▁approximately ▁one ▁hundred ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁future , ▁and ▁had ▁an ▁Asian - American ▁Green ▁Hor net , ▁real ▁name ▁Clay ton ▁Re id , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁cor rupted ▁by ▁power ▁and ▁truly ▁became ▁the ▁crime ▁b oss ▁he ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁only ▁pret end ▁to ▁be , ▁fighting ▁a ▁C au cas ian ▁K ato . ▁Bey ond ▁the ▁revers al ▁of ▁eth nic ities , ▁the ▁latter ▁added ▁the ▁claim ▁that ▁he ▁and ▁the ▁future ▁Hor net ▁were ▁c ous ins , ▁and ▁the ▁art ' s ▁dep iction ▁of ▁this ▁Hor net ' s ▁un named ▁pat ernal ▁grand par ents ▁res emb les ▁Paul ▁Re id ▁and ▁M ishi ▁K ato . ▁Although ▁the ▁future ▁K ato ▁is ▁not ▁further ▁identified ▁here , ▁a ▁later ▁" Re id / K ato ▁Family ▁Tre es " ▁feature ▁( in ▁The ▁Green ▁Hor net , ▁Vol . ▁ 2 , ▁# ▁ 2 6 , ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 3 ) ▁gave ▁him ▁the ▁first ▁name ▁Luke . ▁ ▁This ▁com ic ▁book ▁inc arn ation ▁gave ▁a ▁degree ▁of ▁official ▁status ▁to ▁a ▁long - standing ▁error ▁about ▁the ▁character , ▁that ▁in ▁his ▁mask ed ▁identity ▁he ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁K ato . ▁The ▁name ▁was ▁restricted ▁to ▁his ▁private ▁persona ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁radio ▁series , ▁the ▁two ▁movie ▁serial s , ▁and ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁television ▁version ▁( there ▁were ▁two ▁sli ps ▁in ▁this ▁last ▁medium , ▁one ▁on ▁the ▁Bat man ▁appearance ,