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The series also inspired numerous books, comic books, and records.

===Novels===
The first Lone Ranger novel appeared in 1936, and eventually 18 volumes were published, as listed below. The first book was written by [[Gaylord Dubois|Gaylord Du Bois]], but the others were written by the character's primary developer, Fran Striker. Striker also re-edited and rewrote parts of later editions of the first novel. First published between 1936 and 1956 in hardback by [[Grosset & Dunlap|Grosset and Dunlap]], these stories were reprinted in 1978 by [[Pinnacle Books]].

In 2012, [[Moonstone Books]] published the novel ''The Lone Ranger: Vendetta'', written by Howard Hopkins.

#''The Lone Ranger'' (1936)
#''The Lone Ranger and the Mystery Ranch'' (1938)
#''The Lone Ranger and the Gold Robbery'' (1939)
#''The Lone Ranger and the Outlaw Stronghold'' (1939)
#''The Lone Ranger and Tonto'' (1940)
#''The Lone Ranger at the Haunted Gulch'' (1941)
#''The Lone Ranger Traps the Smugglers'' (1941)
#''The Lone Ranger Rides Again'' (1943)
#''The Lone Ranger Rides North'' (1943)
#''The Lone Ranger and the Silver Bullet'' (1948)
#''The Lone Ranger on Powderhorn Trail'' (1949)
#''The Lone Ranger in Wild Horse Canyon'' (1950)
#''The Lone Ranger West of Maverick Pass'' (1951)
#''The Lone Ranger on Gunsight Mesa'' (1952)
#''The Lone Ranger and the Bitter Spring Feud'' (1953)
#''The Lone Ranger and the Code of the West'' (1954)
#''The Lone Ranger and Trouble on the Santa Fe'' (1955)
#''The Lone Ranger on Red Butte Trail'' (1956)

Not considered part of the 18 series:

* ''The Lone Ranger Rides''  (1941) (Fran Striker) First published in 1941 by Putnam Books<!--not to be confused with "rides again" in '43-->
* ''The Lone Ranger: Vendetta'' (2012) (Howard Hopkins), {{ISBN|978-1936814152}}

===Big Little Books===
From 1935 to 1950, 13 [[Big Little Book]]s were published.
* ''The Lone Ranger and his Horse Silver'' (1935)
* ''The Lone Ranger and the Vanishing Herd'' (1936)
* ''The Lone Ranger and the Secret Killer'' (1937)
* ''The Lone Ranger and the Menace of Murder Valley'' (1938)
* ''The Lone Ranger and the Lost Valley'' (1938)
* ''The Lone Ranger and Dead Men's Mine'' (1939)
* ''The Lone Ranger and the Black Shirt Highwayman'' (1939)
* ''The Lone Ranger and the Red Renegades'' (1939)
* ''The Lone Ranger Follows Through'' (1941)
* ''The Lone Ranger and the Secret Weapon'' (1943)
* ''The Lone Ranger on the Barbary Coast'' (1944)
* ''The Lone Ranger and the Silver Bullets'' (1946)
* ''The Lone Ranger and the Secret of Somber Cavern'' (1950)

===Little Golden Books===
Three [[Little Golden Books]] were published.
* ''The Lone Ranger'' (1956)
* ''The Lone Ranger and Tonto'' (1957)
* ''The Lone Ranger and the Talking Pony'' (1958)

===Anthologies===
In 2012, [[Moonstone Books]]  published the anthology ''The Lone Ranger Chronicles'', edited by Matthew Baugh with stories by Johnny Boggs, [[James Reasoner]], [[Mel Odom (author)|Mel Odom]], [[Bill Crider]], Matthew Baugh, Tim Lasiuta, [[Joe Gentile]], [[Paul Kupperberg]], [[Dennis O'Neil]], Kent Conwell, David McDonald, Thom Brannon, Troy D. Smith, [[Chuck Dixon]], and [[Richard Dean Starr]], stories incorporating famous characters of the western, such as [[Cisco Kid]], [[Wyatt Earp]] and [[Doc Holliday]].

[[Moonstone Books|Moonstone]] followed this up in 2018 with a second anthology, also edited by Matthew Baugh, ''The Lone Ranger and Tonto: Frontier Justice''. This volume featured stories by [[Spur Award]] winners Troy D. Smith and Johnny Boggs, as well as Matthew Baugh, Frank Schildiner, [[Chuck Dixon]], Joe Gentile, [[Richard Dean Starr]], Tim Lasiuta, [[Bill Crider]], [[Win Scott Eckert]], and Thom Brannon. Troy D. Smith’s story, “The Lake Spirit”, won Western Fictioneers’ Peacemaker Award for Best Short Western Fiction.

In, 1993, Perennial published the anthology ''[[The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven]]'', a collection of linked short stories by [[Sherman Alexie]]. Despite the title, these stories are not authorized Lone Ranger adaptations or focused mainly on the characters. Rather, the Lone Ranger and Tonto are symbols for white and Native-American identity, respectively, along with other cultural references.

