translates as "dumb", "moron", or "fool". In the Italian version the original name is retained, but in the Spanish dubbed version, the character is called "Toro" (Spanish for "bull") or "Ponto". In other media Tonto has appeared in various media based on The Lone Ranger. Comics Tonto starred in his own comic book, The Lone Ranger's Companion Tonto, 31 issues of which were published by Dell Comics during the 1950s. Later depictions beginning in the 1980s have taken efforts to show Tonto as an articulate and proud warrior whom the Ranger treats as an equal partner. In the Topps Comics four-issue miniseries, The Lone Ranger and Tonto, Tonto is even shown to be a very witty, outspoken, and sarcastic character willing to punch the Lone Ranger during a heated argument and commenting on his past pop-culture depictions with the words, "Of course, Kemosabe. Maybe when we talked I should use that 'me Tonto' stuff, way they write about me in the dime novels. You'd like that, wouldn't you?" Television In the Timeless episode "Murder of Jesse James", Wyatt Logan, one of the main characters, mentions that Native American deputy U.S. marshal Grant Johnson was the inspiration for Tonto. Jon Lovitz played a comic version of Tonto, in a group of other characters who speak little or broken English, on Saturday Night Live. References Further reading Biography of Jay Silverheels. Comics characters introduced in 1948 Dynamite Entertainment characters Fictional Comanche people Fictional sole survivors Film characters introduced in 1938 Film sidekicks Male characters in comics Male characters in film Male characters in radio Male characters in television Radio characters introduced in 1933 Radio sidekicks Television sidekicks Western (genre) heroes and heroines Film serial characters