Editing Lone Ranger (section)

====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]].