Billy the kid (comic)

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The real Billy the Kid 1880

Billy the Kid is a comic book from the Lucky Luke series, drawn by Morris and written by René Goscinny . According to the Ehapa publishing house (or at the beginning: the Delta publishing house from Ehapa and Dargaud ), this volume is the 37th in the series. According to the original French count, it is volume 20. The volume was published in 1961 in the Belgian-French comic magazine Spirou and in 1962 as an album by Dargaud. It was not until 1983 that the volume was published in German by Delta Verlag.

This band was filmed for the Lucky Luke cartoon series .

content

When Lucky Luke arrives in Fort Weakling he is surprised. The otherwise cheerful place seems to have changed completely. He soon learns the reason. The residents are terrorized by little Billy the Kid. Lucky Luke, who of course doesn't bend to Billy the Kids' will, is soon asked by a newspaper editor, Josh Belly, to make sure that Billy leaves town. After his attempts to sue Billy in court and imprison him because of resistance from the frightened residents, Lucky Luke forges a plan. He presents himself as a new desperado who is much worse than Billy the Kid. He robbed a stagecoach, robbed a bank and finally challenged Billy to a duel. Billy the Kid becomes a protector for the citizens, something he can no longer cope with at some point and collapses crying before the duel. Lucky Luke educates the citizens and tells them that together they can be stronger than any bandit. Billy the Kid is arrested and goes to jail. The residents of Fort Weakling have learned their lesson: the last page shows them taring and feathering Jesse James .

Remarks

Billy the Kids real name, William H. Bonney, is correctly given, but the given year of birth 1895 is incorrect (in fact, Billy the Kid was born in 1859). Indeed, Billy the Kid gained a reputation as a criminal, but only as a young adult and not as seen in the comic, as a child.

censorship

There are versions of this edition in which the first three pages have been shortened to just three panels. The reason for this is a scene in which Billy, as a baby, suckles on a revolver, which was felt to be inappropriate.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Apparitions at Spirou. www.bdoubliees.com, accessed February 6, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Billy the Kid. www.egmont-shop.de, accessed on February 6, 2018 .