List of Lucky Luke comics albums

''La Mine d'or de Dick Digger contains two stories published in Le Journal de Spirou'' in 1947: namely "La Mine d'or de Dick Digger" and "Le Sosie de Lucky Luke". They were published as the first Lucky Luke hardcover collection in 1949, and in English by Cinebook in 2014 as ''Dick Digger's Gold Mine''. "La Mine d'or de Dick Digger" Lucky Luke and his faithful horse, Jolly Jumper, reunite with an old friend: prospector Dick Digger, who is overjoyed after discovering a rich gold vein in the West Hills. On his way to Nugget City to register his claim, Digger hides his map in a rum bottle. While celebrating at a saloon, Digger attracts the attention of two criminals who decide to rob him. That night, sleeping in a room above the saloon, he is attacked by the bandits, who steal his gold and his map. Digger tries to fight back, is hit on the head and loses his memory. The following day, Luke and Jolly Jumper pursue the thieves. Luke tracks them down and steals the bottle with the map. The bandits give chase, and reclaim the bottle; however, Luke has replaced the map with a fake one which leads them into a trap. With the help of the Nugget City sheriff, Luke captures the criminals. During an encounter with the gang’s leader, Dick Digger regains his memory. Reunited with his family, he sets off to dig for gold and claim his fortune. "Le Sosie de Lucky Luke" Luke discovers that the residents of a town fear him due to his resemblance to Mad Jim, a notorious outlaw who is imprisoned and awaiting execution. Two criminals ambush Luke, knock him out and swap him with Mad Jim, placing him in a drunken sheriff’s jail cell. Their goal is to free Mad Jim and claim a share of his hidden loot. When Luke regains consciousness, he vainly tries to convince the sheriff of his true identity. His execution is botched, giving him time to escape. Determined to bring Mad Jim and accomplices Stan Strangler and Charley Chick to justice, he sets off in pursuit. Luke captures the criminals, but they escape with the help of two Native Americans who are offended by Luke’s attempt to give them a harmonica and take him prisoner. When a dispute breaks out between them, Luke escapes and recaptures the outlaws. Mad Jim again escapes, leading to a showdown in the local saloon. Luke uncharacteristically has no choice but to shoot and kill Mad Jim. He never again takes a life, relying on his sharpshooting skills to disarm his opponents. ==Rodéo==

Rodéo contains three stories published in Spirou in 1948–49: "Grand rodéo" ("Grand Rodeo"), "Lucky Luke à Desperado City" ("Lucky Luke in Desperado City") and "La ruée vers l'or de Buffalo Creek" ("The Buffalo Creek Gold Rush"). They were published as the second Lucky Luke hardcover album in 1951, and in English by Cinebook as the 54th in 2015. "Grand Rodéo" Luke arrives in Navajo City as it prepares to host a rodeo. In the local saloon he encounters Cactus Kid, who picks a fight with him but is quickly overpowered. The rodeo is the next day, and Cactus Kid is favored to win. Realizing that Lucky Luke is a serious contender, he resorts to cheating. He sabotages Luke’s lasso, and tries to cut his saddle girth. Luke catches him in the act, and beats him. He win the rodeo, but Cactus Kid steals the prize money and makes a run for it; Luke tracks him down and captures him. "Lucky Luke à Desperado City" Luke arrives in Desperado City, where the Pistol Brothers seem to be terrorizing its residents. They confront Luke, who captures them during a stagecoach attack. The town is full of bandits, however, and Luke is attacked from every direction. The undertaker is boss of the bandits, who free the Pistol Brothers and capture Luke. Luke is saved from hanging by a panicked herd of cattle, neutralizes the undertaker and the Pistol Brothers, and renames the town "Justice City". "La ruée vers l'or de Buffalo Creek" Luke sees a sleeping prospector and plays a practical joke on him, planting a gold nugget in his pan. The prospector awakes to his dream come true and, when Luke tries to admit his joke, shoots at him. A gold rush follows, and Luke is arrested when he tries to explain the truth. An expert examines the gold nugget, and says that it was discovered in California fifty years earlier. Buffalo Creek then becomes a ghost town. ==Arizona==

