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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Templetroll" data-source="post: 2487897" data-attributes="member: 2201">#60  The Lone Ranger<a href="http://imageshack.us" target="_blank"><img src="http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/517/loneranger8fr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi Yo Silver!" The Lone Ranger. "Hi Yo Silver, away!" With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains, led the fight for law and order in the early west. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again!The hero is a Texas Ranger named Reid, who was pursuing the criminal Butch Cavendish with a group of other rangers. (Some later reference books claimed Reid's first name was John, however this name was never used on either the radio or television program. The leader of the group of rangers was stated to be Captain Dan Reid, his brother. The name of "John" Reid's nephew, a later character, was also Dan Reid.) The party finds itself in a murderous ambush arranged by Cavendish that seemingly leaves every ranger dead. Reid's childhood friend, a brave known as Tonto (his tribe was seldom specified), finds the party and finds Reid to be alive. Tonto takes him to safety and nurses him back to health.While Reid recovers, Tonto buries the dead rangers. Reid vows to bring the killers and others like them to justice. By happenstance, the pair discovers a magnificent white stallion whom Reid adopts as his mount, Silver. Whenever the Ranger mounts Silver he implores, "Hi ho, Silver, away!" which besides sounding dramatic, originally served to tell the radio audience that a riding sequence was about to start. They also discover a lost silver mine and a prospector who is willing to work it and supply Reid and Tonto as much silver as they want! Reid fashions the mask that would mark him as the Lone Ranger. In addition, the Lone Ranger decides to use only silver bullets, as a reminder of his vows to fight for justice, and never to shoot to kill. From the very first TV episode. Right after the Ranger puts the mask on (which Tonto had fashioned from Captain Dan Reid's vest), Tonto starts handing equipment to the Ranger:Tonto: Here, guns, to kill bad men. Reid: I'm not going to do any killing. Tonto: You not defend yourself? Reid: I'll shoot if I have to. But I'll shoot to wound, not to kill. If a man must die, it's up to the law to decide that, not the person behind a six-shooter! Tonto: That's right, Kemo Sabe! Tonto: You all alone now. Last man. You are lone Ranger. Reid: Yes, Tonto... I am... The Lone Ranger! Silver bullets reminded the Ranger how expensive firing a gun at a man was. Not that this seemed to sway him from firing his gun an awful lot. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Just not to kill anyone.The Lone Ranger had a silver mine that he and his brother, Dan, had planned on using for their retirement. A retired Texas Ranger (who knew the Ranger's secret) agreed to work it for him and make the silver bullets. The Lone Ranger and Tonto would periodically visit the old Ranger and stock up on bullets and silver to use to buy goods. (This mine would be the basis of the fortune that built the Reid publishing empire in the Green Hornet.)Together, the Lone Ranger and Tonto wander the Old American West helping people and fighting injustice where they find it. The Lone Ranger was also a master of disguise, and in particular would often infiltrate an area as the "Old Prospector", an old-time miner with a full beard, so that he can go places where the Lone Ranger would never fit in, usually to gather intelligence about criminal activities.According to "The Legend of Silver", a radio episode broadcast September 30, 1938, before acquiring Silver the Lone Ranger rode a chestnut mare called Dusty. After Dusty was killed by a criminal that Reid and Tonto were tracking, Reid saved Silver's life from an enraged buffalo, and in gratitude Silver chose to give up his wild life to carry him. Silver's father was called Sylvan, and his mother was Musa. In another episode, the lingering question of Tonto's mode of transport was resolved when the pair found a secluded valley and the Lone Ranger, in a urge of conscience, released Silver back to the wild. The episode ends with Silver returning to the Ranger bringing along a companion who becomes Tonto's horse, Scout.Information from <a href="http://www.endeavorcomics.com/largent/lr1.html" target="_blank">http://www.endeavorcomics.com/largent/lr1.html</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Ranger" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Ranger</a><a href="http://members.tripod.com/~ClaytonMoore/" target="_blank">http://members.tripod.com/~ClaytonMoore/</a>I'd also like to point out that The Lone Ranger has about the most recognizable theme song EVAR!   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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