the lone ranger

[sonnylarue]

gotta say this icon had a huge impact on me as a very small kid.

the reruns were on every sunday morning , along with the cisco kid , adv of superman, and star trek .

i also met clayton moore at a toys r us store in the very early 70's (when he was still allowed to wear the mask) . it was like meeting a real super hero.

i was speechless when he smiled and said "hello there, friend" like he did in every episode.

i even like john hart, who played the masked man when moore was in a contract dispute .

when i later learned that the green hornet was a great grand nephew of the ranger, it made me love the hornet as well.

frankly the snail's pace of the current dynamite comic has kept me from having someone on from there to talk about it.

[paul brian deberry]

sigh. I couldn't agree more...

[NeverWanderer]

I've been curious about the new series, but I hadn't heard enough to make me take the plunge.

For me the Lone Ranger has always been one of those distant icons. I was always aware of him, and I liked the concept of him, but I'd never actually seen the show.

Even so, it killed me a little inside to see WB try to attempt the Smallville treatment on him, complete with pretty actors and pop soundtrack.

[Jeffery Longmont]

when i later learned that the green hornet was a great grand nephew of the ranger, it made me love the hornet as well.

Yeah, it's too bad that both characters are owned by different people. We'll probably have to wait until they're public domain before we get a good story that connects the two.

[sonnylarue]

Yeah, it's too bad that both characters are owned by different people. We'll probably have to wait until they're public domain before we get a good story that connects the two.

i think now comics did a good job of honoring the relationship, without infringing on copyrights.

britt reid had a painting in his home of a masked cowboy hero whom he said started the reid family's tradition of fighting crime.

there was a reid family timeline, which included john reid., his brother, and his nephew dan, where britt's family tree sprang from.

the painting looked like the film serial version of the ranger, not the clayton moore version

[Jeffery Longmont]

britt reid had a painting in his home of a masked cowboy hero whom he said started the reid family's tradition of fighting crime.

I've done some pictures of my own. Link 1 Link 2

But what do you think the best GREEN HORNET comic is? I've seen some, but haven't read any.

[sonnylarue]

i liked the original mini series from now comics best, which featured three generations of hornets, but i prefered the stories they did that revolved around the 1940;s hornet, and the 1960's one.

check the bargin bins

[Jeffery Longmont]

check the bargin bins

Wow! Thanks, I will.

[Supreme Convoy]

Call me blasphemous but I liked the TV movie/backdoor pilot that The WB did in 2003. I think that's the first time I really watched a Lone Ranger story. Though I can understand why people didn't like it since it was a very A Knight's Tale approach. (Looking back on it now, it doesn't age well )

I like the first issues of Dynamite's comic. Pretty good stuff.

And I didn't know there was a family connection with Green Hornet and Lone Ranger series. Ya learn something new everyday!

[The Funketeer]

i liked the original mini series from now comics best, which featured three generations of hornets, but i prefered the stories they did that revolved around the 1940;s hornet, and the 1960's one.

check the bargin bins

I'll second that. Now Comics was putting out some good stuff at that time and Green Hornet was probably my favorite book they were publishing. I think Chuck Dixon was writing it for a while as well.