Arizona, the series' third album, was published by Dupuis in 1951 and in English by Cinebook in 2015. It contains two stories: "Arizona 1880" and "Lucky Luke contre Cigarette Cæsar". "Arizona 1880" Two bandits attack a stagecoach, and Luke sets out on their trail. In the Nugget City saloon he faces Big Belly, a tough guy who cheats at cards. Big Belly runs away, leaving a spur which indicates that he is probably one of the stagecoach's attackers. Luke follows him, and arrives at a hut guarded by a Mexican sentinel. He neutralizes him and attacks the two men (including Big Belly) who held the stagecoach up. The two bandits defeat Luke and take him prisoner. Cheat, who appears to be the chief, betrays Big Belly and his Mexican accomplice and flees after tying them up. With Jolly Jumper's help, Luke escapes and captures Cheat. "Lucky Luke contre Cigarette Cæsar" Lucky Luke pursues Cigarette Cæsar, who has escaped from prison and crossed the Mexican border. Cigarette Cæsar is charged with armed robbery and murder. The bandit struggles to get rid of his pursuer, who manages to find him. He arms himself and finds an accomplice, a Mexican knife thrower who puts a message signed by Cigarette Cæsar on the door of Luke's room to meet the next day at 5 a.m. in the plaza. Luke goes to the plaza, where bullfights take place. The bullfighters are incompetent, and Luke also enters the arena. Cigarette Cæsar shoots him in the back, but Luke had made a bulletproof vest. Luke captures Cæsar and brings him back to the American border. ==''Sous le ciel de l'Ouest''==

''Sous le ciel de l'Ouest'', the series' fourth album, was published by Dupuis in 1952 and in English by Cinebook in 2015 as Under a Western Sky. It contains three stories: "Le Retour de Joe la Gachette" ("The Return of Joe the Trigger"), "Jours de round–up" ("Round-up days"), and "Le Grand combat" ("The Great Fight"). "Le Retour de Joe la Gachette" Luke meets a man calling himself John the Philanthropist. When he arrives in town, he hears about a horse race with $5,000 in prize money. Luke enters Jolly Jumper, who is stolen on race day. During the race, John the Philanthropist passes one competitor after another; it is raining, and John's black horse is Jolly Jumper painted black. Luke chases John, who has fled with the race bets. He catches him and has him shaved by the barber, who reveals him as bandit Joe the Trigger. "Jours de round-up" Arriving near a ranch, Lucky Luke hears about a round-up. When the entire herd is captured, the owner of the "-3" brand ranch is missing 200 head of cattle. Luke investigates, and learns that two bandits stole the cattle and changed their brands to "4B". He stops them, and the missing cattle are returned to the ranch. "Le Grand combat" A strong, illiterate man escapes from a bull and meets Luke, who offers to enter him in a boxing match against Killer Kelly. The challenger, whom Luke calls "Battling Belden", trains hard for the match. Slippery Nelson, a dishonest bookmaker, wants to make Belden lose the match by kidnapping his fiancée Rosita. Luke finds her and brings her back to Belden, who wins the match and the $10,000 prize; Nelson goes to jail. ==Lucky Luke contre Pat Poker==

Lucky Luke contre Pat Poker, the series' fifth album, was published by Dupuis in 1953 and Cinebook in English in 2013 as Lucky Luke versus Pat Poker. It contains two Pat Poker stories: "Nettoyage à Red City" ("Cleanup in Red City") and "Tumulte à Tumbleweed" ("Tumult in Tumbleweed"). "Nettoyage à Red City" Luke, sheriff of Red City, is not at his best when he arrives. Shortly before, he had his clothes and Jolly Jumper stolen while swimming in a river and must ride in the stagecoach in the clothes of a 10-year-old. Red City is dominated by Pat Poker, a dishonest card player who leads a gang of outlaws. They receive Luke like a kid, offering him a sheriff's badge, a toy gun and a small wooden horse. A skunk prevents a citizen from being hanged by Pat Poker's men. Luke finds Jolly Jumper (who has been stolen by Pat Poker), and wins him back in a card game; Poker advises him to leave before sunset. Luke returns at night, hidden in a cart of hay. He captures two of Pat Poker's men as they rob the bank, and tackles Pat Poker in his saloon. Poker escapes with help from the undertaker, but Luke catches him. "Tumulte à Tumbleweed" Luke arrives in Tumbleweed after a rough ride. He is well-received at the local saloon until Angelface, a tough guy who hates foreigners, shepherds and sheep, threatens him if he does not leave. Angelface is distracted by the arrival of a dog, which heralds the arrival of a shepherd. He follows the dog, who leads him to a shepherd and a flock of sheep. Luke keeps Angelface from hanging the shepherd, who quickly leaves with his sheep. Pat Poker, recently released from prison, arrives in Tumbleweed and takes over the town. He is frightened when he sees Luke, and tries to trap him. Luke, with no arrest warrant, lets him go. Angelface allies himself with Pat Poker, who pays him to kill Luke. Pat Poker invites Luke to a card game, when Angelface will shoot him through his hotel-room window, but Luke distracts Angelface and sabotages his rifle. A sheriff arrives in Tumbleweed to catch Pat Poker, and is beaten up by Angelface. Luke finds an arrest warrant for Pat Poker, takes the place of the sheriff and whips Angelface. Pat Poker flees, but Luke captures him. ==Hors-la-loi==

