Morris & Goscinny

At the funeral of old Badd, everybody is moved except for Ready, who has waited for the 100-year-old man's death for a long time—he wants to buy his ranch. Unfortunately for Ready, the old man has an heir, Waldo, a tenderfoot who arrives straight from his native England accompanied by his butler, Jasper. Two worlds clash: the refined ancient and...

The Daltons escape from a Texas jail and head to Canada - and Lucky Luke is called in to get them back to jail. He and Rintincan, his second faithful companion after Jolly Jumper, follow them all the way north of the border, where Captain Winston Pendergast offers his help. Lucky Luke can outshoot, outride and outdraw anyone, but can...

Patronimo's Apache tribe is still waging war against the white settlers. The damage on both sides is getting heavier and heavier, and Lucky Luke is called in to restore the peace between Patronimo's tribe and Colonel O'Nollan. But while negotiating with both sides, Lucky Luke is perceived as a traitor, and only a wild twist of fate will enable him...

Lucky Luke 18 - The Escort follows the story of Lucky Luke as he embarks on a mission to escort Billy the Kid to New Mexico where he is to be tried and imprisoned. Accompanying him on this dangerous journey is Rintincan, providing assistance to ensure the notorious outlaw meets justice. This tale finds two legends poised to clash: Lucky...

Rin Tin Can, possibly the stupidest dog ever, is left in charge of watching the jail. Obviously, the Daltons escape and steal some horses and guns. Lucky Luke refuses to get involved, but when he witnesses the prison guards' incompetence and Rin Tin Can's remarkable lack of brains, he has no choice but to set out on the Daltons' trail...

On 22nd April 1889, the American government opened the new Oklahoma territories to settlement. In this volume, Lucky Luke acts as a government agent and ensures that every candidate for settlement is treated fairly. He has to deal with jealousy, corruption and greed. As in other Lucky Luke volumes, readers discover different aspects of the United States' conquest of the...

The Cheyenne are convinced that newly arrived settlers have been killing the buffalo they traditionally depend on. When the Native Americans surround the 20th Cavalry's fort, Lucky Luke realises that someone who bears a grudge against Colonel McStraggle has conveniently provided them with firearms. Worse, the traitor also knows the layout of the fort. Lucky Luke does his best to...

Plagued by constant bandit attacks, Wells Fargo is falling on hard times. To restore public trust in their services, the company sends one well-publicised stagecoach from Denver to San Francisco. It will have the best whip as driver, a motley crew of daring passengers, and—to escort them and a precious cargo of gold—none other than Lucky Luke. A wise precaution,...

At the end of the Civil War, many former soldiers turn to a life of crime to survive. Joss Jamon and his gang are among the worst of such men. After ransacking the town of Los Palitos, they arrange for Lucky Luke to be arrested for their crimes. The lonesome cowboy, a rope already around his neck, is forced to...

Bob, Grat, Bill and Emmett Dalton were fearsome bandits; terrors of the Old West and legends in their own time. Until Lucky Luke put a final end to their reign of evil. Joe, Jack, William and Averell Dalton, on the other hand, aren't even footnotes in the back pages of newspapers. Bumbling, blundering and hapless, they nonetheless vow to emulate...

Grand Duke Leonid of Russia is in Washington to sign a commercial treaty on behalf of the Tsar. But this larger-than-life aristocrat has read too much Fennimore Cooper and wants to visit the West. The US government is forced to agree to his whim - but wisely chooses Lucky Luke to escort him to the cattle capital of the West:...

The First Transcontinental Railroad is stopped dead near its starting point, both in the East and in the West. Repeated injunctions from the president of the Transcontinental Railroad are having no effect. His workers are constantly prevented from working by agents of a mysterious traitor. But Lucky Luke witnesses one of the acts of sabotage and stops it. Soon, he...

We all know that Lucky Luke has a busy life. When it's not Washington calling upon him for some national project, it's the local penitentiary asking him to recapture the Daltons. But not every moment is spent in such grand adventures. Here is a collection of smaller stories depicting the everyday life of our cowboy, from taking a child to...

Titusville, August 27, 1859: Colonel Drake discovers a deposit of oil—black gold. Immediately, the Oil Rush is on. The mayor of Titusville calls on Lucky Luke to help maintain order. When Lucky Luke arrives, everyone—from the sheriff to the undertaker—is drilling. As soon as a well is opened, the fight begins. In comes Barry Blunt, a rich prospector who buys...

Lucky Luke 6 - Ma Dalton introduces the legendary gunslinger to Ma Dalton at Cactus Junction, and he quickly realises that the saying, 'like mother, like son' has never been so true! Ma is regarded as an eccentric and amusing old lady; for example, she holds up the shopkeepers as she does her shopping. However, everything changes when her sons...

Lucky Luke 8 - Calamity Jane features a thrilling encounter where Calamity Jane saves Lucky Luke from a delicate situation. A friendship is quickly formed, and together, they arrive in El Plomo. Calamity Jane demonstrates her strength and demeanour, proving she's not a weak woman: she acquires the local saloon by winning an arm-wrestling match! Its ex-owner, August Oyster, is...

A wagon train of pioneers drives through Nothing Gulch en route to California. Its ill-tempered driver is sent away by the passengers, and Lucky Luke is asked to step in and replace him. He accepts, amused by this fun group. When the wagon train gets underway again, the trouble begins: A mystery vandal keeps trying to sabotage the expedition. But...