Review #148: Lone Ranger #1
I saw this at the comic book store yesterday and thought I’d give it a try. I’m glad I did. It seems pretty straight forward with the story of a Texas Ranger who, along with his brother and father, is ambushed by bandits. John, the Ranger, survives, but is left for dead. This first issue sets everything up quickly and cleanly. The end has one of the bandits looming over the body, noticing that he’s still alive right before an arrow goes through his throat. This is obviously Tonto and it was a good cliffhanger, seeing as how I am definitley going to pick up issue #2.
The art isn’t the greatest, but it’s better than a lot of comic art today and serves the western theme very well. I saw Cassaday on the cover, knowing full well that John Cassaday of Astonish X-Men fame had little or nothing to do with this book and they just used his name to draw people in. I was right, he only did the cover wich is a silouhuette of the Ranger on a horse. Anyone could’ve done that. Despite the deception, I will pick up the next one.