Lone Ranger separate owners and the familial link has been ignored in the Western character's various incarnations. The Lone Ranger – Green Hornet connection is part of Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe, which connects disparate fictional characters. Republic Pictures released two serials starring the Lone Ranger. The first, released in 1938, utilized several actors playing different men portraying the masked hero, with the true Lone Ranger unknown to the audience until the conclusion; the character played by Lee Powell is ultimately revealed to be the Lone Ranger. The second serial, "The Lone Ranger Rides Again", was released in 1939 and starred
Lone Ranger an ongoing series by the same team. On September 15, 2006, Dynamite Entertainment announced that "The Lone Ranger" #1 had sold out its first printing. A second printing of the first issue was announced; a first for the company. The series has received an Eisner Awards nomination for best new series in 2007. "True West" magazine awarded the publication the "Best Western Comic Book of the Year" in their 2009 "Best of The West Source Book!" And in 2010 Dynamite released "The Lone Ranger Avenges the Death of Zorro". The second volume of the series by Dynamite was issued in