainment, where Smith assisted Phil Hester and Jonathan Lau in creation of the comic book.
Biography[]
Origin[]
Mulan was trained from birth to defeat the enemies of the Green Hornet in the circumstance that his identity would be compromised. But it was not this that drove her to succeed. She swore vengeance against Hirohito Juuma, the man who killed her mother, Sayomi.
Crime fighting career[]
Impetuous at first, Mulan was nearly killed when she went on her own to try and take out Juuma. After this, her father trained her harder than ever to become a fighting machine. After her training, Mulan was allowed to leave for Century City and begin her stakeout of Juuma for her and her father's revenge. After Juuma killed the original Green Hornet, Mulan, her father and their cousin Clutch took up the work of the Green Hornet. His son, Britt Reid Jr., also took up his fathers mantle and she worked as his partner. The relationship was rocky at first, but the pair learned to work together as a team. Mulan also assisted in Britt's training.
Soon after, Mulan and Britt eventually became a couple, although Mulan expressed that it may have been a mistake. Mulan and her father were then both apparently killed when the Hornet's Nest was destroyed by an arms dealer known as Sergi Gravilov. She would resurface nine months later to help Britt when he was battling Doctor Creepy and a zombie Green Hornet 2.0.
The New Green Hornet[]
Shortly after her return, Britt mysteriously disappears and Century City was left without the Green Hornet to protect it. Mulan then is tasked to take it upon herself to become the new Green Hornet and search for Britt along with her father and brother.
Skills and abilities[]
Mulan is trained in 486 forms of hand to hand combat and can expertly wield 113 different weapons.