- Script
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- Pencils
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- Inks
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- Colors
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- Letters
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- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
Inside front cover, feature page.
California was explored and colonized by Franciscan monks and Spanish soldiers. Each military expedition flew a different flag, usually the personal banner of the nobelman commanding the expedition. Five such flags are illustrated and discussed in detail.
- Script
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils
- Everett Kinstler
- Inks
- Everett Kinstler
- Colors
- ? (one page black and white)
- Letters
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- Job Number
- O.S. #574-548
- Genre
- adventure; historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- Zorro [Don Diego Vega]; Bernardo; Don Alejandro Vega; Governor of California; Panchita Conchola; Don Vincente Conchola; Marquis Esteban de Rigos (villain, tax collector); the highwaymen (villains)
- Synopsis
- A group of very cunning and crafty highwaymen are attacking the coaches carying tax money from the locals of Alta California, as well as gold from the mines. The local tax collector, de Rigos, fresh from Spain, cannot believe this is the case, while all the while being the brains behind the highwaymen. When the highwaymen seize control of all the roads and capture Panchita, Diego vows to rescue her.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Alta California; Caliente Pass; Camino de Nord; Casa Conchola; Castle Angelo
Zorro wears a red mask in the story.
Page 33 appears on the inside back cover and is printed in black and white, while the final page is found on the back cover in color.