Hors-la-loi, the series' sixth album, was published by Dupuis in 1954 and by Cinebook in English in 2014 as Outlaws. It is the first Lucky Luke story which is loosely based on historical events in the Old West. In it, Luke is pitted against a fictionalized version of the Dalton brothers. The four brothers (Bob, Grant, Bill and Emmet Dalton) are introduced. Their first bank attack, in 1889 in El Reno, Oklahoma, began their criminal careers and was followed by a stagecoach attack. The Daltons' growing reputation worries the government, which sends Luke to stop them. Money is transported on a train. Luke later meets the bandits in a saloon and presents them with a show of force, but they escape. The Daltons continue their misdeeds, forcing them to remain on guard. They find Lucky Luke in a saloon and flee, unsuccessfully trying to have cosmetic surgery. Believing that Luke is gone for good, they decide to attack Coffeyville on October 5, 1892, at 9:00 a.m. Luke ambushes them in front of the bank, and they are imprisoned and hanged. ==''L'Élixir du Dr Doxey''==

'', the seventh title in the original series, was published by Dupuis in 1955 and by Cinebook in English in 2012 as Doc Doxey's Elixir''. The album, about quackery, has two Doc Doxey stories: "Lucky Luke et le Docteur Doxey" ("Lucky Luke and Doctor Doxey") and "Chasse à l'homme" ("Manhunt"). "Lucky Luke et le Docteur Doxey" Doctor Doxey is an unscrupulous charlatan who will do anything to sell his worthless elixir. With the help of his henchman, Scraggy, he tries to persuade people in the cities he visits that his medicine cures everything. Scraggy disguises himself as a helpless old man or a disabled old woman, swallows the elixir, and begins to frolic and jump like a 20-year-old. Doxey poisons a village's water to make its inhabitants sick so he can cure them with his elixir, and kidnaps a sheriff who wanted to stop him. When Doxey and Scraggy meet Luke, they steal Jolly Jumper. Luke decides to trap Doxey, publishing a newspaper article saying that the sheriff had $5,000 when he disappeared. Doxey and Scraggy go to the cabin where they put the sheriff, and Luke follows and catches them. "Chasse à l'homme" Doctor Doxey escapes from prison, and Luke sets off in pursuit. After a rough desert crossing during which he loses his horse, Doxey arrives in Coyoteville. After quenching his thirst (with a keg of beer), he shaves his beard to disguise himself; Luke does not recognize him. Doxey resumes his quack trade as Doctor Oxide in front of Luke, who still does not recognize him. When a child draws a beard on Doxey's poster, however, Luke immediately makes the connection. He goes to arrest Doxey, who escapes thanks to an explosive. Momentarily rid of Luke, Doxey unsuccessfully tries to sell his elixir in La Siesta. In the neighboring village, Luke catches him. ==Phil Defer==

Phil Defer, the eighth title in the original series, was published by Dupuis in 1956 and in English by Cinebook in 2013 as Phil Wire. The album contains two stories: "Lucky Luke contre Phil Defer 'the Faucheux ("Lucky Luke versus Phil Wire 'The Spider'") and "Lucky Luke et Pilule" ("Lucky Luke and Pill"). "Lucky Luke contre Phil Defer" In the town of Bottleneck Gulch, the only saloon for miles around is the Ace of Spades. It belongs to a crook named O'Sullivan, who sells adulterated whiskey. The Ace of Spades does a good business, however, thanks to thirsty cowboys passing by. A man named O'Hara opens another saloon, the Ace of Hearts. Failing to take over his rival and on the verge of bankruptcy, O'Sullivan hires professional hitman Phil Wire to get rid of O'Hara. Lucky Luke, a friend of O'Hara, impersonates Phil and he and O'Hara pretend that he is dead. As O'Sullivan prepares to leave, the real Phil Wire arrives and they try to get rid of Luke and O'Hara. Phil provokes Luke into a duel which Luke wins, shooting Phil in the shoulder and ending his career as a hitman. O'Sullivan is chased away; O'Hara merges his rival's saloon with his own as the 2 Aces Saloon, with the longest bar in the west. "Lucky Luke et Pilule" Luke tells the other cowboys a story about a little man, nicknamed Pill (because he regularly takes pills), who looked like a weed from a big city. He arrives in Smokey Town, a city full of criminals and revolver fights. After contributing (involuntarily) to the arrest of a bandit, Pill is named sheriff and must stop all the criminals. His clumsiness and myopia (after losing his glasses) help Pill to kill the criminals after his pill box stops a bullet. ==Des rails sur la Prairie==

