Editing Lone Ranger (section)

===The Lone Ranger===
As generally depicted, the Lone Ranger conducts himself by a strict [[Moral Code]] based on that put in place by Striker at the inception of the character.  It read:
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I believe that to have a friend,
a man must be one.

That all men are created equal
and that everyone has within himself
the power to make this a better world.

That God put the firewood there
but that every man
must gather and light it himself.

In being prepared
physically, mentally, and morally
to fight when necessary
for what is right.

That a man should make the most
of what equipment he has.

That 'this government,
of the people, by the people
and for the people'
shall live always.

That men should live by
the rule of what is best
for the greatest number.

That sooner or later...
somewhere...somehow...
we must settle with the world
and make payment for what we have taken.

That all things change but truth,
and that truth alone, lives on forever.

In my Creator, my country, my fellow man.<ref name="npr.org">{{cite web |title= The Lone Ranger: Justice from Outside the Law |website=NPR.org |publisher=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18073741 |access-date=September 26, 2010}}</ref>
</poem></blockquote>

In addition, Fran Striker and George W. Trendle drew up the following guidelines that embody who and what the Lone Ranger is:<ref>{{cite web |title=The Lone Ranger: F.A.Q. |url=http://weirdscifi.ratiosemper.com/loneranger/faq.html |website=Weird Science-Fantasy Web Links |access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
* The Lone Ranger was never seen without his mask or some sort of disguise.
* He was never captured or held for any length of time by lawmen, avoiding his being unmasked.
* He always used perfect grammar and precise speech devoid of slang and colloquialisms.
* Whenever he was forced to use guns, he never shot to kill, but instead tried to disarm his opponent as painlessly as possible.
* He was never put in a hopeless situation; e.g., he was never seen escaping from a barrage of gunfire merely by fleeing toward the horizon.
* He rarely referred to himself as the Lone Ranger. If someone's suspicions were aroused, either the Lone Ranger would present one of his silver bullets to confirm his identity or someone else would attest on his behalf; the latter happened at the end of most episodes when someone would ask, "Who ''was'' that masked man?" as the Lone Ranger departed. His decision to adopt the moniker of Lone Ranger was inspired by Tonto; following the ambush at Bryant's Gap, Tonto observed him to be the only ranger left—in other words, he was the "lone" ranger.
* Though the Lone Ranger offered his aid to individuals or small groups facing powerful adversaries, the ultimate objective of his story always implied that their benefit was only a byproduct of the development of the West or the country.
* Adversaries were rarely other than American, to avoid criticism from minority groups, with some exceptions. He sometimes battled foreign agents, though their nation of origin was generally not named. An exception was his having helped the Mexican [[Benito Juárez]] against French troops of [[Maximilian I of Mexico|Emperor Maximilian]], as occurred in the radio episodes "Supplies for Juarez" (September 18, 1939), "Hunted by Legionnaires" (September 20, 1939), and "Lafitte's Reinforcements" (September 22, 1939).
* The names of unsympathetic characters were carefully chosen so that they never consisted of two names if it could be avoided. More often than not, a single nickname or surname was selected.
* The Lone Ranger never drank or smoked, and saloon scenes were usually shown as cafes, with waiters and food instead of bartenders and liquor.
* Criminals were never shown in enviable positions of wealth or power, and they were never successful or glamorous.

====The Lone Ranger's first name====
Although the Lone Ranger's last name in the radio shows was given as Reid, his first name was never specified in any of the radio or television shows. Various radio reference books, beginning with ''Radio's Golden Age'' (Eastern Valley Press, 1966), give the Lone Ranger's first name as John.<ref>Frank Buxton and Bill Owen, ''Radio's Golden Age: The Programs and the Personalities'' ([New York]: Easton Valley Press, 1966): 209.</ref> Some cite the 20th-anniversary radio program in 1953 as the source of the name, but the Lone Ranger's first name is never mentioned in that episode.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=20th Anniversary Show |url=http://www.lonerangerfanclub.com/media/20th_Anniversary_Show.mp3 |website=Lonerangerfanclub.com |type=MP3 |access-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-date=April 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406184942/http://lonerangerfanclub.com/media/20th_Anniversary_Show.mp3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the final chapter of the 1938 Republic ''[[The Lone Ranger (serial)|The Lone Ranger]]'' movie serial, he is revealed to be [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Ranger]] Allen King. In the second serial, ''[[The Lone Ranger Rides Again]]'', he identifies himself as Bill Andrews.

The Lone Ranger's first name is also thought to have not been mentioned in contemporary Lone Ranger newspaper comics, comic books, and tie-in [[radio premium|premiums]], though some have stated that the name John Reid was used in an illustration of the grave marker made by Tonto, which appeared in either a comic-book version of the character's origin story or in a children's record set.

The name John Reid is used in the 1981 film ''[[The Legend of the Lone Ranger]]''. The Lone Ranger is also John Reid in [[Dynamite Entertainment]]'s licensed Lone Ranger [[comic-book]] series that began in 2006, and in the 2013 Disney film ''[[The Lone Ranger (2013 film)|The Lone Ranger]]''.

The name Luke Hartman was used in the 2003 [[The Lone Ranger (2003 film)|TV-movie/unsold series pilot]].