Created by
Johnston McCulley in
1919 as the
hero of a serialized
novel originally titled
The Curse of Capistrano and later re-titled
The Mark of Zorro. (The
book has been recently re-released in
paperback and is pretty much a must-have for
adventure lovers.) The
foppish caballero Don Diego Vega is in reality ZORRO, the
notorious highwayman who protects the
missions and
peons from the forces of the
corrupt governor of
California and his
cronies in the
army.
Many Zorro movies have been made, the best two probably being Mark of Zorro starring Tyrone Power and Mask of Zorro with Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins as an aging Don Diego Vega.
Viva el Zorro!
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