Des rails sur la Prairie, written by Goscinny and Morris, is the ninth album in the series and Goscinny's first. It is the first in which Luke, heading towards the setting sun in the last panel, sings "I'm a Poor Lonesome Cowboy". The album was published by Dupuis in 1957 and in English by Cinebook in 2011 as Rails on the Prairie. Luke protects construction of the western railway from a crooked stagecoach shareholder, who sees the end of his business in the train's arrival. ==Alerte aux Pieds Bleus==

Alerte aux Pieds Bleus, the tenth title in the original series, was published by Dupuis in 1958 and by Cinebook in English as The Bluefeet are coming!. It was Morris' only solo story after beginning his collaboration with René Goscinny. Convinced that they will find firewater among the palefaces, Bluefoot Indians besiege the town. In Rattlesnake Valley, Arizona, Pedro Cucaracha is defrauding the locals at poker. Luke, who had stopped there, catches him playing against Sheriff Jerry Grindstone and drives him away. Pedro appeals to the Bluefeet, in return for alcohol. They besiege the city before being defeated by the cavalry. == Lucky Luke contre Joss Jamon ==

Lucky Luke contre Joss Jamon, written by Goscinny and Morris, is the eleventh album in the series and the second on which Goscinny worked. The comic was printed by Dupuis in 1958 and in English by Cinebook in 2011, under the title Lucky Luke versus Joss Jamon. Joss Jamon and his gang plunder the town of Los Palitos while having Lucky Luke hanged. Nevertheless, the latter manages to obtain freedom in return for catching the bandits and bringing them back to Los Palitos; he promises to come back to be hanged if he fails. Jamon and his gang arrive at Frontier City. There, they gradually take ownership of all the establishments of the city starting with the bank by threats. In the same way, Jamon manages to be elected mayor of the city and appoints his acolytes to key positions. Nevertheless, Luke opposes Joss and his gang and does everything to make their lives difficult. He is captured and sentenced to hanging after a rigged trial. Finally, the inhabitants rebel against Joss and his accomplices. They free Lucky Luke and fight the bandits entrenched in the saloon. Making them believe that the Army is here, they surrender. Joss Jamon tries to escape the city. Lucky Luke catches him in the desert and he delivers him with his accomplices to Los Palitos just when as deadline expires. == Les Cousins Dalton ==

Les Cousins Dalton, written by Goscinny and Morris is the twelfth book in the series. The comic was printed by Dupuis in 1958 and by Cinebook in 2011 as The Dalton Cousins. This album is the first of many Lucky Luke albums to feature the brothers Joe, William, Jack and Averell Dalton as significant characters (they appear briefly in the previous album Lucky Luke contre Joss Jamon as part of the jury set out to convict Lucky Luke). Within the Lucky Luke universe, they are cousins of the real-life Dalton Gang. (The "real" Daltons appeared in, and were killed off, in the earlier album Hors-la-loi.) As the story begins, the Dalton cousins are rather inept outlaws who aspire to become as notorious as their cousins, and vow to get even with Lucky Luke, the man responsible for their cousins' demise. Joe, William, Jack and Averell Dalton, the cousins of the authentic Dalton Brothers, dream of avenging the dead by killing Lucky Luke and becoming desperados as famous as their famous cousins. As they are bad as bandits, they follow an intensive training and become dreaded outlaws. The Daltons turn to their vendetta against Lucky Luke, whom they find at Killer Gulch. The latter fools them when they play cards that the winner will have the pleasure of killing the cowboy: Luke provides them with cards (which only has aces) and the four brothers each have four aces. They start fighting each other, each believing that another is cheating. Luke meanwhile escapes. Then they go in pursuit of Luke before understanding that the latter is still in the town of Killer Gulch. To get him out, they blockade the city, preventing anyone from entering or exiting, and Luke agrees to a fight. Luke fights each Dalton with his bare hands and beats them one after the other. Impressed, the Daltons offer to Lucky Luke to become their accomplice. Luke apparently agrees and arranges to prevent the Daltons from committing crimes. When the Daltons understand that they have been deceived, they separate and leave each other on their own to find Lucky Luke. Thus, Luke confronts and captures each Dalton one by one (going from Averell, the first to find him, to ending with Joe) and the four brothers go to jail. == Le Juge ==

