Bob de Groot – författare

Brothers Adolph and Arthur Caille are mechanical geniuses. They've just created one of the first slot machines and have presented it to their local senator, a notorious gambler. Much taken with the device, he agrees to send them on a tour of American cities to test the machine's popularity. And, to escort them on this dangerous journey, he calls on his old friend Lucky Luke - So begins the wacky tale of how the one-armed bandit conquered the West!

Among the cultural figures of the Old West, Frederick Remington stands head and shoulders above the rest-literally. A good-natured ogre by size and appetite, the artist portrays the West with such skill that the American government entrusts his safety to Lucky Luke. Looking after such a national treasure is not usually an easy task, but Luke will soon discover that Remington hardly needs protecting-except maybe from his own excessive impulses...

Holidaying in the country, Clifton receives the unexpected and unwelcome - visit of a MI5 bigwig. He finds himself reinstated against his will, and tasked with finalising the training of a promising new recruit of the Intelligence Service: Sir Jason. The young man is sharp, well-educated, knows both techniques and theory like the back of his hand... The problem, as Clifton soon discovers, is that when the time for action comes, he is inevitably paralysed by fear!

Marcel Dalton is the Dalton Brothers' Swiss uncle. He is not only honest, but a banker to boot. Having purchased a small bank in the US, he decides to hire his nephews to force them to make a honest living. Although he's assisted by Lucky Luke, they have their work cut out for them. Especially since - as if the ingrained instincts of the four dumbest bandits in the West weren't enough - there's also the small matter of the competition: a very unscrupulous banker indeed.