THE LONE RANGER catches "The Black Barton Gang" Part 2 (1950)

Next week: Simon Templar - THE SAINT

THE LONE RANGER battles "The Black Barton Gang" Part 1 (1939)

Concluded next Saturday!

THE LONE RANGER is "Lone No More" (1939)

THE LONE RANGER and The Hoss Thieves (1939)

This sequence, beginning March 12, 1939, marks the arrival of Charles Flanders to the Sunday strip. Prior to this, Flanders had been working as Alex Raymond's replacement on Secret Agent X-9. His work on X-9 was perfectly adequate, but unexciting, as it involved a lot of sitting and standing around. The Ranger required plenty of action, and Flanders quickly developed a flair for it. He drew the strip for more than thirty years.

Next Saturday: Lone no more?

THE LONE RANGER battles "The Black Barton Gang" (1939)

Next week: Simon Templar - THE SAINT

THE LONE RANGER Keeps On Ridin' (1939)

This here is the last Sunday sequence featuring the Ranger's original comic strip artist Ed Kressy. In our next thrilling chapter, Charles Flanders, fresh from his stint on Secret Agent X-9, makes the scene. 

The LONE RANGER and TONTO Ride Again (1939)

We rode along with old Kimosabe and Tonto on their first Sunday adventures HERE. Now let's horn in on another. The art here is still credited to Ed Kressy. We'll see one more five-week run before Charles Flanders begins his twelve-year stretch on the strip.  

The LONE RANGER Comic Strip Rides Again (1938)

We rode along on the Ranger's first Sunday adventure HERE. Now let's horn in on the second.

The First LONE RANGER Sunday Strips (1938)

The Ranger made his newspaper strip debut - with the Sunday page above - on September 11,1938. The daily strip started the next day, but followed a different storyline. The five Sunday strips shown here constitute the first completed adventure. Both dailies and Sundays were credited to artist Ed Kressy. The story was based on a radio story by Fran Striker, but research by Ron Goulart suggests the script was actually written by Kressy's wife.