Riders of the Range (comic strip)

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Riders of the Range, was a series of strip cartoons in the British comic, Eagle. It was created by Charles Chilton.{{Cite web|last=Young|first=Cy|date=2013-01-04|title=Charles Chilton: Producer and writer who created classic BBC radio|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/charles-chilton-producer-and-writer-who-created-classic-bbc-radio-shows-and-inspired-oh-what-lovely-war-8439157.html|access-date=2021-07-11|website=The Independent|language=en}} The artists who drew this series were Jack Daniel, Angus Scott, Frank Humphris {{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/humphris_f.htm|title=Frank Humphris|website=lambiek.net|access-date=5 August 2021}} and Ferdinando Tacconi.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tacconi_ferdinando.htm|title=Ferdinando Tacconi|website=lambiek.net|access-date=5 August 2021}}

Plot

The heroes of the series, set the American Old West, were straight-talking and straight-shooting Jeff Arnold, and his companion, the older, gruff Luke (surname?). Inseparable partners, the righted wrongs throughout the territory. Once, they very publicly fell out with each other, in order to flush out a gun-for-hire.

History

The series began as a radio broadcast in 1949.{{Cite web|last=Freeman|first=John|date=2020-03-22|title=Eagle's "Riders of the Range" collected… in Holland|url=https://downthetubes.net/?p=116161|access-date=2021-07-11|website=downthetubes.net|language=en-GB}}

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