Zorro #1: The Mark of Zorro (Zorro: the Complete Pulp Adventures)

Great book

I am a fan of all Zorro, Musketeer, and Scarlet Pimpernel stories. I enjoyed this book quite a bit.

I was looking for "The Mark of Zorro" here on Amazon when I came upon this book. Since it had two additional stories I couldn't resist. "The Mark of Zorro" is an outstanding adventure yarn where the good guys are real heroes and the bad ones are super evil; there's no gray area in between. The other two short stories are in the same league as the main one. On top of that there are two short essays : "Zorro's California" and "From Pulp Page to Silver Screen". Both very interesting.All in all a very good read.

Before these books were published, I used to try to track down the Zorro stories individually, which was time-consuming and could get expensive.

Interesting to read the "original" Zorro story. There were 4 or 5 typos, but other than that well worth reading.

Three stories about the masked hero. The first is novel length and is the first appearance of the fox {Zorro}. The second story is shorter only 30 pages. Zorro saves a friend from a card cheat. The third and shortest is how Zorro escapes a trap laid out to capture his. Great stuff. Sword play with a little humor thrown in . Guy Williams would have been great to resume this role, but alas he's no longer alive I'm going to purchase the next volume. This one has three illustrations before each story. It also gives two back ground essays on Zorro.

Everything is predictable. You know it will have a good ending. That's good. Sometimes it's nice to read something that's not political or heavy. I usually read non-fiction. This was VERY enjoyable!. Just like the movies.

Zorro has always been a favorite, and it's nice to have the stories in a nice paperback. I like the intro to how Zorro came to be, and the movie info in the back of the book.