| Lemonade Kid | |
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Real Name |
Tex Mason |
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First Appearance |
The H-Bar-O Rangers (radio show - October 17, 1932) |
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Original Publisher |
CBS Radio |
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Created by |
Herbert C. Rice |
Origin[]
The Lemonade Kid was the fastest gunhand North or South of the Rio Grande, who worked as an FBI agent. He wore a lemon yellow and green Hollywood cowboy costume (sometimes with a green mask) and fought criminals, mad scientist, monsters and other villains in the mid 20th century. His enemies included The Spider, The Egg, and Tommy "Guns" Griggs.
This was the secret identity of Tex Mason, the foreman and security chief on Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Ranch in Texas, when he was called to a mission by FBI Headquarters in Washington D.C.
Powers and Abilities[]
He was very athletic, ambidextrous and wielded a twin pair of blue steel six shooters with deadly accuracy. He could shoot holes through spare change before it hit the ground, and was highly skilled in unarmed combat as well (capable of defeating professional fighters in boxing and wrestling). Although he didn't always ride his horse as the Lemonade Kid, he had repeatedly demonstrated his riding skills as one of the B-Bar-B Riders. He appeared to speak at least some Spanish, and was sent to Mexico on at least one occasion to help law enforcement officials there. While he had a "sweet" motif, he could be downright brutal, on one occasion, shoving a gun into the mouth of the man wielding it.
Public Domain Appearances[]
- Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #1-20
Notes[]
- His favorite drink was (wait for it... wait for it... here it is:) LEMONADE!
- Tex Mason appeared as Buck Mason ( name change to Tex Mason in 1933) on the radio along with Bobby Benson, at Magazine Enterprises he gained the persona of a masked cowboy like other characters of the publisher such as Red Mask, he also had his own feature in the comic book Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders.