And 85 years ago, on January 4, 1941, the second serial focused on this character hit theaters with the hyperbolic title The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Watching The Green Hornet Strikes Again! By 1941, the popularity of The Green Hornet radio show led to a successful movie serial, also called The Green Hornet. The serial was edited by Saul A. Goodkind, who also edited the 1939 Buck Rogers and the final 1940 Flash Gordon serial, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, while co-director Ford Beebe tackled Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars in 1938. And in The Green Hornet Strikes Again!, a connoisseur of adventure narratives and pulp fiction will find much to love.