Fran Striker

Born in Buffalo, New York, in 1903, he became an American writer whose career stretched across radio, pulp fiction, novels, and comics. He is most closely associated with The Lone Ranger, and is also widely credited with creating or developing The Green Hornet and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon.

His writing was closely tied to the great age of serialized entertainment, when radio heroes became household names and stories moved easily between broadcasts, books, and comic pages. That ability to build vivid, energetic adventures helped make his characters endure long after their first appearances.

He died in Erie County, New York, in 1962. Even now, his name is strongly linked with the rise of classic American action storytelling and the mythic heroes of early radio.