Jump to ratings and reviews
Rate this book

Lucky Luke #48

Le Magot des Dalton

Rate this book
Transferred to a new penitentiary, the Daltons are put in a cell with Fennimore Buttercup, a counterfeiter who soon begins to regret having such noisy cellmates. To get rid of the annoying brothers, he sends them on the trail of his – made-up – stash: $100,000 buried at the foot of a boulder in Red Rock Junction. One prison escape later, pursued by Lucky Luke, they discover to their horror that the spot they seek ... is inside another penitentiary!

46 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

4 people are currently reading
73 people want to read

About the author

Morris

688 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.
'Lucky Luke' is one of the best-sellers i

Ratings & Reviews

What do you think?
Rate this book

Friends & Following

Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!

Community Reviews

5 stars
87 (22%)
4 stars
144 (37%)
3 stars
137 (35%)
2 stars
18 (4%)
1 star
3 (<1%)
Displaying 1 - 17 of 17 reviews
Profile Image for Juho Pohjalainen.
Author 5 books350 followers
April 30, 2020
The comic is still good, but Goscinny's absence really is palpable.
7 reviews
January 26, 2026
Vieux Lucky Luke appartenant à mon père. À chaque hiver, j’en relis quelques uns dans mon bain, comme dans le bon vieux temps!
Profile Image for Lelyana's Reviews.
3,422 reviews400 followers
November 30, 2017
Aku terlalu cinta sama Dalton bersaudara terutama Averel dan Joe...tiap baca soal mereka selalu bawaannya gemes pengen aku makan LOL
Profile Image for The Cannibal.
657 reviews23 followers
October 7, 2017
À croire que l'esprit de Goscinny planait sur l'album car malgré sa disparition et l'apparition d'un nouveau scénariste, on ne se retrouve pas face à une daube sans goût mais devant une madeleine de Proust réunissant différents albums de Lucky Luke.

Les puristes me diront que tous les albums de Lucky Luke scénarisés par le talentueux et génialissime Goscinny étaient tous du haut de gamme… Je l'avoue, son génie s'exprimait mieux dans les Astérix ou dans les Lucky Luke publiés aux éditions Dupuis.

Paraît que ce serait la faute à Morris qui n'aimait pas trop que son scénariste face des calembours comme il avait l'art de le faire dans les aventures du petit gaulois… Donc, René Goscinny devait se retenir.

Et voilà que dans cet album post-Goscinny, je retrouve un peu de sa verve, de son humour, de ses dialogues aux petits oignons. Là, on peut dire que j'ai été plus qu'étonnée.

Les dalton sont toujours égal à eux-mêmes, creusant 4 trous pour s'évader de la prison. Par contre, les voir creuser un tunnel pour pénétrer dans une autre prison, on a de quoi être étonnée ! Ce n'est pas Averell qui me contredira !

Je vous parlais des madeleines de Proust un peu plus haut, et elles me sont venues à l'esprit en voyant le capitaine de la cavalerie, aussi flegmatique que celui de l'album "Le 20ème de cavalerie".

Bon sang, mais c'est bien sûr ! Les nouvelles méthodes appliquées aux prisonniers font penser à celles dans "Les dalton se rachètent", un lieu rassemblant tout ce que le pays compte de desperados, ça ressemble furieusement à "Dalton City" et tous ces bandits qui veulent aller en prison, on se croirait dans "À l'ombre des derricks", quand on avait trouvé un gisement de pétrole dans la prison.

Il y aussi autre chose qui m'a fait aimer cet album : Lucky Luke se roule des cigarettes, fume comme un pompier et boit de la bière ou des boissons alcoolisées, et il ne mâchouille pas un brin d'herbe tout en buvant de la limonade pour faire politiquement correct !

