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Let us go back to the early days of*

Spanish California when a

in black rides for law

man

and

justice.

Feared and respected from Monterey

to

San Diego,

this

man

is

a friend

to the innocent
to

and poor

outlaws and

men

of greed

Is

ZORRO, No.

2.

May, 196S. Published quarterly by K.K, Publications,

m Printing

and utnosra prune Company. Second printing. Copjrinht

MANQFCOURQGE.. MAM 'OF MYSTERY...

ZQMO*

ONLY BERNARDO, THE TRUSTED MUTE, KNOWS THE TRUE IDENTITY OF THE MAN CONCEALED* r BEHIND THE BLACK MASK.
. .

TO ALL OTHERS, TUIS MAN IS. DON DiESO DE Ifi VEGA. SON OF A RESPECTED AND INFLUENTIAL LANDOWNER
-

GREEDY MEN ARE ZORRO'S ENEMIES, AND GT

THIS

VERY MOMENT, IN

WE

LITTLE SEACOAST

TOWN OF MONTEREY, SINISTER FtQNS ARE

IN THE MAKING..

To All oc us
salancc.

HAVE CALLEP VQU HEBE ?0 REASONS THAT A : IT THE fate OF California hangs in WE asC? it is within t?ue destiny to then t*e
.'

TIDE OWE

WAV OB

THE-

OTHEB

'

SERGEANT <SAROA 1 HAVE JUST RECEIVED OBPEKS 5ENP1NS WE TO SAN DiESO FORTEWW&RV PUTY.' YDU
1

MUST ONCE AGAIN ASSUME DUTIES AS

ACTING COMANPANTE HERE
'.

PO NOTTA<E THIS RESPONSIBILITY LI6HTLY! I HAVE RECEIVED WORD THAT A SHlfWENT Of STOLEN GUNPOWDER i STOLEN GL>MMAV BE HEADED PoR \P0Wtt* WHO_P|P LOS ANGELES

The (xmMDBNre peerages to borpp the COACH, UNBWSRE THST THE TWO Pa$SZN6Ef!S PiSEMBflRttNG dSS MEMS&iS CF a OS/MiNQL

AS

THE CORCH MOVES OUT OF THE PUEBLO SATES.

BMP.
1 ee/A=*\6ER our PI5CUSSI0N, GAEC!A...LT

MOMEtJTO,

\%-'^^r*'

NOTHING TU2N VOL! FEOAA THE PATH OF PUTy

mm'JM
SALVAPOP QUtNTANA
>.

EECEKTLy OF MONTEBEyi THIS IS MY FRlENP, ENRIQUE

FUENTES! WE HAVE JUST PUECHASEP THE INN AMP HAVE C<ME TO TAKE CHACSE j

THIS 5EPGEANT IS
STUPID.'
I

TMINK AS

LONG AS WE

GIVE HIM WIN:, UE MILL

LIS

NOT BOTHEB

AT

ALL.'

SENOEA. A WESSA6E I KNOW, SENORA... BUr THE CAPTAIN FOR THE COWANPANTE A5KEP A\E TO _J IT IS MOST URSENT
I

SUSPICIOUS, PIB60 COMPOSES TRB LETTER WITH TUB ENVELOPE . ..

LarR, PIEGQ ENTERS W$ SECRET- HIPE -OUT WHERE MS fRlENP, SERNOPOO, IS WHITING...
THE KING

MAY BE ATTEMPTING TO SMUGGLE GUNPOWDER INTO

t

LoSAKcaes..,

DlEGO BEGINS TO CHHNGE HIS CLOTHING...

UNFORTUNATELY,

WE CANNOT COUNT ON SERGEANT

GARCIA TO DO

WHAT MUST

$OMT/ME

LQTER,

ON

(J

HIGH LEPGE OVERLOOKING THE PHSS

BMP..

WE HAVE SEEN WAITING A LONG

TIME, BERNARDO. ..AND YET,
IF

ANYONE

IS

TO ENTER LOS AMGcLES,

WE

WILL SEE TI4*\

PROM THIS

SPOT.

On we

hilltop,

ar the

stop,

8ebngpo spots -me mqn of ths mgon.~.

,

Zoxpo

reikis ToeNapo ispound, eeacuKG eoe a COILED WHIP ON HIS SGODIE OS FUEKTES gfl/SES HIS MUSKET...

ZOUPO'S PP<A STP/KES OUT QSID TUB WUi? coils aeouND tub musket...

