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Zorro

Zorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley. He has been featured in several books, films, television series and comics..

Zorro (Spanish for fox) is the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega, a nobleman and master swordsman living in the Spanish colonial era of California. The character has undergone changes through the years, but the typical image of him is a black-clad masked outlaw who defends the people of the land against tyrannical officials and other villains. Not only is he much too cunning and foxlike for the bumbling authorities to catch, but he delights in publicly humiliating those same foes.

Zorro debuted in Johnston McCulley's 1919 story The Curse of Capistrano, serialized in five parts in the pulp magazine All-Story Weekly. At the end of the story, Zorro's true identity is revealed to all.

Many Zorro Films were made. Due to public demand fueled by the films, McCulley wrote over 60 additional Zorro stories starting in 1922.

Zorro began appearing in comic books back in 1949. After eight issues had been published as part of the Four-Color Comics series by Dell, the success of the television series led to a revamping of the comics.

Beginning with Four-Color 882, the stories featured the characters and likenesses from the TV series. The artwork was by Alex Toth, a skilled artist who has become famous in the field. Each of the comics features a photo cover using pictures from the series. In addition, many had non-Zorro featurettes about life in old California.

After several more issues in the Four-Color series, Dell renamed the series under the Zorro title, but started the numbering with issue #8 to reflect the earlier issues.

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