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[paw broon]

Perhaps I missed an earlier post but if not, this is Zorro's 100th.
American Mythology have new Zorro titles:-
http://www.americanmythology.net/zorro#!
Some appear to be translated European strips but others are new tales.  I'm not endorsing any of the books but as a Zorro fan I didn't want to let it pass.
It occurs to me that there are a few different incarnations of Zorro and a few knock-offs, particularly in European comics. We have some examples on site. If you go looking for them, don't miss the Spanish landscape series, Don Z:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=2388
As the series progresses, he has a big "Z" on his shirt front.

[The Australian Panther]

Thanks for bringing this up Paw. Yes, I've looked at the American Mythology Zorros and they are all good.
Yes, Zorro is yet another example of a comic character that revered more in other countries than in the US. Some of the best books on CB+ (in my opinion) are the Dell Zorros. I have 14 of them downloaded.
Alex Toth did seven of them in Dell 4 colour.
They are #882, #890, #993 # 960, # 976, # 1003. He also did  Zorro # 12, but not sure if that's on CB+.
HERMES press have done a beautiful HC collection of these.
Then there are 3 Dells by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Don't have the numbers for these.
The Zorro stories are highly formulaic (Robin Hood in old California) but who cares with that wonderful art?
Don't know what it is about Zorro, but I don't remember a bad artist on the strip.   
Then there are the Zorro daily strips, also excellent. Don't know who the artists were on these,.
Dynamite has/is running a couple of Zorro books currently. Also quite good.
The American Mythology books reprint and translate European Zorro and do a great job of it.
AC comics reprinted the Kintsler Zorros in black and white.
If you like looking at good art and want to learn some good visual story-telling techniques, Zorro is the place to go!
Cheers!     

[positronic1]

Then there are the Zorro daily strips, also excellent. Don't know who the artists were on these,.
Dynamite has/is running a couple of Zorro books currently. Also quite good.
The American Mythology books reprint and translate European Zorro and do a great job of it.
AC comics reprinted the Kintsler Zorros in black and white.
If you like looking at good art and want to learn some good visual story-telling techniques, Zorro is the place to go!

I suspect you may be thinking of the late-1990s comic strip by Don McGregor and Tom Yeats. Some (unfortunately, not all) of these were reprinted in a collection by Image:

Zorro The Dailies

[The Australian Panther]

Positronic1 if you have the American Mythology reprints, you should find the reprint details on the inside pages just before the story.
Cheers!

[positronic1]

Positronic1 if you have the American Mythology reprints, you should find the reprint details on the inside pages just before the story.
Cheers!

Thanks, I'll take a peek and see.

[The Australian Panther]

Its also come to my attention that Miller in the UK published a Zorro title during the 50's. Ran from at least #58 to #88. I doubt they actually had the copyright,. they used the name for their character, he wears a mask and black clothes but that's about it. He's not Spanish and doesn't operate out of California. Just a generic masked man cowboy. Given that, some of the art and story-telling isn't bad. 
I'm learning as I go on CB+. Didn't know much about Johnston McCulley who created Zorro. He turns out to have probably had a much greater influence on the Pulps and then indirectly on comics that should be better appreciated.
We all know that in the (revised?) Batman history, The Douglas Fairbank movie was the one showing when the young Bruce Wayne's parents went to the movies.
However, McCulley also had early pulp characters called 'The Black Star, the Crimson Clown, The Mongoose, Thubway Tham, The Green Ghost, The Thunderbolt and the Spider' No,not the one you are thinking of, this guy was a supervillian.  He was injured as a young man and used a wheelchair, but he used his mental abilities to run an international crime ring from his office, "The Spider's Den".  [Evil Charles Xavier ?]
He also had [Not counting  the Zorro films] 12 stories made into films.
So, Happy Hundredth, Zorro!
I'm back to add to this.
This site, courtesy of Positronic1 [You've totally messed up my day, and thank you] has no less than 45 Zorro posts.
http://davycrockettsalmanack.blogspot.com/search/label/Zorro
Also,
Here's a Zorro song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cld5-zKpJm4
And a French movie with the great Alain Delon playing Zorro. No subtitles, but what's not to understand?.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5pHaqJfBNk
enjoy


