This Month in Children's Media: January 2018

A 1941 Newspaper advertisement for a regional sponsor of "The Lone Ranger" radio program.

85 Years Ago - The Lone Ranger radio series first airs in a broadcast on either January 30th or January 31st, 1933. The masked man and his eventually introduced faithful Indian companion Tonto, would become the most popular masked man in America via radio, a equally famous TV program, movie serials, feature films, comic strips, comic books and more. Perhaps his fame was not surpassed until the "Batmania" of 1966. 

100 Years Ago - "Tarzan of the Apes" starring Elmo Lincoln and Enid Markey,  the very first film with the famous jungle man premieres, January 27, 1918. While not completely seen as a "kids" character, the impact of Tarzan on juvenile films and literature can't be ignored (Bomba The Jungle Boy, George of the Jungle, Disney's Tarzan).

80 Years Ago - "Tarzan's Revenge" starring professional swimmers Glenn Morris and Eleanor Holm, may be one of the most family friendly of the Ape Man's adventures. The movie premiered January 7, 1938.