The Lone Ranger #14 Review


The Lone Ranger and Tonto are back for another standalone issue. Does it deliver another great story?

Here’s the official description from Dynamite:

Continuing a series of stand-alone, single issue tales. Blood, dust and vengeance in the Wild West. The Lone Ranger and Tonto join a posse on the trail of a cold-blooded killer. What they find at the end of the chase is a ghost from Tonto’s own past… a man Tonto had a chance to kill, but left alive at the cost of countless others. Now, the West’s most iconic heroes must weigh the killer’s fate again. 

I’m really liking these standalone issues. Some might prefer long running story arcs, but these solo stories are really nice. You can pick one up without having to worry about the previous issue, it gives newcomers a chance to jump on. This one is interesting because it ties back to Tonto’s arc a few issues ago. It’s another fantastic comic, I encourage people to check out this series.

Ande Parks writes a fantastic Tonto in this one. We’ve seen his darker side in the flashback some issues ago, so to see him tell Puckett that “I am no executioner. Not anymore” was very interesting. If people think The Lone Ranger is a happy series, they’d best think again, since the issue opens with Puckett killing a horse. It’s amazing how evil can be portrayed, not by blowing up a city, but the simple act of destroying an innocent creature, it really shocks the reader. The core of the story is about Puckett, whom Tonto had let live years ago. It’s a great dynamic as this guy exlains what happened to him during all these years.

Esteve Poll’s art in this issue further exemplifies why simplicity is best in this case. That’s not to say there isn’t any detail, it just isn’t heavy with exposition. It seeks merely to illustrate the story rather than add to it with fancy effects. The simple image of a man standing on plain grassland or the Ranger and Tonto riding into the distance are amazing in their own right. The cover is alright, nothing special, but it gets the job done.

Overall, another fantastic standalone issue of The Lone Ranger. Tonto gets some great lines, and the flashback was very insightful. This is definitely one of greatest books on the stands, highly recommend issue and series.

5/5


My name is Daniel (@Destroyer_199), the main guy for comic reviews here at Unleash the Fanboy. I was born in 1995 in the Big Apple, spent my formative years in Staten Island, and currently reside in the awesome state that is New Jersey.

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