===Newspaper strip===
In 1938, [[King Features Syndicate]] debuted a [[comic strip]] about the Lone Ranger, initially written by Fran Striker, himself.  When the time involved proved too much, Striker left the strip and it was turned over to Bob Green, later followed by [[Paul S. Newman]] and others.<ref>Dan Scapperotti, "Then you are...Lone Ranger," ''[[Comics Scene (magazine)|Comics Scene]]'', No. 9, (October) 1989, [[Starlog|Starlog Communications International, Inc.]], p. 44 (also corroborates artists source).</ref> The strip began with art by Ed Kressy.  In 1939, art chores were handed over to Charles Flanders, who remained with the strip until 1971, when the strip ended.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kenpiercebooks.com/ranger.htm |title=The Lone Ranger comic strip by Fran Striker |publisher=Kenpiercebooks.com |access-date=May 3, 2009}}</ref>

In 1981, the New York Times Syndicate launched a second Lone Ranger strip, written by [[Cary Bates]] with art by [[Russ Heath]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Lambiek comic shop and studio in Amsterdam, the Netherlands |url=http://lambiek.net/artists/h/heath_russ.htm |title=Comic creator: Russ Heath |publisher=Lambiek.net |date=September 29, 1926 |access-date=May 3, 2009}}</ref> It ran until 1984. In 1993 Pure Imagination Publishing collected two of the storylines and put them in a comic book.

===Comic books===
[[File:Lone ranger 01 dell.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Cover of ''The Lone Ranger''#1 (Jan–Feb 1948), the first comic book version of the character published by [[Dell Comics]]. Art by Mo Gollub]]
Western Publishing, with its publishing partner Dell Comics, originally published some stand-alone "Lone Ranger" stories in 4 of Dell's "Large Feature Comics" (1939–1941) and in 7 issues of Dell's "Four Color Comics" series (1945–1947). ("Lone Ranger" stories also appeared in miscellaneous issues of ''Ace Comics'', ''March of Comics'', ''Future Comics'', ''King Comics'' and ''Magic Comics'', all anthology-type comic book titles.<ref>Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 51st Edition; pg. 784. Gemstone Publ., 2021</ref>)

In 1948, Dell launched an actual "Lone Ranger" comic book title which began with No. 1 and lasted for 145 issues. This series originally consisted of reprints from the newspaper strips (as had all previous comic book appearances of the character in various titles from [[David McKay Publications]] and from Dell). However, new stories by writer [[Paul S. Newman]] and artist [[Tom Gill (comics)|Tom Gill]] began with issue No. 38 (August 1951). Some original content was presented as early as No. 7 (January 1949), but these were non-Lone Ranger fillers. Newman and Gill produced the series until its final issue, No. 145 (July 1962).<ref>[http://www.comics.org/series/538/ ''The Lone Ranger'' (Dell, 1948 series)] at the [[Grand Comics Database]].</ref>

Tonto got his own spin-off title in 1951, which lasted 31 issues. Such was the Ranger's popularity at the time that even his horse Silver had a comic book, ''The Lone Ranger's Famous Horse Hi-Yo Silver'', starting in 1952 and running 34 issues; writer [[Gaylord DuBois]] wrote and developed Silver as a hero in his own right. In addition, Dell also published three big ''Lone Ranger'' annuals, as well as an adaptation of the 1956 theatrical film.

The Dell series came to an end in 1962. Later that same year, Western Publishing ended its publishing partnership with Dell Comics and started its own comic book imprint, [[Gold Key Comics]]. The new imprint launched its own ''Lone Ranger'' title in 1964. Initially reprinting material from the Dell run, original content did not begin until issue No. 22 in 1975, and the magazine itself folded with No. 28 in 1977.<ref>[http://www.comics.org/series/1650/ ''The Lone Ranger'' (Gold Key, 1964 series)] at the Grand Comics Database.</ref> Additionally the same year, [[Aktiebolag|AB]] published a three-part Swedish Lone Ranger story in ''[[Hemmets Journal]]''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}

In 1994, [[Topps Comics]] produced a four-issue [[miniseries]], ''The Lone Ranger and Tonto'', written by [[Joe R. Lansdale]] and drawn by [[Timothy Truman]].<ref>[http://www.comics.org/series/1650/ ''Lone Ranger and Tonto, The'' (Topps, 1994 series)] at the Grand Comics Database.</ref> One of the major changes in this series was the characterization of Tonto, who was now shown to be a very witty, outspoken, and sarcastic character, even willing to punch the Lone Ranger during a heated argument, and commenting on his past pop-culture depictions with the words, "Of course, ''quimo sabe''. Maybe when we talk I should use that 'me Tonto' stuff, the way they write about me in the dime novels. You'd like that, wouldn't you?".<ref>{{cite book | last = Sheyahshe | first = Michael A. | title = Native Americans in Comic Books | publisher = McFarland & Company | year = 2008 | location = Jefferson | pages = 124–126}}</ref>

