by David Krell | Jul 5, 2013 | David Krell
The Lone Ranger’s origin is a story of vengeance. Captain Dan Reid of the Texas Rangers leads a squad to pursue legendary outlaw Butch Cavendish. A double-crossing guide leads the Rangers into a trap at Bryant’s Gap. Cavendish’s gang then ambushes...
by David Krell | Jul 4, 2013 | David Krell
The Lone Ranger represents the American ideals of justice, strength, and courage. His ruggedness, a staple of the hero prototype in American westerns, parallels John Wayne’s film characters, James Arness’ Matt Dillon of Gunsmoke, and the Cartwright boys...
by David Krell | Jul 3, 2013 | David Krell
The Lone Ranger and Tonto did not always get along Topps Comics produced a four-part story in 1994 that pulled no punches for this duo. Literally. The first panel of the first story depicts Tonto slugging the Lone Ranger, an inconceivable action given the historical...
by David Krell | Jul 2, 2013 | David Krell
As dawn anticipated breaking over southern California on the morning of August 30, 1979, a man two weeks shy of his sixty-fifth birthday covered his thinning hair with a cowboy hat. Besides the hairline, age was not a serious opponent. He was still fit and trim with...
by David Krell | Jun 25, 2013 | David Krell
Ebbets Field debuted right before the beginning of World War I. Groundbreaking for its time, Ebbets Field joined Detroit’s Tiger Stadium, Cincinnati’s Crosley Field, Boston’s Fenway Park, and Chicago’s Wrigley Field during this period as monuments to baseball with...
by David Krell | Jun 24, 2013 | David Krell
To be a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in the 1950s was to realize that Brooklyn is a heritage thing, rooted firmly in the cornerstone of family. Throughout the borough, several generations of a family lived in the same neighborhood. In some cases, they lived in the same...