Bref, ce n'est pas un album pépite comme le furent certains à l'ère des éditions Dupuis, mais il est tout de même meilleur que certains que j'ai pu lire des éditions Dargaud et, ma foi, il mérite qu'on souligne son scénario original, ses rappels à d'autres albums, ainsi que la qualité de ses dialogues.

Une bonne surprise !
Profile Image for Krishnakumar Mohanasundaram.
714 reviews5 followers
August 6, 2022
This should have been named as "Dalton's" album, because that's what this is. Lucky is a mere cameo here.

And any album featuring the Daltons is definitely a laugh riot and this is no exception.

The Daltons are misleaded by a fellow prisoner in search of a hidden stash which is supposed to be inside a high security prison.
Profile Image for Timo.
Author 3 books17 followers
October 18, 2022
Ensimmäinen Lucky Luke Cosginnyn kuoleman jälkeen. Morris sai näemmä apuja tämän käsikirjoittamiseen Visq'iltä. Mutta kaikesta huomaa, miten suuri menetys Cosginnyn lähtö oli tälle sarjakuvalle. Tässä ei toimi muuta kuin piirros.
Typerä ja tylsä juoni noloine vitseineen toistaa vanhaa kaavaa.
Profile Image for Andreas Stamatopoulos.
188 reviews1 follower
November 1, 2025
Καλούτσικη ιστορία στο πασίγνωστο μοτίβο "Οι Ντάλτον το έσκασαν από τη φυλακή και ο Λούκυ Λουκ τους αναζητά". Υπάρχουν κάποιες ανατροπές που καθιστούν την πλοκή ενδιαφέρουσα χωρίς όμως να ξεφεύγει δραματικά από τον μέσο όρο.
Profile Image for Η Cultσα.
487 reviews9 followers
April 26, 2020
Εμφανής η απουσία του Goscinny στο σενάριο. Καταστάσεις μπερδεμένες χωρίς νόημα, σαπουνοπερικά τεχνάσματα για να προχωρήσει η ιστορία και γενικά μία αδύναμη ιστορία.
Profile Image for Black Cat.
794 reviews4 followers
January 5, 2026
it was better than usual for some reason. it's always funny w the daltons but i liked the gags here nd the 4th wall breaks.
Profile Image for Simon Chadwick.
Author 49 books9 followers
August 16, 2016
The Daltons Stash throws us another tale centred on the criminal brethren as they learn of a forger’s hidden stash of loot from their jail cell. The fact that the stash is simply a ruse by the forger to encourage the Daltons to escape and give him some peace and quiet is, of course, lost on them. Naturally Lucky Luke is tipped off, and the chase is on once again.

The Daltons are a rich vein of comedy and they’re blundering and bungling easily fills panel after panel, such as stealing four horses from a hearse that only walk slowly and in neat pairs. When they finally do reach the fictitious hiding place, after a few mishaps, they learn it is in the centre of a new model prison, so well protected even its telegraph poles are strung with barbed wire to prevent anyone swinging along them to escape. The brothers find themselves in the unusual position of having to break in to prison but, thanks to an extremely lenient judge and a disheartened sheriff, that’s going to be much harder than they suspect, not least because the prison has something very different to buried treasure at its heart.

We get to see a lot of the Daltons throughout the Lucky Luke books but regardless of the creative pairings an effort is always made to put a spin on things and keep the stories fresh and funny. Morris’s genius here is that the Daltons are pretty much an elaborate set-up for what could have been a story of its own, as we’re treated to a little narrative slight of hand when the tale takes an unexpected turn. It would have been very easy for Morris to churn out a carbon-copy tale, but the fact he was still being creative with his storytelling to get the most out of his characters emphasises why the character and books have such longevity.
Profile Image for Primadonna.
Author 50 books374 followers
April 10, 2014
Baca ulang, yang dulu agak lupa.

Agak sadis ya komik satu ini, banyak slapstiknya. ~_~
Displaying 1 - 17 of 17 reviews

Can't find what you're looking for?

Get help and learn more about the design.