Le Juge, written by Goscinny and Morris, is the thirteenth album in the series. The comic was printed by Dupuis in 1959 and by Cinebook in 2010 as The Judge. The story is inspired by the historical Justice of the peace Roy Bean. As usual, Lucky Luke does not interfere unless injustice is done, or one party acquires an unfair advantage over the other. Siding with Bean takes place only for that reason, to the level that things are fair game again. The unsung side-kick of the Judge is Jacinto, a diminutive Mexican, who lightens up several details of the story. While escorting a flock to Pecos, Luke is arrested by pseudo-judge Roy Bean, aided by his bear Joe. Judge Roy Bean uses an old outdated Civil Code to apply the law in his own way. He gives everyone fines for stupid reasons (for example, he sentenced a Mexican named Jacinto to a month of forced labor simply because he had shaded him by the way). He also encourages people to make bets on the outcome, before confiscating the bets saying that betting and gambling are prohibited by law. After a mock trial, the judge confiscates the cattle from Luke. The latter escapes and decides to ally himself with Bad Ticket, a man who also settles as a judge in Langtry. A war begins between the two judges and Luke decides to decide between them during a game of poker. Finally, Roy Bean capitulates after a game fraught with cheating and leaves Langtry. However, Bad Ticket is even worse than Roy Bean and decides to hang Lucky Luke who only escapes with the help of Joe the bear. Finally, Luke, Roy Bean and Joe decide to team up against Bad Ticket. The latter locks them up. The prisoners manage nevertheless to escape, not without flooding the cellar where they were locked by digging a tunnel which lets in the water of the river. Bad Ticket believes that they drowned. Some citizens, including Jacinto, see Luke and Roy Bean covered in flour, and take them for ghosts. This causes panic in Langtry while almost everyone believes that the city is haunted. The citizens, discovering the responsibility of Bad Ticket, want to hang him with the undertaker (his accomplice). But Luke and Roy Bean (reluctant, but forced by Luke) come back to town and prove they are alive. Roy Bean judges Bad Ticket and the undertaker and condemns them to leave Langtry and never return. The army, called by Luke, arrives to arrest Roy Bean. However, there is no one in Langtry to judge him. Then, at Luke's request, Roy Bean judges himself and condemns himself to no longer be a judge. Civilization and education arrive in Langtry and bandits leave. Lucky Luke recovers his cattle and takes them to Silver City. ==''Ruée sur l'Oklahoma''==

''Ruée sur l'Oklahoma, the fourteenth album in the series, was published by Dupuis in 1960 and by Cinebook in 2009 as The Oklahoma Land Rush''. The story is based on the Land Rush of 1889. The American government had given Oklahoma to the Indians, where they were bored, by 1830. Several years later, they bought the land back for glass beads to promote colonization. It was decided that the territory would open to colonization on April 22, 1889, with Luke responsible for monitoring the operation. Before the rush begins, some (including Beastly Blubber) are easily detected by Luke. Coyote Will and Dopey, his simple-minded accomplice, is also trying to cross the border and is quickly overtaken by Luke. The day before the rush, some have doped their horses and others have sabotaged competing carriages. The next day at noon, the rush begins. A city is created, Boomville, where houses are quickly built. Speculation is rife, and some do business in gold. Coyote Will, Beastly Blubber and Dopey arrive and, after taking over the saloon, they sell illegal alcohol and establish a secret gambling den. Luke stops them. Town elections are organized, and three-quarters of the population are candidates. The three bandits are released to vote, and Dopey decides to campaign. To the surprise of all (including his accomplices), he is elected mayor; with Luke's help, he is a good one. A drought begins; Coyote Will organizes a demonstration against the mayor, but a sandstorm ruins everything. People leave Oklahoma, and it is the end of Boomville. Dopey chases his former accomplices, saying that he now leads an honest life. Oklahoma is finally returned to the Indians for the same glass beads they had accepted at the beginning. ==''L'Évasion des Dalton''==

