Product Description

Just as the new movie with Banderas and Zeta-Jones comes out, here is Zorro back in comics with a new graphic novel every 3 months! And an epic adventure it is, featuring deadly battles with fierce new foes and intense romance with a mysterious beauty, all set against the savage landscape of the untamed wilds of the Old West. Zorro is risking all to find safe haven for Eulalia Bandini, a woman who dared defied the all-powerful Capitan Monasterio to save him. But no matter how far north Zorro and Eulalia ride, Monasterio and his men are not far behind. To complicate matters, Zorro stops to save Thierry and Amelie Besson, a middle-aged mapmaker and his wife, from the clutches of the cadaverous Ripklaw. But Ripklaw and his master, Lucifer Trapp, are as relentless in their quest to kill Zorro¹s new friends as Monasterio is to capture Eulalia! Discover the shocking reason why Trapp wants Besson dead! See the romantic tension increase between Zorro and Eulalia when she discovers Zorro¹s most-guarded secret! See Zorro battling all along the breath-taking yet deadly beauty of Mother Nature! It all builds to a stunning climax in which Zorro battles Ripklaw to the death on an ice bridge, while an earthquake threatens to kill everyone!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #260549 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-01
• Released on: 2005-10-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781597070164
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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From Publishers Weekly
Just in time to coincide with the release of the new Antonio Banderas picture, the infamous Zorro, the Robin Hood of colonial California, is marking his Z across the pages of a new comic book series. Zorro is far from his home in this adventure: after young Eulalia Bandini saves Zorro's life, she is forced to flee California with the masked hero. Eulalia bears a scar across her cheek from her heroic act and must face the fact that she will never be the beauty she once was. She and Zorro hide from their pursuers among the unpredictable geysers of Yellowstone. There they meet an old cartographer and his plucky wife who have run afoul of the local trappers. Together they must survive hunters, wolves and the ferocious landscape that surrounds them. McGregor's story is light on plot and character, dwelling instead on improbable ski chases and swashbuckling. By placing the story so far from Zorro's normal locale, McGregor has removed all the familiar quirks of the character. The only thing that makes this a Zorro story is his costume. Lima's manga-influenced art is sufficiently cartoony to capture the intended audience, but this piece of fluff is mainly for people who just can't get enough of Zorro. (Nov.)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 6 Up–In this series of adventures designed to tie in to the recent movie, Zorro is paired with beautiful, rebellious, and dramatically purple-haired Eulalia Bandini. The book opens with the two of them riding through the hot springs of Yellowstone, on the run from Capitan Monasterio. The artwork occasionally verges toward an anime look, especially when female characters are angry or surprised. The writing is fine for conveying the basic plot, but there are several awkward expositional moments when backstory is apparently needed in a hurry. This leads to characters saying odd things like, Doesn't matter how heavy you are when you're a curator in a museum in St. Louis. Then again, readers don't pick up a Zorro graphic novel because they're looking for a great work of literature. They pick it up because they're looking for fight scenes, and plenty of them. This book definitely delivers, with swords and guns galore. The backdrop also adds to the dramatic tension, with cliffs, waterfalls, and geysers at every turn. Then there are scenes of James Bondian improbability, such as the chase that takes place on skis while zooming down a mountain. The ensuing swordfight is made even more dramatic when the good guys have to outrun their pursuers and the avalanche that is threatening to overtake them. Readers looking for edge-of-your-seat adventures will certainly find them here.–Andrea Lipinski, New York Public Library
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About the Author
Don McGregor has written in almost every genre the comics have to offer. He broke into comics doing Creepy and Eerie at Warren in the early 70s. He then got an editorial job over at Marvel, continued in horror with Morbius, picked up superheroes with Luke Cage and the Black Panther (which he'd revisit at least 2 more times establishing himself as the definitive Black Panther writer) and did a little science fiction with a character called Killraven. He also created Sabre at Eclipse, the first graphic novel to be sold in comic stores. He then created the beloved Detectives, Inc., Ragamuffins, Alexander Risk, and Nathaniel Dusk - all critically acclaimed works.

Customer Reviews

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I am without a doubt one of the biggest Zorro fanboys on this planet. I fell in love with the 1957 television series (the Disney vault re-runs of course) when I was a kid and have been a fan ever since. I collected every film from the 1920's "Mark of Zorro" to 1958's "The Sign of Zorro." I flocked to the theaters the moment I heard they were making a modern Zorro film in 1998 and again in 2005. So, when I heard that papercutz was going to release a graphic novel series I got excited and ordered a copy as soon as I could.

This is the worst version of Zorro...EVER! The dialog is corny, the action scenes are lacking substance, and the overall storyline is terrible. Zorro and his female companion Eulalia Bandini travel across the "wild west" looking for a safe haven to live since they were chased out of Los Angeles by Capitan Monasterio.

Normally, I would recommend a read like this for preteens but there are a few scenes involving blood shed and one frame of a wolf carcass being skinned...So parents be warned.