Lone Ranger and Tonto #2, September 1994
I have three personal favorite series from my days at Topps Comics:
• Dracula by Roy Thomas, Mike Mignola and John Nyberg.
• Jurassic Park by Walter Simonson, Gil Kane and George Perez.
• Lone Ranger and Tonto by Joe Lansdale,Tim Truman and Rich Maygar.
The first two have been discussed previously — here — and here.
The third has never been reprinted by any other publisher— definitely a miss, considering how much fun the series is.
It’s definitely the Weird West, with odd characters and supernatural elements (along with a refreshing sense of humor) as only Lansdale and Truman (Jonah Hex) can envision it.
Also, it starts off with Tonto punching Lone Ranger in the face, and revisits the Ranger cannon with a “modern” (1993) approach.
Tim gave me this great page (I guess I have a thing for nervous characters with cigars) many years later, when I casually asked him if he had any left for sale. They rarely seem to pop up.
In other words, it’s now in the permanent collection. Permanently.