''L'Évasion des Dalton, written by Goscinny and Morris, is the fifteenth album in the series. It was published by Dupuis in 1960 and by Cinebook in English in 2011 as The Daltons' Escape''. The Daltons escape from the penitentiary, with Luke on their trail. The four brothers place fake search notices and publish fake newspaper articles to make Luke look like a criminal. He finds the Daltons, who capture him and force him to work for them. Luke escapes with the aid of the cavalry and, after winning a duel with Joe, brings the four brothers back to the penitentiary. ==En remontant le Mississippi==

En remontant le Mississippi, written by Goscinny and Morris, is the sixteenth title in the series. It was published by Dupuis in 1961 and by Cinebook in English in 2021 as Steaming Up the Mississippi. Goscinny and Morris were avid readers of frontier tales (particularly Mark Twain's books), and this album is related to Twain's experience as a Mississippi steamboat pilot before the American Civil War. The plot and a number of details are borrowed from the 1870 race between the paddle steamers Robert E. Lee and Natchez IV. Competition is fierce among steamboat captains plying the Mississippi River. The sleazy and devious Captain Lowriver (master of the paddle steamer Abestos D. Plover) is trying to establish a monopoly on the New Orleans-Minneapolis line, and wants arch-rival Captain Barrows (master of the Daisy Belle) out of the way. Both captains arrange a race from New Orleans to Minneapolis to settle the matter; whoever wins the race will be the sole operator of steamboats on the Mississippi. Confident in his ship and crew capabilities but fearing foul play from his opponent, Captain Barrows hires Luke as a supervisor and bodyguard. Lowriver hires a professional gambler, who almost wins Barrows' ship in a rigged poker game which is foiled by Luke. The race continues, with floods, droughts and snag tree-trunks impeding both ships' progress. Luke gauges the river depth, preventing the Daisy Belle from running aground. Lowriver hires a gunman (who is no match for Luke) and Ironhead Wilson, a bald bully whose bullet-proof head is a deadly weapon. Wilson batters the Daisy Belle boiler with his head, allowing Lowriver's ship to take the lead during the final stage to Minneapolis. Luke punches Wilson in the ribs, which feels like a tickle. Laughing uncontrollably, Wilson jumps overboard and is attacked by alligators. He overcomes the alligators and escapes. Barrows and his crew patch up the boiler and gain on the rival ship as the finish line in Minneapolis is in sight. Both ships' engineers and stokers try to raise the steam pressure, and the safety valves open. Lowriver sits on the valve counterweight (allowing his ship to regain the lead), and Barrows admits defeat. However, the boiler of Lowriver's ship explodes and sends Lowriver and his crew into the water and the waiting alligators. A dejected (and alligator-bitten) Lowriver is fished out by Luke and admits defeat, but a magnanimous Barrows tells him that there is room on the river for them both. Luke makes his usual exit into the sunset, singing his favorite song. ==Sur la piste des Dalton==

Sur la piste des Dalton, written by Goscinny and Morris, is the seventeenth title in the series. Published by Dupuis in 1962 and by Cinebook in English in 2009 as ''On the Daltons' Trail'', it contains the first appearance of the dog Rantanplan. The Daltons escape, followed by Rantanplan. Reluctant to capture them again, Luke is forced to do so after they steal horses and a cow from a friend's house. Aided by Rantanplan, he catches up to them. Luke is taken prisoner by the Daltons, who use him as a bargaining chip for the release of Joe Dalton (who had been arrested in Rightful Bend). Averell Dalton (who is fond of Rantanplan) looks for him, leading to the capture of him and his brothers. == ''À l'ombre des derricks'' ==

