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Issue: Four Color #732
Publication Date: October 1956
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Issues: #732 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: The Challenge of Zorro
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: DellView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "THE CHALLENGE OF ZORRO, No. 732." Code number is ZORRO O.S. #732-5610. Copyright 1956 by Johnston McCulley.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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The Challenge of Zorro

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (painting)
Inker(s): ? (painting)
Colorist(s): ? (painting)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, western
Feature(s): Zorro
Character(s): Zorro [Don Diego Vegas]
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In Content Item: FlagZorro - The Complete Dell Pre-Code Comics Adventures #[nn] published December 2014
as Four Color #732 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Preview

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alberto Giolitti
Inker(s): Alberto Giolitti
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, western
Feature(s): Zorro
Character(s): Zorro [Don Diego Vegas]; Maria Bourbon
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagZorro - The Complete Dell Pre-Code Comics Adventures #[nn] published December 2014
as [untitled] [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in Zorro - The Complete Dell Pre-Code Comics Adventures (Hermes Press, 2014 series) #[nn] ([December] 2014)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Text with parts of panel art from the story reproduced.

Illustrated preview of the story contained in the issue.
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The Challenge Of Zorro

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul S. Newman
Penciller(s): Alberto Giolitti
Inker(s): Alberto Giolitti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, western
Feature(s): Zorro
Character(s): Zorro [Don Diego Vegas]; Bernardo; Don Alejandro Vegas; Panchita Conchola; The King; Maria Bourbon [as Senorita Gomez] (heir to the Spanish throne); De Riez (villain, the Royal Physician)
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.
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In Content Item: FlagZorro - The Complete Dell Pre-Code Comics Adventures #[nn] published December 2014
as The Challenge of Zorro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 32.67
Job Number: O.S. #732-5610
Disclose 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).

Zorro wears a red mask in the story.

The name of the lead character, Don Diego, was changed by the writer to Don Diego Vegas instead of the customary Don Diego Vegs as found in most issues.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Francis the Famous Talking Mule
Character(s): Francis (cameo)
First Line: Get ready! Get set! Go get..
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In Content Item: FlagZorro - The Complete Dell Pre-Code Comics Adventures #[nn] published December 2014
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose 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.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
First Line: Fencing is a skilled art...
Synopsis: Descriptions of the four basic positions of fencing.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrations and typeset text.

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