(May 1949)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- 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 MARK OF ZORRO, No. 228." Code number is M.Z.O.S. #228-495. Copyright 1949 by Grosset & Dunlap. Some copies of this issue were given away as premiums with subscriptions to Dell's The Lone Ranger comic in late 1949-early 1950. See subscription ad in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #20 (February 1950).
The Mark of Zorro
Zorro / cover / 2 pages
Credits
- Pencils:
- Bill Ely (signed)
- Inks:
- Bill Ely (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; adventure
- Characters:
- Zorro; Don Carlos Pulido; Lolita Pulido; Captain Ramon; Sgt. Gonzalez
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #20 (February 1950)
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover. Signed "Bill Ely" on back cover. A small black and white reprint of this cover is used in a subscription ad in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #20 (February 1950).
[Characters in the Story]
Zorro / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Ely
- Inks:
- Bill Ely
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Zorro; Don Diego Vega; Lolita Pulido; Dona Catalina Pulido; Don Carlos Pulido; Captain Ramon; Don Alejandro Vega; Tray Felipe; Sgt. Gonzales
- Synopsis:
- Headshots of the characters in the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover and inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Mark Of Zorro
Zorro / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Johnston McCully (original story); ? (comic adaptation)
- Pencils:
- Bill Ely (signed)
- Inks:
- Bill Ely (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; adventure
- Characters:
- Zorro; Don Diego Vega; Lolita Pulido; Dona Catalina Pulido; Don Carlos Pulido; Captain Ramon; Don Alejandro Vega; Tray Felipe; Sgt. Gonzales.
- Synopsis:
- Captain Ramon seeks the hand of the lovely Lolita Pulido. The senorita's parents wish her to marry Don Diego Vega, but she finds him dull. Don Diego, as Zorro, tries to get the senorita and her parents to help him fight the corrupt governor, but her father calls for the soldiers. Lolita is infatuated with Zorro, who has to protect her from Captain Ramon's unwanted advances. Ramon convinces the Governor to jail Lolita and her family. Zorro then organizes a party to free the Pulidos from jail.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the 1924 novel "The Mark of Zorro" by Johnston McCulley. Signed "Bill Ely" on first and last pages of the story.
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