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
Lone Ranger a 5-part miniseries written by Michael Uslan with art by Giovani Timpano. A third volume, written by Mark Russell and drawn by Bob Q, was scheduled for release in October 2018. All of them from Dynamite Entertainment, include: In 1937, eight issues of "The Lone Ranger Magazine" were published by Trojan Publishing, with stories written by Fran Striker. In late 1930's Roy Meredith produced the first-known animated film based on Lone Ranger, in this silent film The Lone Ranger and Tonto capture a band of cattle rustlers and save the life of the rancher. An animated series of "The Lone