King of the Royal Mounted is an American comics series which debuted February 17, 1935[1] by Stephen Slesinger, based on popular Western writer Zane Grey's byline and marketed as Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted.
King has appeared in newspaper strips, comics, Big Little Books, and other ancillary items.
Zane Grey's son Romer and Slesinger collaborated on many of the stories, and the artwork was produced by Allen Dean, Charles Flanders, and Jim Gary in Slesinger's New York studio.
[3] Allen Dean previously collaborated with Zane Grey on the original King of the Royal Mounted in 1935 but quit when Romer Grey/Slesinger later took over production, as told to son Allen M. Dean Jr, who was born in 1942.
[4] From 1939, Gaylord DuBois became the writer[5] and Jim Gary became the artist, creating King until it ended on February 14, 1954[1] In the end, it was Jim Gary who became the artist most closely associated with the strip.