The Daltons

The Daltons are four brothers: Joe, Jack, William and Averell. After a brilliant career as public enemies number one, they are serving a sentence of 1,452 years in a state penitentiary. At regular intervals they escape, Lucky Luke catches them and returns them to break pebbles.

Joe, the smallest, is the band's brain. He is as wicked as a moth and as stupid as his feet. It is the king of the fierce blow and of the idea of ​​genius which turns to catastrophe. He directs his brothers with an iron grip. And woe to anyone who dares challenge his authority ...

Jack and William Dalton of intermediate size, are the right arm and the left arm of Joe. When Joe commands, Jack and William obey the finger and the eye. They are almost as wicked as he and largely as stupid. They are fascinated by Joe's diabolical "intelligence".

Averell, the greatest, is the least wicked but by far the most stupid. He only thinks of eating. He always understands everything wrong and with a diligence of delay. It is the pain-bearer of his brothers and the darling of their mother, the inalienable Ma Dalton.

The Daltons hate Lucky Luke, especially Joe. It was he who arrested them the first time and since then they have given him an eternal hatred. As soon as Joe sees him, he becomes scarlet and stamps on the spot threatening to kill him. They give him traps that always end up turning against them. Lucky Luke, hilarious, has only to pick them as ripe fruit and hand them over, handcuffed to fists, to the Director of the penitentiary.