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Issue: Four Color #228
Publication Date: May 1949
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Issues: #228 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: The Mark of Zorro
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/29/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose 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). March 29, 1949 on-sale date as per page 184 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1949 Pamphlets, Serials Etc. Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 3 Pt 1B.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Mark of Zorro

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, western
Character(s): Zorro [Don Diego Vega]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Lone Ranger #20 published February 1950
as Special Offer to Readers of this Comic! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagZorro - The Complete Dell Pre-Code Comics Adventures #[nn] published December 2014
as Four Color #228 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagZorro - The Complete Dell Pre-Code Comics Adventures #[nn] published December 2014
as Four Color #228 Back Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose 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 The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #20 (February 1950).
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Characters in the Story

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): 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.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover and inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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The Mark of Zorro

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, western
Character(s): Zorro [Don Diego Vega; aka the Curse of Capistrano]; Bernardo; Don Alejandro Vega; Don Carlos de Pulido; Dona Catalina (wife of Don Carlos); Lolita de Pulido (Don Carlos' daughter); Fray Felipe; Landlord; Sergeant Pedro Gonzales (villain); Captain Ramon (villain)
Synopsis: Captain Ramon seeks the hand of the lovely Lolita Pulido, but 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagZorro - The Complete Dell Pre-Code Comics Adventures #[nn] published December 2014
as The Mark of Zorro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the 1924 novel "The Mark of Zorro" by Johnston McCulley.

Signed "Bill Ely" on first and last pages of the story.

Steve and Mick Dubin script credit as per page 184 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1949 Pamphlets, Serials Etc. Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 3 Pt 1B.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, western
Character(s): Don Carlos de Pulido; Lolita de Pulido; Captain Ramon
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: in Zorro - The Complete Dell Pre-Code Comics Adventures (Hermes Press, 2014 series) #[nn] ([December] 2014)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color illustration by artist Ely, featuring a take on the Zorro story found inside the issue.

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