The reason I was attending Wondercon was that Activision brought me out to promote “Spider-Man: Edge of Time.” Since I was out here on their dime, I wanted to make sure that anyone who wanted to see me had to come to the panel. But I didn’t want to be a prisoner of my hotel room for two days.
So I put together a Green Hornet costume and walked around for two days. No one knew it was me. It was a kick the way people would say, “It’s the Green Hornet!” rather than, “It’s some guy in a Green Hornet costume.” Plenty of people took my picture. I encountered a couple of other Hornets, including one guy who had a photo perfect re-creation of the 1960s version, complete with Hornet sting (although he was sporting a red beard. To my mind, if you’re going to do a character, commit to it. Lose the beard.) And best of all, I had conversations with people I’ve known for years and they had no clue who I was. I honestly wasn’t sure it would work.
I was packing a 1960s style Hornet gun that Kath painted up for me. To me the major thing that made it work was that I inset a pair of flip-up sunglasses lenses into the eye holes of the mask. So it gave me an eyeless look that added an extra layer of creepiness to it.
It was a fun and different way to spend the con. Plus, considering I was wearing a full suit, a black leather duster, and a wool hat, I think I dropped five pounds of water weight.
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