Latigo (comic strip)
Latigo was a comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Stan Lynde, who also created the "Rick O'Shay" comic strip. After a dispute over the ownership of "Rick O'Shay" with the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, Lynde left and went to Field Enterprises to launch "Latigo". "Latigo" began on Sunday, June 24, 1979. The daily strip ended on May 7, 1983, followed by the last Sunday strip a month later, on June 5. Characters and story. Set in the old West, it told the adventures of Cole Cantrell, aka "Two Trails". His father was a mountain man and his  mother a Crow Indian. After serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, Latigo returned to the West and became a Federal marshal. Comics historian Don Markstein detailed the strip's background and characters: Books, reprints, and spinoffs. The "Latigo" daily strips have all been reprinted in three volumes from Cottonwood Publishing. "Comics Revue" is reprinting the "Latigo" Sunday strips in color, starting in issue #300 (April 2011). Dean Owen, Western writer, wrote three novels starring Latigo with Stan Lynde's permission. They were "Latigo: Trackdown", "Latigo #2: Vengeance Trail", and "Latigo #3: Dead Shot". Latigo (comic strip) Latigo