Lucky Luke contre Joss Jamon

Lucky Luke against Joss Jamon ( on the title page ... against Joss Jamon, original French title: Lucky Luke contre Joss Jamon ) is a comic strip from the Lucky Luke series, which was drawn by Morris and written by René Goscinny.

After the counting of the Ehapa publisher (or at the beginning: Delta Publishing Company Ehapa and Dargaud ) is the band of the 24th the series. Previously, the comic was already published in the Caucasus as a continuation of history or even in the serene Fridolin, but the comic was then partially different names.

Originally, the first comic in the 1956 Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou was published ( under the title Lucky Luke et la gang of Joss Jamon ) and 1958 as the 11th band of Dupuis in Belgium.

For the animated series Lucky Luke that band was filmed.

Content

The criminal Joss Jamon coat after the end of the Civil War with his gang farms and cities. Lucky Luke is mistakenly captured in Los Palitos as a member of the gang, a gang member accused him additionally. When he is to be hanged, he offers the real gang to catch, should it fail to do so, he would return in six months and can be hang. Jamon settled in Frontier City, where Luke arrives soon and expresses its intention to capture the gang. A first attempt to eliminate Luke fails early, so Jamon first of all wants to take in the city's power. Therefore, it takes over all transactions, including the Bank and the saloon, although this is not without confrontations with Lucky Luke. Finally, it is possible Jamon by exerting pressure on the City's inhabitants Frontier to become mayor. Now the gang exploits the city by various nonsensical taxes and there are many criminals lured. Lucky Luke zerschießt then repeatedly objects belonging Jamon, which makes for turmoil. Therefore Jamon is from a high bounty on Lucky Luke, who repeatedly disguises herself to go back into town to where he ensures that the public mood of the city remains poor. Therefore captures Jamons gang Lucky Luke and organized an unfair trial against him, which ends with a death sentence. The population freed Luke because of the unfair trial course but again, it comes to open rebellion against Jamon. When Luke and the inhabitants of the city find a military trumpet, thinks Jamons gang that the army would be there, and gives up. Jamon itself flees and is pursued by Lucky Luke, who finally catches him. Frontier City is now freed from the bandits, so Luke Jamons band can deliver in Los Palitos.

Comments

The first page has been replaced after the publication in Spirou since Joss Jamons band of this was shown to be positive.

As Jamon takes over the city, the four Dalton are shown, further occur even Jesse James, Billy the Kid and Calamity Jane than crooks; William Dalton here, however, still called Bill. The Daltons are here but also already mentioned as cousins ​​of the previous Dalton brothers, have the historic role models and even made ​​their appearance at Lucky Luke. Only the appearance of Dalton resembles the later appearance, the other historical figures look for a different purpose, and Calamity Jane is later even an ally Lucky Luke (as in the band Calamity Jane and later ).

A member of the gang Joss Jamons, AC Pete, is a caricature Goscinny who is involved up to his death at all following Lucky Luke volumes. On page 19 the cartoon character Red Ryder and friend of the Indians Little Beaver ( Castor Petit ) are shown. On page 28 of the French actor and cabaret singer Jean Gabin has a guest appearance.