Public Domain Super Heroes
Lightnin'
Lonerider

Real Name

Lightnin'

First Appearance

Lone Rider #1 (April 1951)

Original Publisher

Farrell

Created by

Unknown

Origin[]

Lightnin' is Lone Rider's Pinto horse. He has a distinctive Lightnin' bolt design on his snout.

Public Domain Appearances[]

  • Lone Rider #1-26
  • The Rider #1-5
  • Swift Arrow v1 #1-5
  • Blazing Western #10-11
  • Gunsmoke Trail #1-2
  • Swift Arrow v2 #1-3

Notes[]

The comic strip Lightnin' and Lone Rider was written by Bob Farrell (born Isidore Katz) and illustrated by Jack Kirby and Frank Robbins, first appearing in 1939, the strip was syndicated by Farrell's own company, Associated Features Syndicate and reprinted in Eastern Color's Famous Funnies. In 1948, Farrell established Farrell Publications, and in 1951 he introduced a new version of Lone Rider and Lightnin'.