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Issue Details

Issue #732
Published October 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE CHALLENGE OF ZORRO, No. 732." Code number is ZORRO O.S. #732-5610. Copyright 1956 by Johnston McCulley.

Cover Details - "The Challenge of Zorro"

Characters Zorro
Genre period; western; adventure
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page Zorro foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Preview"

Characters Zorro [Don Diego]; Maria Bourbon
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre period; western; adventure
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Text with parts of panel art from the story reproduced.

32 page Zorro story "The Challenge Of Zorro"

Characters Zorro [Don Diego]; Bernardo; Don Alejandro; Panchita; Maria Bourbon
Synopsis A mysterious woman, who bears a striking resemblence to the King of Spain, comes to Don Diego, claiming to be the secret twin sister of the King. She convinces Don Diego, accompanied by Bernardo and chaperoned by Diego's fiancé Panchita, to sail with her to Spain, where the King is slowly dying. In Spain, Zorro must rescue the King from an intricate conspiracy to steal his throne.
Genre period; western; adventure
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Story concludes on inside back cover in black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Half page Francis the Famous Talking Mule promo (ad from the publisher) "Get ready! Get set! Go get.."

Characters Francis (cameo)
Genre humor
Letters typeset
Notes Promo for Francis the Famous Talking Mule Four Color #745 (November 1956). Repro of cover is depicted. Also promoted is the Universal-International movie "Francis in the Haunted House." Promo comes at the bottom of the last interior page, in the middle of the story.

1 page filler "Fencing is a skilled art..."

Synopsis Descriptions of the four basic positions of fencing.
Genre fact; sports
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Illustrations and typeset text.