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Four Color #497
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Lunge and Parry," Zorro, long retired, reemerges when a series of brutal ranch raids terrorize Alta California, leaving only ashes in their wake. With the militia perpetually too late, Zorro uncovers a deeper conspiracy threatening the region’s government. Art by Everett Kinstler, this 1953 Dell Four Color issue delivers a classic swashbuckling mystery with sharp, dynamic visuals.
Contains 2 stories
Lunge and Parry
The Sword of Zorro
Zorro [Don Diego Vega]BernardoDon Alejandro VegaSenor BarrazoPedro (servant at Barrazo Ranch, death)Panchita ConcholaDon Vincente ConcholaGovernor of CaliforniaThe Night Riders [Colonel Marianas (death)others are un-named Troop Cavalry members] (villains)Carla Montoya (villain)Don Nicholas Ferrelo (villain, Lt. Governor)Manuel Chico (villain)
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Raw (Good) $19
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $895
CGC 9.4 · 2 in census $599
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $384*
CGC 9.0 · 4 in census $285
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 none in existence
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CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $54*
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $45*
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $39*
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Full credits
artist, inker Everett Kinstler
Reprints
Reprinted in Sword of Zorro #1 (2002), Zorro - The Complete Dell Pre-Code Comics Adventures #[nn] (2014), Z #3 (2024)
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