The first issue of a new Lone Ranger series from [[Dynamite Entertainment]] by [[Brett Matthews]] and [[Sergio Cariello]] shipped on September 6, 2006. It was started as a six-issue miniseries; but due to its success, it has become an ongoing series by the same team. On September 15, 2006, Dynamite Entertainment announced that ''The Lone Ranger'' No. 1 had sold out its first printing. A second printing of the first issue was announced; a first for the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/lonerangerpress091506.htmlThe|title=Dynamite&nbsp;– The Official Site&nbsp;– The Best of Vampirella Master Series Omnibus Trade Paperback, George R.R. Martin's A Clash of Kings, James Bond: Kill Chain, The Boys and More!|website=Dynamiteentertainment.com|access-date=September 22, 2017}} {{dead link|date=September 2017}}</ref> The series has received an Eisner Awards nomination for best new series in 2007. ''[[True West Magazine|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 January 2012. Written by [[Ande Parks]] and drawn by Esteve Polls, it ran for a total of 25 numbers, with the last issue being released in June 2014.<ref>[https://www.comics.org/series/62780/ ''The Lone Ranger'' vol. 2] at the GCD</ref>

Apart from the ongoing series, Dynamite released several miniseries starring the Lone Ranger, such as ''The Lone Ranger and Tonto'' (4 issues, written by Brett Matthews; John Abrams with art by Mario Guevara) in 2008; ''Snake of Iron'', a 5-part by [[Chuck Dixon]] and Steve Polls published in 2012, and ''Vindicated'', 4 issues by [[Justin Gray]] and Rey Villegas in 2014.

In 2016, The Lone Ranger teamed-up with the [[Green Hornet]] in a 5-part miniseries written by [[Michael E. Uslan|Michael Uslan]] with art by Giovani Timpano.<ref>[https://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/09/28/michael-uslan-finally-making-lone-ranger-green-hornet-connection/ Michael Uslan On Finally Making The Lone Ranger / Green Hornet Connection], interview by Dan Wickline on Bleeding Cool website, September 28, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.comics.org/series/104046/ The Lone Ranger/Green Hornet] at the GCD</ref>

A Dynamite "Lone Ranger" third volume, written by [[Mark Russell (writer)|Mark Russell]] and drawn by Bob Q, was released in October 2018 and ran 5 issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/mark-russell-interview/|title=Mark Russell heads out west with Lone Ranger|date=September 18, 2018|website=Multiversity|access-date=November 17, 2018}}</ref>

===Trade Paperback Collections===
All of them from Dynamite Entertainment, include:
* ''The Lone Ranger Vol. 1'' (160 pages, Collects ''The Lone Ranger'' #1–6)
* ''The Lone Ranger Vol. 2 Lines Not Crossed'' (128 pages, Collects ''The Lone Ranger'' #7–11)
* ''The Lone Ranger Vol. 3 Scorched Earth'' (144 pages, Collects ''The Lone Ranger'' #12–16)
* ''The Lone Ranger Vol. 4 Resolve'' (Collects ''The Lone Ranger'' #17–25)
* ''The Lone Ranger Vol. 5 Hard Country'' (Collects ''The Lone Ranger'' Volume 2 #1–6)
* ''The Lone Ranger Vol. 6 Native Ground'' (Collects ''The Lone Ranger'' Volume 2 #7–12)
* ''The Lone Ranger & Tonto'' (128 pages)
* ''The Lone Ranger: Snake of Iron'' (92 pages)
* ''The Lone Ranger Omnibus'' (632 pages)
* ''The Lone Ranger: Vindicated''  (112 pages)
* ''The Lone Ranger: Death of Zorro'' (128 pages)

===''The Lone Ranger (Pulp) Magazine''===
In 1937, eight issues of ''The Lone Ranger Magazine'' (pulps) were published by Trojan Publishing, with stories written by Fran Striker.<ref>Tuska, John, ''A Variable Harvest: Essays and Reviews of Film and Literature'' (McFarland, 1990), pp. 283</ref> The series was recently reprinted as facsimiles by Adventure House Publishing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://adventurehouse.com/shop/product/the-lone-ranger-magazine-1037/|title = The Lone Ranger Magazine&nbsp;– 10/37&nbsp;– Adventure House}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://adventurehouse.com/shop/product-category/lone_ranger/ | title=Lone Ranger&nbsp;– Adventure House }}</ref>

===1930s cartoon===
In late 1930s 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/1930sLoneRangerCartoon|title=1930s Lone Ranger Cartoon|website=Archive.org|access-date=September 22, 2017|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

This cartoon was produced by ''Pathegrams'' on [[16mm]] film and sold to the home market and libraries, which often showed cartoons as a prelude to the feature films they would play for children, much as they do videos now. It was a silent film, like most films produced for the home market in those days, and had dialog written on title cards, just as films of the silent era.

===Video game===
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A video game version of ''The Lone Ranger'' was released by [[Konami]] for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] in North America in 1991. It is an [[action adventure game]] featuring three different perspectives: side-scrolling, overhead, and first-person exploration. The game loosely follows the plot of the 1981 film ''The Legend of the Lone Ranger,'' with the ultimate goal being the rescue of the President of the United States, whom the Lone Ranger's nemesis, "Butch" Cavendish, has kidnapped.

The Lone Ranger was added as its own play set mode in [[Disney Infinity (video game)|Disney Infinity]] at its release in 2013.