Editing Lone Ranger (section)

===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.