Britt Reid is the handsome and dashingly wealthy young playboy/publisher of the Daily Sentinel newspaper by day. But by night Reid dons the long green overcoat, green fedora hat and green mask of the mysterious vigilante known as the Green Hornet. Though on police record (and to the general public) the Green Hornet is believed to be a criminal, Reid capitalizes on that perception to help him infiltrate the underworld, leaving behind criminals and any incriminating evidence found later for the police. As the Hornet, Reid is accompanied by his loyal valet and similarly masked partner and confidant, Kato, who drives their technologically advanced car, the Black Beauty .Britt Reid is the son of Dan Reid, Jr., whose father, Dan, Sr., was the older brother of John Reid, aka The Lone Ranger.