Lone Ranger played by Al Hodge, who in contemporary times, fights crime with a similar secret identity and a sidekick, Kato. In the Green Hornet comic book series published by NOW Comics, the Lone Ranger makes a cameo appearance by being in a portrait in the Reid home. Contrary to most visual media depictions, and acknowledged by developer/original script writer Ron Fortier to be the result of legal complications, his mask covers all of his face, as it did in the two serials from Republic Pictures (see below). However, rights to The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet have been acquired by
The Lone Ranger (2013 film) Lone Ranger" assume its place for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The first trailer debuted at San Diego Comic-Con before being released theatrically on October 3, 2012. Television promotions for the film aired during Super Bowl XLVII. Disney used the film's production connection to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series as the main tagline in the film's marketing, as well as featuring the film's two main characters in promotional materials for "Disney Infinity". "The Lone Ranger" was selected as the closing film for the Taormina Film Festival. Its world premiere was held on June 22 at the Hyperion Theater