   

   

[positronic1]

Its also come to my attention that Miller in the UK published a Zorro title during the 50's. Ran from at least #58 to #88. I doubt they actually had the copyright,. they used the name for their character, he wears a mask and black clothes but that's about it. He's not Spanish and doesn't operate out of California. Just a generic masked man cowboy. Given that, some of the art and story-telling isn't bad. 

Perhaps they were taking their cues from the later Republic Pictures serials? It seems very likely they'd have made their way to England at some point, and the later ones (after Zorro's Fighting Legion) had little to do with Johnston McCulley's, or earlier film, Zorros -- Republic was content to merely exploit the name branding.

[positronic1]

Here's a Zorro song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cld5-zKpJm4

One good song deserves another, so here's a classic from Zorro's Fighting Legion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQaI17xoeLY

[crashryan]

What a treat to hear the Chordettes singing the Zorro theme! I had no idea this existed. "We Ride" from Zorro's Fighting Legion is a pretty good song--much better than "Zorro Rides Again" from the serial of the same name. But that was the song that stuck so stubbornly in my youthful brain that I can still sing its banal lyrics. Badly, of course.

Zorro lives, he takes and he gives...
Happy and gay, singing away...

If you want to hear the original check out episode 1 on YouTube. The song starts at 10:55.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ySGGS0nlI

[positronic1]

What a treat to hear the Chordettes singing the Zorro theme! I had no idea this existed.

It was kind of a weird novelty, but felt pretty kitschy to me. I guess because the original Disney theme was this male baritone chorus thing, and here's this girl group putting a really odd spin on it. Seems to fit right in with the tone of TV show it aired on, though.

[narfstar]

I enjoyed the Disney Zorro and the later Family Channel series

[Florian R. Guillon]

I know there was a Zorro comic strip by Jean Pape published in France, but that's pretty all I do know. I bought two digest-sized hardcover Zorro comics published by Delcourt also, I don't remember who the authors are but it's American, anime-ishly drawn with bright colors - and I didn't like these books.

Oh, and as a kid, I used to watch the old Zorro series from Disney, which reran around the opening of The Mask of Zorro, and is frequently reran since. It was no later than last year.

[paw broon]

There was a French Series of Zorro and we have a short compilation, here:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=58770

Also, in Italy there was a series. Different Zorro, this time Ted Arniston, an engineer.  He did have the mask, a secret cave etc.  :-
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=31782
As for McCulley's pulp characters, I have read a few of the hardback collections.  The Crimson clown was a masked, costumed hero who, although robbing the rich, really was a righter of wrongs.  Thunderbolt was a genuine MMM.  You'll find some Black Star stories here:-
https://archive.org/search.php?query=johnston%20mcculley

[emilyquirq]

What about this book https://booksrun.com/textbooks/9781530392445-zorro-1-the-mark-of-zorro-zorro-the-complete-pulp-adventures-volume-1?
Is anybody ever read it? I love this amazing story. For me it's the best of the best.

[The Australian Panther]

Re Zorro,
Any Zorro fan looking for a good Christmas Present might want to consider this.
The Mark of Zorro: 100 Years of the Masked Avenger

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/the-mark-of-zorro-100-years-of-the-masked-avenger-/4000-721625/

The limited edition includes,
'a frameable 8" x 10" reproduction of rare classic Zorro art, perfect for framing, exclusive digital download codes for the original Zorro novel, "The Curse of Capistrano" by Johnston McCully, and a download of the original Zorro film, "The Mark of Zorro," featuring Douglas Fairbanks! '

Tempting?