''Dalton City'' is a ''

Lucky Luke ''Lucky Luke'' is a Western ''bande dessinée'' series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborating with French writer René Goscinny. Their par ...

'' comic written by Goscinny and illustrated by

Morris Morris may refer to: Places Australia *St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia Canada * Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry * Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba ** Morris, Manitob ...

. The original Belgian/French comic was published by

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in 1969. English editions of this Belgian/French series have been published by

, and by

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in 2006.

Plot

Lucky Luke closes down the corrupt settlement of Fenton Town, Texas and arrests the owner, Dean Fenton. Fenton brags about his town to the Daltons while in prison. A mix-up with the newly installed telegraph results in Joe Dalton being released for 'good behavior'. He breaks out the others and they decide to fix up Fenton Town, renaming it Dalton City. They capture Lucky Luke, who agrees to help them with the town. They hire some dancing girls and Lucky Luke plants the idea of staging a wedding to lure people. The wedding is between Joe and Lulu Breechloader, the singer. The guests arrive, but when the wedding is announced, it turns out that Lulu was unaware and is already married to the pianist, Wallace. Initially the guests shoot at Lucky Luke, but turn on Joe. The Cavalry arrives to round the criminals up, having been tipped off by Wild Trout, an Indian who won at roulette, having bet a vase, and expecting 36 other vases. After everyone has left, Belle, one of the dancing girls, manages to jump out of the (abnormally hard) cake. Dalton City eventually becomes Angel Junction, a town of 243,000 people.

Characters

* Lulu Breechloader: Singer and leader of a group of dancers working for the Dalton saloon. In this album, Joe and William Dalton have a crush on her. Lucky Luke uses it to trap them. She is a caricature of

Mae West Mae West (born Mary Jane West; August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American stage and film actress, playwright, screenwriter, singer, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned over seven decades. She was known for her breezy ...

. *

The Dalton brothers The Dalton Gang was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 1890–1892. It was also known as The Dalton Brothers because four of its members were brothers. The gang specialized in bank robbery, bank and train robbery, train robberie ...

: Four ugly, stupid bandits.

References

Morris publications in ''Spirou''
BDoubliées

External links

''Lucky Luke'' official site album index

Goscinny website on ''Lucky Luke''
Comics by Morris (cartoonist) Lucky Luke albums 1969 graphic novels Works originally published in Spirou (magazine) Works by René Goscinny {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub