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Lucky Luke #25

Ghost Town

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As he roams with his horse Jolly Jumper, always seeking new adventures, Lucky Luke meets two suspicious characters, Denver Miles and Colorado Bill. Together they arrive on the outskirts of a deserted city, Gold Hill, which counts only one inhabitant. The old man, Powell, is the sole survivor of a gold rush that he has not given up on, despite years without success...

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1965

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Morris

681 books131 followers
The Belgian author Morris (full name Maurice de Bevere) is best known for his humorous cowboy character, Lucky Luke. Morris started his career in 1945 in Le Moustique, creating various covers and illustrations. By the end of the 1940s, Morris met his colleagues Jijé, Franquin and Will. These four artists would be called "The Gang of 4", because they all worked in Jijé's studio at that time. The first episode of Lucky Luke, 'Arizona 1880', was published in L'Almanach Spirou 1947, and was later continued in Spirou. In his early 'Lucky Luke' comics, Morris was greatly inspired by animated cartoons à la Disney.
In 1949, Jijé took Morris and Franquin to the US, where Morris met Jack Davis and Harvey Kurtzman, whom he helped with their plans for Mad Magazine. He also met René Goscinny in the US. In 1955, Morris returned to Europe and collaborated with René Goscinny on 'Lucky Luke'. Goscinny wrote the scenarios of over 35 stories, which led to the great success of the series.
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Profile Image for Pramod Nair.
233 reviews212 followers
July 14, 2015
Oh I am a Texas cowboy
Just off the stormy plains…


Another masterpiece from Morris and Goscinny, the great legends of comic book world. In this 'Lucky Luke' adventure - originally titled La Ville fantôme, Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper, his impudent horse are roaming through the scenic horizons of American Old West when they come across two card sharks named ‘Denver Miles’ & ‘Colorado Bill’ who were thrown out of a town for cheating at the cards. Traveling together they soon arrive at an Old mining town named ‘Gold Hill’ which is all bereft of it’s old glory due to the abandonment by unsuccessful gold prospectors. It has a single occupant, an old gold miner named Powell, who is still digging around his mine looking for Gold. Soon ‘Denver Miles’ & ‘Colorado Bill’ raise to their true form and they try one plot after another to take over this mine from Powell – for the purpose of selling it for a huge amount to some unsuspecting buyers - and it is up to Lucky Luke to foil their evil plots.

Morris and Goscinny turn this seemingly mundane plot into a hugely enjoyable comic book with their mastery over story telling, humor and high-class cartoon sketches with their clever use of colors. ‘Denver Miles’ & ‘Colorado Bill’ are brilliant examples of great characterization as the artists have created one of them as a scheming dangerous fellow and the other one as a bumbling and babbling character who always inadvertently throws a spanner in his partners scheming works.

‘Gold Hill’ is a true representation of a once booming then abandoned mining towns of the old American Wild West. In the panels that showcase the town of ‘Gold Hill’, the artists have successfully captured the transformation of a once booming place into a dead town with great eye to the detail. The single cartoon panel, which shows the mass exodus of the inhabitants and the town jailer ordering a convict inside the jail to get out - with an accompanying speech bubble, “We’re closing up! Go get hanged somewhere else!” – summarizes the total abandonment of the town rather beautifully.

For anyone looking for a hilarious, easy to read comic book ‘Ghost Town’ is a great choice.
Profile Image for Μιχάλης.
Author 22 books140 followers
September 26, 2018
Μίααδιάφορη πλοκή και χλιαρά γκαγκ αλλά το τέλος της ιστορίας ήταν καταπληκτικό.
Profile Image for Faraz Samapoor.
38 reviews27 followers
March 14, 2021
"We're closing up! Go get hanged somewhere else!"

"We could try to work..."
"Don't utter such absurdities, Colorado!"

"You're crazy! You don't shoot money! It's Immoral!"

"Denver, our job is cheating at games... let's not stray too far from the path our forefathers carved out for us!"

"We'll soon have toured the whole country like this!"
"Yeah! If they used the tar on the roads instead of on the travelers, it would be a lot better!"
Profile Image for João Teixeira.
2,306 reviews44 followers
September 16, 2021
Esta foi a história de Lucky Luke que menos gostei de ler até agora. Não se está à espera que estas histórias sejam totalmente coerentes, mas esta, na minha opinião, foi a mais disparatada e sem sentido que li... Por que razão haveriam os patifes de repetir o golpe de "salgar" a mina precisamente no mesmo local onde (aparentemente) já se sabia que não havia ouro? Podiam ter partido dali para fora com aquele "conhecimento" e enganar outras pessoas noutros sítios. Achei, portanto, premissa-base da história bastante fraca, o que teve como consequência parecer-me que a história de arrasta escusadamente por demasiadas páginas... O que é pena. Mas enfim, é o que é. Achei também as falas do Jolly Jumper muito desinspiradas, quando na realidade ele deveria ser o "representante" do leitor, mais cinicamente divertido e acutilante... Enfim, não é que não valha a pena ler este álbum, apenas foi aquele que eu menos gostei (o que não significa que toda a gente tenha de ter a mesma opinião que eu, obviamente).
Profile Image for Микола.
Author 5 books31 followers
December 3, 2018
Я писав, що Щасливчик Люк — це персонаж із дитинства (тільки тоді ці комікси були якоюсь незрозумілою (підозрюю, німецькою) мовою)? Ну от. Нічого не змінилось.

Що веселить додатково — серед стандартних персонажів дикого заходу є газетярі. А у них в офісі набірна каса, над якою хтось порядкує…
«Так, терміново міняємо першу шпальту!»
«Але ж я працював над нею три дні, а випуск завтра…»

Profile Image for Sourojit Das.
229 reviews36 followers
January 3, 2021
Slightly slower read compared to the first one..entertaining nonetheless
17 reviews
March 29, 2012
This book presents the adventures of the world's greatest cowboy, Lucky Luke. The character can shoot faster than his own shadow.In this series,Lucky Luke is protecting the old men and his gold mine,Powell from 2 suspicious characters in the first story. Powell is the only man survivor of the gold rush and still hanged on to it.
This is a old pieces of comic. I was impress that this book is about a West cost cowboy but it is admitted by the European people.
For someone who like to have a recollection from the childhood might this Lucky Luke series.
Profile Image for Math le maudit.
1,376 reviews45 followers
July 29, 2011
Episode jouant sur le thème de la ruée vers l'or et de la spéculation crapuleuse.

Deux individus tentent de "saler" une mine (d'y mettre un peu d'or afin de faire croire qu'un filon est découvert) afin de revendre à prix très élevés, des concessions sans valeurs...

Des "méchants" un peu moins haut en couleurs qu'un Billy the kid ou qu'un Joe Dalton, mais qui compense leur manque de jugeote et d'entrainement par une opiniâtreté sans limite.
Profile Image for Annchan Maulana.
466 reviews64 followers
October 4, 2007
i really love Lucky Luke comic magazine, it's been a long time since i read it, if i'm not wrong this series is telling about an adventure of Lucky Luke with his horse Jolly Jumper and meets with Denver Miles and Colorado Bill. They searching a gold in a deserted city, Gold Hill but after many years they didn't yet success to find it ^_^"

This Series is not one of my fave ..
Profile Image for Josh.
902 reviews
December 3, 2012
This was a great little amusing story. It's not about anything deep, but it is comic and enjoyable. I liked the constant nods to the reader (like Lucky Luke commenting after firing about 30 bullets out of a six shooter that he should probably "reload soon"). And, if you are not careful, you might even learn a little bit about economics and gold mine cons.
Profile Image for Ryan.
176 reviews10 followers
April 2, 2008
Ini dia nih si cowboy jitu yang tembakannya lebih cepat dari bayangannya sendiri. Bacaan wajib jamdul jam istirahat pas di es-de. Dengan modal cuma 150 perak sudah dapet pinjaman buku kocak ini di perpus sekolah.
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702 reviews102 followers
June 4, 2008
Bersama kudanya, Lucky Luke jadi koboy yang nyentrik. Lebih nyentrik sedikit dibandingkan Bang Ben waktu legenda satu itu jadi koboy dulu. Tembakannya lebih cepat dari gerak bayangannya.

7 9...! (baca: tuju qiu...!)
Profile Image for Nike Andaru.
1,640 reviews111 followers
March 11, 2013
Lucky Luke membantu mengupayakan agar warga kembali ke Kota Hantu.
Banyak nembak tapi gak nembak orang, mesti ini Lucky Luke punya peluru yang banyak kalo untuk ngumpulin orang makan aja mesti nembakin pistol ke udara :D
Profile Image for Khairul Hezry.
747 reviews141 followers
February 28, 2009
More enjoyable than the first book (Billy the Kid). Two card sharks try to swindle an old man of his gold mine. Hilarity ensues.
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3,413 reviews400 followers
November 30, 2017
Lucky Luke is the sexiest cowboy, ever! I was fangirling over him for so many years, and well until forever. Hahaha
Profile Image for Sharon.
1,302 reviews10 followers
July 29, 2011
just like astrix adventures, this guy is the coolest. love him, but like his horse better.
Profile Image for Frederick Tan.
565 reviews
January 30, 2016
Lucky Luke rode into a Ghost town one day and found it not to haunted but rather inhabited by bandits. This story revolved around how he handle them single handedly with his usual panache.
Profile Image for Sunae.
162 reviews
April 10, 2023
Got the Story in a Collectors Edition whit MaDalton, the Daltons, and the Psycho Doc, and the Emperor of America.

What imideatly struck me was the colore saturation.
There are a lot of Panels in this Comic, where the Background, sometimes the entire Picture is just full Yellow. Sometimes dark Blue, maybe a bit Orange. This creates a strong Atmosphere, its warm, and nostalgic.
The Location itselfe is nothing to write home about at all, just the good old classic Western Setting.
Only the Art makes it into a great looking Story.

The Humor is nothing what makes you laught out loud, but its fare from bad, it has a lot of Charakter driven Comedy.
I appreciate all the Jokes where Denver messes things up by acting to early, and "You dont shoot at Money, thats Immoral!" is a pretty decent running Gag.

The Villian Duo this Time does reminds me of the One Armed Bandit. Having clever Frauts, or Buisnessman as Villians isnt new for this Franchise, and there dont realy do anything new, but what there do is pretty entertaining.

The unique Goal of this Story is to restore a Ghost Town.
Different from other Lucky Luke Storys, the Goal isnt imideatly set, if anything you might miss it completly.
From the Outside its realy just some Gangster trying to mess up an old Man, and Lucky Luke trying to keep the peace.

How I saw it, Old Powls Obsession whit Gold, and the Mine is actually just the desperate Attempt to bring back the Towns People.
Before the Town died, he made a lot of Memorys, and it brocke his Heart to see it die in front of his Eyes.
Thats where his Line near the Start came from, where he promised his Gold would revive the abandoned Town.
And over the Course of the Story, we see more of Powls good Natur, his Nostalgia, and fittingly, after he finaly got what he wanted, he had to proof himselfe. His Wish, or is the greed for Gold in the End more important?

The last Panel speaks about how Gold Hill never died again, and went on until today.
It even deliveres some Numbers about the Industry, but while im sure it might be based on a real Town, you wont find the rL equivalent of Goldhill under that Name, sadly.
I appreciate the detailed Ending, but Lucky Luke likes do make Epilogues like that, and I feel it just confuses People.

So after rereading it, and thinking about the Comic for quiet a while, I can say this.
I liked it realy, realy, a lot. I dont think it does anything special, neighter the Art, or the Villians, the Story, or a unique Setting.
Its just one of these Books who avoid feeling Generic by doing its usual thing, but realy realy well.
Thats my take on it.
1,370 reviews5 followers
April 20, 2023
PopKulturowy Kociołek:

Dzielny kowboj samotnie przemierzający bezkresną prerię ma niebywałe szczęście (lub nie) natrafiać na kolejne niezwykłe kłopoty. Tym razem na drodze Luke’a pojawia się dwójka dosyć podejrzanych mężczyzn. Od samego początku podświadomie zdaje on sobie sprawę, że spotkanie to pociągnie za sobą szereg poważnych problemów. Takowe pojawiają się wraz z przekroczeniem granicy miasteczka Gold Hill. Tytułowego „miasta duchów” gdzie upiory gorączki złota czyhają, aby pochłonąć nowe ofiary. Jednak najszybszy rewolwerowiec zachodu wielokrotnie udowodnił już, że potrafi radzić sobie z każdą przeciwnością losu.

Dwudziesta piąta odsłona przygód znanego kowboja to kolejna świetna praca duetu Goscinny i Morris. Jest to również kolejny album z cyklu, będący czymś więcej niż tylko prostą westernową rozrywką dla młodszego czytelnika. Scenarzysta w swoim niepodrabialnym stylu łączy tu bowiem westernową akcję, dobrze dopasowany lekki humor, nutkę dramatyzmu i widowiskowości oraz nienachalną warstwę moralizatorską.

Historia w ciekawy sposób ukazuje „gorączkę złota”, a uściślając jej niezbyt przyjemne konsekwencje. Wraz z popytem na drogocenny metal jak grzyby po deszczu powstawały nowe miasta/miasteczka. Miejsca te szybko jednak popadały w ruinę i zapomnienie wraz z wyczerpaniem złóż. René Goscinny świetnie ukazuje tutaj również, jak ten kruszec wpływa na zachowanie ludzi. Bogactwo od zawsze mocno pobudzało wyobraźnię człowieka, co niestety czasem prowadziło do mocno skrajnych zachowań. Treść ta oczywiście jak w innych odsłonach serii jest podana w bardzo lekkiej i przystępnej formie. Dzięki czemu z albumu mogą cieszyć się zarówno młodsi, jak i starsi czytelnicy.

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Profile Image for Matthew.
559 reviews6 followers
August 12, 2023
Most of this book is told from the perspective of a pair of swindlers, Denver and Colorado. The tall, sleepy Colorado is the mastermind, and Colorado his dim-witted assistant who can’t keep his mouth shut and so gets repeatedly clobbered, ruining his new hat.

They pass through a ghost town and in the nearby town of bingo creek learn that it was abandoned after a gold rush failed to pan out, but that one old miner refuses to leave. The pair of conmen hatch a plan to acquire the mine, plant some gold, and sell it.

Hijinks ensue as the bumbling villains attempt to boot the coot from the mine. Their plots involve ghosts, cattle rustling, and robbery. But Lucky luke foils them all. The climax is a gold rush, another false alarm that leads to an angry mob.

In the end Luke sends the thieves packing and the credulous and greedy townsfolk learn a lesson about the value of hard work and community as opposed to gold fever. The old prospector learns the same, even turning his back on the mine when he finds it really does contain gold.

I don’t think the climax really works since it doesn’t involve a confrontation with the villains — they’ve already been arrested and are forced to publicly confess, a confession which Luke could have extracted at any point. The conversion of the mob feels contrived as well. (Luke is able to accomplish this with a simple speech.)

The best scene is probably one where Luke inadvertently helps the thieves win a bet in the saloon by walking in at just the wrong moment.

Not as funny as billy the Kid, but the art is as impeccable as ever.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Rick Ray.
3,545 reviews38 followers
April 18, 2024
Lucky Luke and his faithful steed Jolly Jumper find themselves at Gold Hill, the proverbial ghost town of this adventure. Luke and his riding companions Denver Miles and Colorado Bill learn of the tragic story of Powell, who lives in the abandoned mining town where he has lived ever since being duped by a conman who fraudulently claimed that the town was flush with gold. The gold rush came, but no prospectors found anything of value, leaving the town completely valueless and uninhabited. Miles and Bill plan to profit what little they can off of Powell and Gold Hill, but Luke steps in to use his craftiness and talents of gunplay to ensure Powell isn't further ripped off.