'SUDDENLY,

ON TUB ROO0 COMING FPOM LOS

ANGELSS...

WiTH TUB aURIVOL Of 601X10, ZORRO

,

IS

BOPCBD TO FL...
WE TBI ED TO

nos

us.
!

SEfiOR

AS VOU CAN PLAINLY SEE SERGEANT GARCIA,... TMEY ARE JUST KEGS Of WINE FOR OUR TAVERN
"

GGgCta DOBS NOT S TUBOUSU TUB OBVIOUS

LIE...
1

THEN IT IS A GOOD THING WE CAME ALONG JUST NOW PO NOT WORRY, MY FRiENP' MY SOLPIERS WILL ESCORT
\

YOU

PiSSO/VOUY

INTO LOS ANGELES

IS

dSTCNISHEQ SOME

UOUSS LATER TO SEE rwe SMUGGLE? GUMP0WDE2 ARRIVE WITH & MILITARY
ESCORT...

BEemeco stqrts post the men ar

uay wqgon...
I'VE GOT EVER/THINS SET UP SO WE CAN UNLOAD THE KEG:

me

IMMEDIATELY.., LET'S

STTO

UNKNOWN TO WE MEN HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH SERmRPO /S A MUTE, HE CAN HEAR '

ONLY ZORSO
IS

fiWRRE OF -THIS

...

BEGNAEPO'S SIGNAL; TWAT MEANS THEY AKE REAPy TO UNLOAPTHE KEGS!

JO
/

UEBE'S THE

NEXT KES!

V-3
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A
fl

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'/mH| IVlk \

Si
*5 W5T
4S 7W KGS COMB POWH TUB CUIM, UFTS THEM UP TO ZOUSO CCTCUEE TUBH

MO

WEBB

TUEY GBE STVOCBP ON TUB SMfiU

COPT...

BBRNQBDO -.

Minutes

{.arse, tub trick is Discovered..

TUS MEN ORE 8EML0EREO UNTIL TUEY SEE TM SlSN ETCUEO ON Th FLOOR <NITM

SWORD

POINT...

EaRLY the next MOWING,

QUINTQNO (JNO FUSNTBS RECEIVE

BUEN05 was, senoija you will Excuse the

G VISITOR HT TU INN.

WAV THINGS LOOK... WE WEK JU5T60IN6

TO CLEAN

WILL

EASY;

BUT THAT NOT BE SENORA ...ZOCCO 15 A CLEVER

Si,

FELLOW

HE 15 NOT SO CLEVER THAT HE CAN WIPE THAT MUCH 6UNP0WPER EASILY ...I WANT YOU TO ROUNP UP ALL THE MEN YOU CAN TRUSTS I WILL TALK TO GARCIA
.

YOU ARE GOIN& TO TELL TH__

SBUGBMT*

I CAN TWIST THAT STUPIp FOOL ACOUNP MY RNGER... WILL SET HIM AND HiS UNCEPS TO HELP YOU SMQIiE ZORCO OUT.. .AMP HE WON'T EVEN

kmowmW/ue

IS

POING it:

luumtu. * re mas oamn of

WE MUST
[JOT
>

tmiAS ^|*^gSf&v

WIPE THESE KEGS WELL, BERNARPO WE WILL

TOCN THIS GUNPOWPER OVER TO ANYONE UNTIL WE ACE SURE WHO/iA

WE CAN TRUST

ZOZRO LOOKS

SNU>

SEES THE

OiZ FCIEMDS F0OM. THE TAVERN WAVE APPARENTLY PUPEP

SEKGF.ANT GAKOA INTO HELPING THEM. LOOK FOR THE SUNRJWPEt?

SE(ff?Oi/NG

Pf&TV iP 8Y

SEZGEMT

GQBCIft..

r^T,

^^

Qaeeta ono his men Pipe hqzp arree tosnapo

GGZCtQ BECOMES MOPE MO MOPE iNFasiGTto as tue muse legps

HIM a

Bur many.

MESSY

CMffSE

while up on

we ma...
'

SOMETHiMS MUST UAVE UAPPENEP TOCONdDO WOULP UiVE gEM SACK SY NOW <STAy UEPE AMD GUACD TUE KESS,

BEWAEDO
-!.

I
'

^EE WUAT S GOI^E OK

Iflree. ..oau&sw.

NO L0N6ES weawHG
HIS DtS&UtSE, DRIVES the cqxt into tub curbtel yaso...

