(October 1956)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "THE CHALLENGE OF ZORRO, No. 732." Code number is ZORRO O.S. #732-5610. Copyright 1956 by Johnston McCulley.
[Preview]
Zorro / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; western; adventure
- Characters:
- Zorro [Don Diego]; Maria Bourbon
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Text with parts of panel art from the story reproduced.
The Challenge Of Zorro
Zorro / comic story / 32.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; western; adventure
- Characters:
- Zorro [Don Diego]; Bernardo; Don Alejandro; Panchita; Maria Bourbon
- Synopsis:
- A mysterious woman, who bears a striking resemblence to the King of Spain, comes to Don Diego, claiming to be the secret twin sister of the King. She convinces Don Diego, accompanied by Bernardo and chaperoned by Diego's fiancé Panchita, to sail with her to Spain, where the King is slowly dying. In Spain, Zorro must rescue the King from an intricate conspiracy to steal his throne.
Indexer Notes
Story concludes on inside back cover in black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
["Get ready! Get set! Go get.."]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Francis (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Promo for Francis the Famous Talking Mule Four Color #745 (November 1956). Repro of cover is depicted. Also promoted is the Universal-International movie "Francis in the Haunted House." Promo comes at the bottom of the last interior page, in the middle of the story.
["Fencing is a skilled art..."]
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; sports
- Synopsis:
- Descriptions of the four basic positions of fencing.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Illustrations and typeset text.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
[Preview]
Zorro -
2.
The Challenge Of Zorro
Zorro -
3.
["Get ready! Get set! Go get.."]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
4.
["Fencing is a skilled art..."]
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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