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Zorro is an iconic character that needs no introduction, often referred as the main inspiration for Batman, the character created by American journalist Johnston McCulley, made its first appearance on the pages of “Pulp All Story weekend” as a tale called “The Curse of Capistrano”. The story was serialized with big success having through the years multiple adaptations to cinema and television, being the most memorable ones: “The Mask of Zorro” (1920) with Douglas Fairbanks as the masked cruzader, in one of his most remarkable performances, in which he made an outstanding display of charisma and physical skils. “The Mark of Zorro” (1940) with the unforgettable performance of Tyrone Powell, in an adaptation that made more emphasis on Zorro´s real identity, Don Diego de la Vega, than on his heroic masked incarnation. “Zorro” (1957), The Disney television adaptation (and my personal favorite one) in which during three seasons and 83 […]

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