Torkqqo responds to his poster's PRESENCE MD P'EGO TRIES TO SISNBL THE HORSE TO COLM DOWN.,.

fir THE WINDOW OF THE COMQNDHNTE'S OFFICE, FUENTES RLSO WATCHES DIESO...

DIEGO SEWED TO 3E SIGNALING THE

H0CSE...I6

IT
IS

POSSIBLE PI6SO

etMli Z08.RO

AT ONE TIAAE OS another, Evesjy stupid PEKSOW IN TUE PUESLO HAS SUGGESTED THAT i DON'T AW TO THE LIST!

mWm

iflreff...

1 DON'T

DIEGO'S FATHEG

CARE WHAT THE HAS TOO MUCH SENOCA 5AVS, OUlNTANA INFLUENCE;. ..WE WOULD BE PUN I HAVE A STRONG SUSPICION THAT PON OUT OF LOS DlEGO COULD ANQELES IF WE BE ZOZZO i ACCUSED HIM ON MERE

SUSPICION*

OUR STUPID FEiEfW, GARGA, WILL ONCE MORE HELP US.' I'LL LET VOU KNOW LATER WHAT YOU MUST DO
i

^|

^^^H

Bra
BUT IALKEAD/ HAVE ONE PLAN
TO CAPTURE ZORRO
...IF

i39 l^f
1

THIS

I HAD TlV*, MIGHT SET

_ MIXED

L
!

_J

IS A SETTEE PLAN' ZOEEO WOULD CERTAINLY RESCUE A AUW SEFCPE A HORSE YOU WILL BE
'

0UT WHAT
INNOCENT

MAN
COULD
I

someone over six feet tall someone witw a thin mustache and pleasant enough to HAVE ABOUND THE tlAlL..'.

UP.'

1^1
l_

-.^^J

ABLE TO CLAIM THE REWARD AND PROBABLY GET A PROMOTION

ARREST?

v^

'

5^ K&F^S^B

WHY, 6E2GEANT, KoW very clevee of you POM DIEGO WOULD BE

JUST PEBfECT

'

BUT TO MAKE THIS WORK, WE WILL HAVE TO BUILDUP A CASE ASAlUST DOW DlEGO... NO ONE MUST KNOW rate is only a reap fob the real zoeeo.' r HAVE AM IDEA HOW IT CAN B
DONE...

TWflr BYENMG, aCCOWING TO RQQUEL'S PWH, GRRCia INVITES DON DlEGO TO PINE MTU

MM

AT THE INN...

POM DlEGO.PE LA VESA? SENOCA TOLEDANO IS OUT

IN

CERTAINLY

.'

THIS,

50METHINS 15 STBANGE ABOUT SEEGEANT...WHY DO YOU 5EEM 50 HAPPY TONIGHT ? AS IF YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL

BACKOFTHE INN. ..SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU AT ONCE

!

EXCUSE ME, SERGEANT...

0IEGO STEPS OUT

SiiPOENLV.

IN BQ.OC

Of THE INN

fl/JD

AM

MY HAND

SOGRY, 5EN0RA... SLIPPED ! NOW, IP

GARCIA...

YOU WILL CALL SECoE

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"OR
IIS
-

urs fsbt..

-rtDU I

W&S

wcvy

HEBE. SER0RA-'

RASCAL OC A MAN W1L SET AWAY t""

L OXBZ WCr &/ENM6,

fN 7WE

CUOWEl YOBO
UPSET,
(JON

I CANNOT BEUEVE TOU WOULD PLOT ASAINST M.E LIKE THIS, SERSEANT

00 NOT g 50
PIE60..I DO

ME WILL SHOW UPTO LET yOU OUT AND WE WILL

!

THE 5EH0RA SEEMS QUITE INTERESTED

IN

MUNV
J

GARCIA ! I UAP TUOUGUT yOU WEEE WY PRIENP.'

NOT TUlNK VOU

ABE >etfUX

ZOERO

TMlN6STyE5E CAPTURE HIM SENORA DAYS AMP TOLEPANO ^EESELF WUAT IF ZOCRO HELPED ME WORK MOT SHOW UP ? OUT TUE PLAN
'

THE N/GHT
weazi> on gnd the

ammNQ
ZCBRO'S
ab/p/val

euaeps

J
"'

BEGIN TO
TigS...

