Dynamite Entertainment
Ande Parks, writer
Esteve Polls, artist
I am really liking the work Ande Parks and Esteve Polls are doing on this title. The stories go deeper than even Brett Matthews did on his incredible 25-issue re-telling of the Ranger's origin in the first volume of this series from Dynamite; Parks gets these characters and presents them as the "classic" versions despite some updating from Matthews' run. And Esteve Polls' art is fantastic for this series.
But one of my absolute favorite things about this run is the attention these two creators have paid to previously "untouched" portions of the legend. A previous arc gave a great deal of back story to the Ranger's "faithful Indian companion," Tonto. I'm not aware that Tonto's origin has ever been nailed down previously as even the tribe he belongs to seems fluid in some re-tellings.
This time out, Parks and Polls give us some details about Scout's back story, and appropriately enough, Scout's story is tied into Tonto's history in a very nice fashion, completing the transformation as Tonto becomes the man we are familiar with.
For those who don't know -- and shame on you if you don't -- Scout is Tonto's horse, and he is every bit as valued a member of this western justice team as Silver, the Ranger's steed. Both horses are often portrayed as very intelligent animals who actively assist their human companions in remarkable ways. And Silver has long had an "origin" story just like the Ranger. At the conclusion of that tale, Silver chooses to stay with the Lone Ranger just as much as the Ranger selects Silver. Now, Scout has a similar origin with a similar choosing scene.
This is an excellent done-in-one comic, and a tale any Lone Ranger fan ought to consider reading!!
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