It's a fun, campy tale that uses Morris' gifts for visual gags well. The story moves at a decent clip and manages to toe the line of being completely accessible for kids whilst also managing to incorporate historical context to appeal to slightly more mature readers. It's very akin to strip comics in that regard, just decompressed to span an album sized comic.
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82 reviews7 followers
June 7, 2025
Altın arayıcılığı Amerika'nın 20. yüzyılının büyük bir kısmını kaplamıştır. Hatta 19. yüzyılın sonlarında başlayan bu altın arama işi genelde kötü sonlanmıştır. Fakir halk iyice fakirleşmiş ve geriye sadece hikayeleri kalmıştır. İşte Hayalet Kasaba dediğimiz Altın Tepesi kasabasında altın bulamayan halk orayı terk etmiştir. Yaşlı Powell'da zamanında o madenlerde altın bulmak umuduyla orada kalan tek kişidir ve ondan başkası yoktur. İki düzenbazda Powell'dan madeni alıp satmak istemektedir ve düzenbaz ya işte her işi birbirlerinin üstüne atarak ellerine yüzlerine bulaştırırlar. Sonu ironikti. Hayalet Kasaba bir buğday alanına dönüştürülür ve günümüzde de çok önemli bir buğday ihracatçısıymış.

6,205 reviews41 followers
October 21, 2022
It starts out with Lucky Luke running into a couple of guys who are being run out of town, tarred and feathered. They end up later going to a ghost town. One running gag is how the shorter of the two keeps saying the wrong things and the taller guy bonks him on the head each time.

Jolly Jumper is the name of Luke's horse.

The crooks try to make money by salting a mine (which means you put a little bit of gold or something else valuable to trick people into thinking the mine will produce gold so they buy the mine up and end up going bust.)

As usual the story is really funny, the artwork neat and the story has some bits of actual truth to it.
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401 reviews2 followers
October 10, 2020
Una historia que demuestra que los bolsillos del diablo nunca están llenos. Un mensaje en contra de la avaricia y a favor de la amistad y la paciencia. Los chistes fueron muy graciosos especialmente gracias al buen trabajo de secuencias. Para este entonces el dibujo de Morris no estaba tan refinado como lo conocemos ahora, pero se acerca. Una de las mejores historias en mi opinión. Fue una trama inesperada. Lo recomiendo como una de las esenciales para quien quiera ser selectivo con el personaje.
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June 16, 2024
لوک با دوتا خلافکار روبرو می‌شود. دوتا خلافکار خیلی فالتاق و البته خیلی خیلی بانمک. کتاب پر از شوخی با این دوتا خلافکار است و تلاشی که برای گول زدن مردم می‌کنند. لوک اینجا هم سعی می‌کند دست آن‌ها را رو کند و تلاشش برای این کار فریم‌ها و قصۀ اصلی را می‌سازد. یک شخصیت توهمی هم داریم که دنبال طلا است. ویژگی کمیک‌های لوک همین شخصیت‌های فرعی هستند که خیلی خوب پرداخت شدند و انگار واقعاً در آن غرب وحشی که برایمان ساخته شده زندگی می کنیم. آدم‌هایی که از دنیای واقعی گرفته شدند اما رنگ‌وبویی کمیکی پیدا کردند.
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1,510 reviews8 followers
February 19, 2021
Ceritanya bagus. Lucky Luke kali ini bukan hanya menyelamatkan nyawa manusia tapi sekaligus menghidupkan lagi sebuah kota hantu. Sayang sekali dalam versi kindle halaman yang menunjukkan sejarah sebenarnya dari cerita-cerita petualangan Lucky Luke tidak ada lagi. Dulu, di komik aslinya, selalu ada satu halaman yang khusus menerangkan sejarah sebenarnya dari setiap tema yang diangkat dalam cerita Lucky Luke.

Profile Image for Krishnakumar Mohanasundaram.
714 reviews5 followers
August 3, 2021
This album is among top albums of Lucky luke that actually makes you laugh out loudly..

The villains Denver Mikes & Colorado Bill are the main attraction of this album... The plans they make and get their ass kicked are very good... Especially the scene with the Bull, I literally laughed out loud jerking everyone around...

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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487 reviews9 followers
March 30, 2020
Αυτό το κόμικ το είχα ως παιδί και ήμουν ξετρελαμένος μαζί του, αλλά κάποια στιγμή το έχασα ρε γαμώτο. Δε θυμάμαι πώς και γιατί. Κλισέ Λούκυ Λουκ ιστορία θα έλεγε κανείς, που καταλήγει όμως να είναι πολύ δυνατή.
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