King of the Royal Mounted
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King of the Royal Mounted is a fictional series featuring the character Dave King, created by Stephen Slesinger in 1936. Slesinger licensed popular Western writer Zane Grey's byline, and marketed the character as Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted.
Corporal, and later Sergeant, Dave King is a Canadian Mountie who always gets his man. King has appeared in newspaper strips, comics, Big Little Books and other ancillary items.
Zane Grey's son Romer and Slesinger collaborated on many of the stories, and the artwork was produced by Allen Dean, Charles Flanders and Jim Gary in Slesinger's New York studio. A movie serial was produced in 1942.
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[edit] Newspaper strip
King of the Royal Mounted started as a Sunday comic strip from King Features Syndicate on Sunday, February 17, 1935.[1] The strip was initially drawn by the comics artist Allen Dean.[2] A daily version was added in March 1936, at which point the job as artist of the Sunday strip was passed on to Charles Flanders, who took over the daily strip as well in April 1938.[3] From 1939, Jim Gary became the artist of the strip, creating King until it ended in March 1955.[4] In the end it was Jim Gary who became the artist most closely associated with the strip.[1]
[edit] Film
- King of the Royal Mounted, 20th Century Fox, Sept. 11, 1936, Starred Robert Kent. The feature was re-titled Romance of the Royal Mounted when it was released on video.
- King of the Royal Mounted, Republic, Sept. 20, 1940, 12-part serial, starred Allan "Rocky" Lane
- The Yukon Patrol, Republic, April 30, 1942, Republic 12-part serial released as a feature again starring Allan "Rocky" Lane
- King of the Mounties, Republic Oct. 17, 1942, 12-part serial, also starring Allan "Rocky" Lane
[edit] Big Little Books
- King of the Royal Mounted, 1936 , Big Little Book GW138-1103
- King of the Royal Mounted and the Northern Treasure, 1937, Big Little Book GW180-1179
- King of the Royal Mounted Gets His Man, 1938, Big Little Book GW230-1452
- King of the Royal Mounted and the Great Jewel Mystery, 1939, Better Little Book SW32-1486
- King of the Royal Mounted and the Long Arm of the Law, 1942, Better Little Book SW119-1405
[edit] Comics
- Feature Book #1 (May 1937), published by David McKay Publications from 1937 through 1948
- King Comics (1937)
- Dell Comics' Famous Feature Stories (1938)
- Red Ryder (1940)
- Between 1948 and '58, he appeared in 29 issues of either Four Color Comics (Dell's catch-all title) or his own comic.
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- Footnotes
- ^ a b Don Markstein's Toonopedia. King of the Royal Mounted.
- ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. Allen Dean.
- ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. Charles Flanders.
- ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. Jim Gary.
