Four Color #933 - Walt Disney's Zorro
(August 1958)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1958
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig ? (story editor); Del Connell ? (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

Issue Notes

Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).

Garcia's Secret! (Table of Contents)

Zorro / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Zorro [Don Diego de la Vega] (as played by Guy Williams)
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Zorro / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sergeant Garcia's secret arouses Don Diego's curiosity...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Zorro (photo of Guy Williams); Bernardo (photo of Gene Sheldon); Sergeant Garcia (photo of Henry Calvin)
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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Preview of the first story told in photos.

Garcia's Secret (Table of Contents: 2)

Zorro / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth (signed as AT)
Inks
Alex Toth (signed as AT)
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Zorro [Don Diego de la Vega]; Tornado; Bernardo; Pepe (vaquero); Pancho (vaquero); Senor Alcade; Tio Gonzalez (innkeeper); Sergeant Demetrio Lopez Garcia; Capitan Monastario (villain)
Synopsis
Zorro sneaks into the cuartel one night and puts up a Zorro flag, which angers the Capitan. When Garcia attempts to take the flag down, he falls from the greased flagpole into the Commandante and nearby vaqueros laugh. When the Capitan arrests them for laughing at him, he puts them to work repairing the stable roof and orders them to be done by sunset. Then the Capitan "fires" Garcia so he can act as a spy and locate the whereabouts of Zorro, which he does. But Zorro has a big surprise for the Commandante and Garcia!
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Keywords
Cuartel; Los Angeles; Rancho LaBrea; San Vicente Rock

The King's Emissary (Table of Contents: 3)

Zorro / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Alex Toth
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Zorro [Don Diego de la Vega]; Tornado; Bernardo [also as Zorro]; Senor Alcade; Don Esteban Salazar (Viceroy); Constancia (the Viceroy's daughter); Sergeant Demetrio Lopez Garcia; Capitan Monastario (villain); Licenciado Pina (villain, Prime Minister)
Synopsis
An unusual sight greets Los Angeles as Don Diego is being brought in, under arrest, by Sergeant Garcia, having been charged with being Zorro. Then the Capitan is notified that the Viceroy is going to make an unexpected visit, Monastario orders the jails emptied and a feast planned, all in order to look good. But the stunner will be the unmasking of Zorro to impress the Viceroy and his daughter! The Viceroy turns the tables on Monastario and later has him and Pina arrested, putting Garcia in charge of the pueblo.
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The Little Zorro (Table of Contents: 4)

Zorro / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Alex Toth
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Zorro [Don Diego de la Vega]; Tornado; Bernardo; Manuelo; Sergeant Demetrio Lopez Garcia
Synopsis
Diego and Bernardo come across a young boy who has traveled all the way from Santa Barbara to find Zorro and join forces with him to fight for the rights of the people. He does find Zorro, who then advises him that, before he can fight, he must learn, and recommends that the boy attend Padre Onora's mission school.
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Indexer Notes

Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Huey, Dewey and Louie Back to School / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Fiesta (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Alex Toth
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Zorro / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don Diego... without his mask...
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Back cover. This sequence is replaced by a Juicy Fruit Gum ad in some copies.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Garcia's Secret!
    Zorro
  2. 1. ["Sergeant Garcia's secret arouses Don Diego's curiosity..."]
    Zorro
  3. 2. Garcia's Secret
    Zorro
  4. 3. The King's Emissary
    Zorro
  5. 4. The Little Zorro
    Zorro
  6. 5. ["The three Rs: rib-tickling..."]
    Huey, Dewey and Louie Back to School
  7. 6. Fiesta
  8. 7. ["Don Diego... without his mask..."]
    Zorro
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Craig Delich
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Darrel McCann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q