Dalton City - Rene Goscinny Reviews
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Newest Review: ... in this case the Dalton Gang who terrorised the West in the late 1800's. In this book the Daltons are turned into comic ... more
... adversarys with 4 brothers increasing in size from the mean half pint Joe Dalton via Jack and William to tall and dopey Averell. These charactors repeat in several other books dure to the sherer comic potential built into them. The plot itself: Joe Dalton is mistakely released from prison ,due to early problems with understanding Morse code, and breaks the rest of the boys out. They escape to a ghost town which they proceed to tart up so that it becomes the only place a bandit can be seen. Lucky Luke tracks them t...more
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by - written on 01/05/01, updated on 01/05/01 (Very useful, 53 readings)
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In French speaking countries Lucky Luke is as popular as Asterix and Tintin, but due to unavailability this hasn't happened in the UK. Now that this series in being gradually issued by glo'worm maybe this state of affairs will begin to change. As all Lucky Luke books, and as the book cleverly explains at the end, this is very loosely based on reality in this case the Dalton Gang who terrorised the West in the late 1800's. In this book the Daltons are turned into comic adversarys with 4 brothers increasing in size from the mean half pint Joe Dalton via Jack and William to tall and dopey Averell. These charactors repeat in several other books dure to ... Read the complete review
