 "King of the Royal Mounted" started as a Sunday comic strip from King Features Syndicate on Sunday, February 17, 1935.The strip was initially drawn by the comics artist Allen Dean.Allen Dean previously collaborated with Zane Grey on the original "King of the Royal Mounted" in 1935 but quit when Romer Grey/Slesinger later took over production, as told to son Allen M. Dean Jr, who was born in 1942.