Okay, I grant that Max Allan Collins and Craig Delich have more inside info than I, but I still swear that's Bob Correa and not John Prentice.
By The Australian Panther
Wonderful cover. Wish I knew who the artist was.
Unfortunately, it looks like somebody sat their coffee cup on it.
On the interior art, I would tend to agree with you, Crash.
By Arten
The hands are what looked most Prentice-esque to me, and I only came across this because I was doing research about John Prentice. It seems others beside you two have also found it to be Correa's, though. (Update: I think the Correa attribution is correct.)
Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Zorro [Don Diego Vegas]
Foreword/Afterword
The Governor's Troops (1 page)
Notes
Inside front cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Quest of Zorro (33.67 pages)
Synopsis
Don Diego is summoned hastily to the Governor's Palace and is informed by the Governor that he is soon to be replaced in that position by a coutier named de Sevas, who plans to come into that office and use his power to rob the land owners of their properties. Zorro, as Don Diego, sails to Spain to prevent the man from assuming that office and the power that goes with it. He soon discovers that he is being spied on by an agent of de Sevas and narrowly escapes death at his hands. Eventually, de Devas uses the King's own seal to proclaim himself Governor and thwart Zorro's plan to stop him.
Credits
Colors:? (one page black and white)
Content
Genre: Adventure; Historical; Western-frontier | Characters: Zorro [Don Diego Vegas]; Bernardo; Don Alejandro Vega; Governor of California; Panchita Conchola; Don Vincente Conchola; The King; the King's Secretary (death); Esteban de Sevas (villain, new Governor, a coutier); Ribero (villain, agent of de Sevas); Duke D'Alordo (villain)
Notes
Updated pencil and ink credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (September 26, 2005). Original pencil and ink credits given to Frank Thorne.
Revised art credits from Bob Correa to Prentice by Max Allan Collins in "Zorro: The Complete Dell Pre-Code Comic Adventures" (2014), added by Craig Delich.
Zorro wears a red mask.
For some reason, the writer now refers to Don Diego Vega as "Vegas".
The last 1/3 of page 32 is a publisher's promo for "To The Last Man", a new comic featuring Zane Grey's authentic tale of the old west. Cover is pictured.
Page 33 is found on the inside back cover and is printed in black and white, with page 34 appearing in color on the back cover.
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