ONE BY one THEY

BELAt
THEIR

tl

mm UPwk

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HV
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6UABP-

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SOFTLY...
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OUTSlOE O'EGO'S CELL, GARCIA HAS

p!EGO MOVES 70 THE CELL OOOB

MO mtSTLES

ALREADY FALLEN ASLEEP..

YORNAOO RESPOHOS TO THE LOW WHISTLE, UNTIES HIS REINS QND TROTS SIOWLY TO THE CELL...

T02NGDO OBEYS P'EGO'S INTRICGTE HAND SIGNALS AND LIFTS THE KEY SING FROM
GORC/A 'S CHAlR...

DlEGO UNLOCKS THE CELL QNP MOVES QUIETLY INTQ THE MOONLIT YPSD--

HAVE RELEASED
. . .

8Uf HOW... My
GUARPS...TUEY WEEE SUPPOSE?
TO CAPTURE YOU
.'

PON DJEGO FROM HlS PERMITTED CELL HIM TO ESCAPE _

!

NEVER MIND HOW 1 WANT YOU TO LISTEN CLOSELY^ THERE IS SOMETHING OP VITAL IMPORTANCE THAT MUST BE PONE AND YOU ACE THE ONLY MA.N I CAN TRUST

AT SUNBJ5E TOMORROW, I W AWT YOU TO TAKE FOUZ OR FIVE LANCERS AND RIPE TO KAVELLO CAVING ! I WILL TURN OVER TO YOU ALL THE KESS OF STOLEN GUNFOTPER AND YOU WILL

RETURN THEM UNDER GUARD TO oue NORTHERN

PRESIDIOS
I

OH SI SENOR ZORCO 8UT WHY DO YOU DO THIS

,

BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING To HELP ME GET OUT OF HEBE RfSHT NOW. ..AND IF YOU TRY ANY TCICKS, I WILL
PUNCTURE WU LIKE A BALLOON i

FOP

ME ?

THE TWO MEN REPCH THE GHTE BU T SUPPENLY CORPORtiL REYES SPOTS
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ZORRO STORTS To SPUR THROUGH THE OPEN ZORRO CLUMBERS TO HIS FEET MP PULLS GATES WHEN a LfJNCER ON THE MLL THROWS HHRP ON THE ROPE -his Reajn,..r-

m^m^

Tm MORE LQNCERS
FIGHTS HIS

Way TO

CHGRGE ZORRO QS HE
HIS HORSE...

ZORRO REACHES

HIS HORSE

CMP MOUfJTS

AND SECONDS

L9TER, ZORRQ THUNDERS

MAY TO

PREEPOM..

The next morning, zorrq turns

we

STOLEN GUNPQWPEfl OVBR TO SaRCiff ..

WAS PlSAPPOINTEP

TO LEARN THE COMANDAMTE'S WiFE WAS MIXED LIP IN THIS, BEENARPO... 8L1T NOW THAT THE SLlkPOWPEe IS SAFELY ON ITS
WAV, PERHAPS SHE WILL REALIZE

HEP MISTAKEN...

Pays outer,

/it

the son fnanasco

p*e$iDto...
!

MY COMPLIMENTS, SERGEANT GAeClA VOU HAVE PERFORMED A GREAT SERVICE Ik RECOVERING THIS STOLEN GUMPOWPEE
'

I CANNOT HELP BUT B SBATeFUL. TO ZOeEO! IF IT WEPE NOT FOZ UIM, GARCIA WOULD NOT BE SUCH AN IMPORTANT,

HEROIC FELLOW...

BUT
IS

CALIFORNIA ITSELF

TUEKE NO REASON TO
STILL,
I

[AM B SAVED
BECAUSE OF VOU
:

TELL ANYONE..
AFTEB ALL,
PONE
IT

COULD HAVE
ALONE...

CUAtX^lSNEf'S

Moments

lstsr, ih tms secrst

qqqm

..

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FUMING STORB

While the sailing ships of European nations saw little reason to stop at the scattered coast towns and ranchos of Old California, shrewd Yankee traders out of Boston made each tiny hamlet a port of call.

Suspicious of these strangers al first, only the bravest Californios would venture out
to visit the ships, while their

wives and

children prayed for their safe return.

But when they discovered they would be treated fairly, entire families came on board to admire the long trim ships with the clouds of canvas overhead.

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Below decks they discovered regular shops, up and stocked with precious items such as silks, silver, jewelry, and perfumes. These were rare items in California.
set

In return for these wares the Californios traded hides and tallow from their ranches
in the hills ... a profitable exchange for both sides. And California trade was born.

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