▁first ▁film ▁serial ▁with ▁his ▁use ▁of ▁a ▁tran qu il izing ▁" ch op " ▁to ▁the ▁back ▁of ▁a ▁th ug ' s ▁neck . ▁ ▁Com ic ▁book ▁adapt ations ▁All ▁Green ▁Hor net ▁com ic ▁book ▁adapt ations ▁have ▁included ▁K ato . ▁These ▁were ▁produced ▁by ▁H eln it ▁( l ater ▁Holy oke ), ▁Har vey , ▁D ell ▁and , ▁tied ▁into ▁the ▁television ▁version , ▁Gold ▁Key . ▁Begin ning ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁one , ▁published ▁by ▁N OW ▁Comics , ▁established ▁a ▁continu ity ▁between ▁the ▁different ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁story . ▁In ▁this ▁com ic , ▁the ▁TV / B ru ce ▁Lee ▁version ▁of ▁K ato ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁K ato ▁from ▁the ▁radio ▁stories , ▁and ▁had ▁the ▁given ▁name ▁Hay ashi ▁as ▁an ▁hom age ▁to ▁the ▁character ' s ▁first ▁radio ▁actor . ▁ ▁The ▁com ic ▁also ▁established ▁a ▁new ▁K ato , ▁a ▁much ▁younger ▁half - s ister ▁of ▁the ▁television - based ▁character , ▁M ishi . ▁This ▁female ▁K ato ▁also ▁ins isted ▁on ▁being ▁treated ▁as ▁the ▁Hor net ' s ▁full ▁partner ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁side k ick . ▁However , ▁the ▁Green ▁Hor net , ▁Inc ., ▁soon ▁with d rew ▁appro val ▁and ▁this ▁character ▁was ▁replaced ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁version ▁after ▁Vol . ▁ 1 , ▁# 1 0 . ▁Her ▁removal ▁was ▁explained ▁by ▁having ▁the ▁K ato