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The Daltons also appear in a spin-off series Rantanplan, as well as many episodes of various Lucky Luke animated series. The prison dog Rantanplan is often assigned to help Luke in tracking them down. These Daltons are featured in many of Lucky Luke's adventures, typically breaking out of jail at the beginning and being sent back by Luke at the end. Each is taller than the previous one, though they vary in personality: from Joe the hot-tempered leader to the dim-witted, childlike Averell who thinks chiefly about food. The entirely fictional brothers are Joe, Jack, William and Averell. By this point, he had made the series more humorous, with violence featured as slapstick and less lethal. Thus, he created a second quartet, introduced as cousins of the historic persons. Morris regretted killing off the Dalton gang, who were popular with readers. The Daltons and Lucky Luke portrayed on a mural at the Rue de la Buanderie, Brussels, part of the Brussels' Comic Book Route is characterized as taking after Averell in his gluttony and childish nature. In a later Lucky Luke story, Emmett is shown as having survived the Coffeyville shoot out, and has since fathered a son which the cousins Daltons are now laying claim to. Historically, Bob and Grat were killed there, but Emmett survived severe wounds and was imprisoned for 14 years, while Bill did not take part at all. Morris drew them absolutely identical in everything but height: Bob was the shortest and also portrayed as most dangerous (he led the historical gang), and Emmett was the tallest (also the youngest, historically).Īt the end of this adventure, all the Daltons are killed in an attempted double bank robbery in Coffeyville, Kansas.
The "real" Daltons-Bob, Grat, Bill and Emmett-appear in the Lucky Luke adventure " Hors-la-loi" written and drawn by Morris in 1951. A spin-off animated series, Rantanplan, also featured them, and they starred in a short-story, animated show that made its debut in 2010.
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The characters have appeared in the comic book version of Lucky Luke, as well as in the adaptations of the 1983 animated TV series, the 1991 film, and the 1992 TV series. Usually the gang is captured and back in jail at the end of the story, while Lucky Luke rides off into the sunset. They are followed by prison dog Rantanplan as they try to carry out whatever plans Joe Dalton, or their mother Ma Dalton, has in mind. Their storylines often begin with the gang escaping from prison. The oldest brother Joe is shown as the shortest and smartest, and the youngest brother Averell as the tallest and dumbest. The four Daltons are depicted as identical except for height and intelligence. While Morris depicts the historic Dalton brothers as evil and successful, these Daltons are portrayed as less skillful and more prone to fighting among the siblings. They are loosely inspired by the historic Dalton Gang of the United States, active in the early 1890s, and are billed as their cousins. They were created by artist Morris and writer René Goscinny. The Daltons are fictional outlaws in the Lucky Luke Western comics series and arch-enemies to Lucky Luke. In most later versions, William and Jack swap sizes, making the order Joe, William, Jack, and Averell. The Dalton Gang's Cousins - from right to left: Joe, Jack, William, and Averell - in their first appearance.