''À l'ombre des derricks, written by Goscinny and illustrated by Morris, is the eighteenth title in the series. It was originally published by Dupuis in 1962, in French. English editions of this French series were published by Cinebook Ltd in 2007 as In the Shadow of the Derricks''. The story is based on the historical oil rush in Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859. In 1859, Colonel Edwin Drake discovers oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania. There is an unprecedented rush to the small town. Everyone wants to have their share of oil and become rich. The Mayor, who fears overflows, telegraphs Lucky Luke for help. If he accepts, he will be appointed sheriff. At first, he thinks to refuse but he soon realizes that this rush to oil will lead to chaos if it is not controlled and he finally accepts, to the chagrin of Jolly Jumper . Lucky Luke finds Titusville in chaos. Even the mayor has gone to drill. From the first day, Luke is threatened by a man named Bingle who does not want a law in Titusville. In fact, Bingle is the henchman of a certain Barry Blunt. Bingle is no match for Luke who arrests him. Blunt is quick to arrive and his avowed goal is to seize the city and all the nearby oil fields. He starts by paying Bingle's bail (who does not want to get out of jail because he found oil in his cell). Bingle is thrown out the gang. In the weeks that followed, Barry Blunt and his men manage, by terror and threat, to seize all the oil wells, except that of Colonel Drake who holds out. Lucky Luke, who needs help, is allied with Colonel Drake. He organizes a plan with Bingle (who always wants to go back to his cell), which provokes Blunt who ends up beating him. Immediately, Luke puts him in prison. The judge refuses to judge him and resigns. Colonel Drake is elected judge and sentences Blunt to twenty years in prison. His men then take advantage of the night to burn the oil wells and help him escape. By court decision, the oil wells returned to their legitimate owners who manage to extinguish the fire. Blunt hides in Titusville where, disguised as an old man, he gets employed by Drake. He wants to kill Lucky Luke, but a gush of oil manages to neutralize him. With law and order restored in Titusville, Lucky Luke hurries back to Texas, "where there is no oil!" ==Les Rivaux de Painful Gulch==

Les Rivaux de Painful Gulch, written by Goscinny and illustrated by Morris, is the nineteenth book in the series. Originally published in French in 1962, English editions have been published by Dargaud and Cinebook as The Rivals of Painful Gulch. The story was inspired by the Hatfield–McCoy feud. Luke tries to resolve a bitter feud between two families: the big-eared O'Haras and the big-nosed O'Timminses, whose rivalry causes mayhem in the town of Painful Gulch and ruins the local economy. The O'Timmins and O'Hara families have been fighting for decades, and no longer remember why. Luke is named mayor of the town to try and solve the problem. He tries to reconcile the families with a big party, with competitions rigged so that only an O'Timmins or O'Hara win, but the party ends in a fistfight. Luke decides to put the men of both families in prison until they make peace. The women of the families, tired of the war, force them to work together to put out a fire on the O'Hara ranch. Painful Gulch is finally at peace, and the families become friends. == Billy the Kid ==

Billy the Kid, written by Goscinny and illustrated by Morris, is the twentieth book in the series. The original French-language version was printed in 1962 by Dupuis. It is the first in the English versions published by Cinebook Ltd. In 1878, the town of Fort Weakling is "terrorized" by the notorious criminal Billy the Kid - or, more accurately, the citizens cower in fear of the things Billy, a bullying type, could supposedly do to them. Lucky Luke arrives at Fort Weakling, surprised at the deserted streets and the overly nervous welcome by the local hotel manager. He meets Billy, who finds him funny and invites him to drink hot chocolate in the saloon. As a result of a 'joke' of Billy's, Luke crushes a cake on his face. Billy finds it funny. When he learns that Luke has stood up to Billy, Josh Belly, the editor of the local newspaper and the only man in town determined to see Billy jailed, has Luke made assistant sheriff. However, the fight against the bandit is more difficult than expected. Billy's victims are so terrified that they refuse to testify against him. Luke manages to find a local citizen to testify against him - Foster Rawson, the grocer, from whom Billy regularly steals red caramels - but Rawson attempts to flee the town to not have to testify. Lucky Luke retrieves him, but at the trial itself the members of the jury refuse to convict Billy, who leaves the court to the applause of the judge, the witness and the jury. After these failed attempts, Lucky Luke decides to teach the people that desperados are not as bad as they pretend to be. With the help of Belly, he pretends to turn into a desperado and begins to terrorize the town, including with a staged stagecoach attack and a bank robbery. Citizens start demonstrating for Billy the Kid to defend them against Lucky Luke. Completely taken aback, Billy proposes an alliance with Luke, who rejects it with contempt. A duel is organized between the two in the main street, but the support of the population for Billy makes him break down, and Luke captures him. After some encouragement and recompensation by Luke and Belly, the citizens finally testify at Billy's trial, and Billy is sentenced to 1,247 years in prison. ==Les Dalton dans le blizzard==