Review: The Lone Ranger and Tonto #3 (Dynamite Entertainment)
I have been a big fan of the Lone Ranger series by Dynamite Entertainment since it started, but I have to say that The Lone Ranger and Tonto #3 is the worst issue of any comic I have read in a long time.
I know this isn’t part of the Lone Ranger series proper, but considering the sporadic nature that the regular series comes out, this may be the first issue that someone picks up to read Dynamite’s Lone Ranger effort. I think this particular comic might actually scare people away.
My first problem is with the art (which I always hate to comment on, since I can’t draw worth a damn). It is very rough, more like colored sketches than actual art to me. There are parts that are so rough that it’s difficult to tell who the characters are and what is happening from moment to moment.
As far as the story goes, it really didn’t make much sense to me. I am not entirely sure if it was because of the art, but the entire plot seemed forced and really kind of silly.
Overall I was really disappointed in this issue. If the Lone Ranger and Tonto series is supposed to help bridge the gap in-between the time that the regular series comes out, they are really going to have to do a much better job than this.
Lone Ranger Magazine Pulp Vol. 2 #1 Sold for $796.89 – Scoop – Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive!
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Lone Ranger Magazine Pulp Vol. 2 #1 Sold for $796.89
A copy of the Lone Ranger Vol. 2 #1 magazine pulp recently sold on eBay fro $796.89 after nine bids. Published in 1937, the monthly pulp displays a cover with Lone Ranger, Tonto, and Silver, by H.J. Ward. This issue features stories and articles about facts of the west, the Pony Express days, The Lone Ranger Magazine Club Contest, and more. It is in very good condition with a few creases and chips, and some small tears.
The Lone Ranger was created by George W. Trendel and developed by Fran Striker, making his radio debut in the early 1930s. The masked Texas Ranger of the American Old West has been featured in radio shows, on TV, in films, magazines, and comics. He works with his clever American Indian friend Tonto to protect the innocent and stop outlaws of the West.
Long-Rumored Green Hornet Movie Gets Real? – Scoop – Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive!
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Scoop – Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! – Long-Rumored Green Hornet Movie Gets Real?
Long-Rumored Green Hornet Movie Gets Real?
The Green Hornet, seen here in the form of Jim Steranko’s cover for Now Comics’ Green Hornet #1, is set to hit the silver screen in June 2010.
The Wall Street Journal and multiple other sources have said that Hong Kong action star and director Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) will direct the new Green Hornet movie and star as Kato, the Green Hornet’s partner.
For years rumors of a new incarnation of the venerable crime fighter have swirled around Hollywood, but Sony’s Columbia Pictures unit has actually given this version a target date for being in theaters: June 25, 2010.
Chow will join Seth Rogen, who will play newspaper publisher Britt Reid, who fights crime as the masked figure known as the Green Hornet. Unlike many of the other names who have been batted about, Rogen has been associated with the project for more than a year now.
In addition to appearing on radio, in comic books, and in movie serials, the Green Hornet and Kato appeared in a 1966-1967 TV series that introduced action star Bruce Lee (as Kato) to American audiences.
The Green Hornet was created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, who also created The Lone Ranger. Little observed these days, the Hornet was supposed to be the grand nephew of the western hero.
