The Classic Alex Toth Zorro #1

In 1820, Don Diego returns to his homeland after years in Spain, summoned by his father amid the oppressive rule of the new Commandante Monastario. Determined to resist tyranny without exposing himself, he adopts the guise of a fox—Zorro—and enlists his loyal servant, who pretends to be deaf and dumb, to gather intelligence. With a plan in motion, Don Diego prepares to strike his first blow: rescuing a wrongfully imprisoned landowner, setting his secret crusade in motion.

In "Zorro's Secret Passage," Diego uses a hidden tunnel behind a fireplace to reach a secret cavern where his horse Tornado is stabled. With Captain Monastario offering a hefty reward for the capture of Senor Nacho Torres, the Capitan targets the mission where Torres is hiding and arrests a vaquero who looks like him, hoping to lure Zorro into the open.

In "The Ghost Of The Mission Part One," Zorro arrives under cover of night to confront the Capitan's brutal exploitation of the mission's Indian laborers, uncovering a web of deception and oppression at San Gabriel. With the Lancers tightening their grip and the mission's people trapped in servitude, Zorro moves like a shadow to disrupt their plans—just as the first chapter of a deeper mystery begins.

In "The Ghost Of the Mission Part Two," Zorro spins a chilling tale of a spectral presence to unnerve Sergeant Garcia and the Lancers, using fear as a weapon to free Inocente from Monastario’s grip. With Padre Felipe’s faith tested and the mission’s future hanging in the balance, Diego’s bold gamble hinges on legend—and the thin line between myth and truth.

In "Garcia's Secret," Zorro slips into the cuartel under cover of night, leaving behind a bold Zorro flag that ignites the Capitan’s fury. When Garcia tries to remove it, he tumbles from the greased pole into the Commandante and the laughing vaqueros—only to be punished and sent on a secret mission to track down the masked hero. But Zorro has a surprise in store for both the Commandante and Garcia, turning the tables in a twist neither expected.

In "The King's Emissary," Zorro finds himself arrested in Los Angeles, falsely accused of being the masked vigilante, as Sergeant Garcia leads him through the streets under guard. With the Viceroy’s sudden visit looming, Captain Monastario scrambles to impress him by staging a grand feast and emptying the jails—only to be blindsided when the Viceroy exposes Monastario’s corruption and places Garcia in command.

In "A Bad Day For Bernardo," the ever-unlucky Bernardo tags along with Zorro on a mission to track down a kidnapped girl named Maria. As Zorro uses Bernardo to mislead the Lancers and uncover the truth, the pair stumble upon a secret that turns the entire search on its head. The mystery deepens when the girl and her fiancé are revealed to have vanished—on purpose.

In "The Little Zorro," a determined young boy journeys from Santa Barbara to seek out Zorro, hoping to join him in defending the people. Zorro, recognizing the boy’s courage but also the need for wisdom, gently guides him toward Padre Onora’s mission school to learn before taking up the cause.

In "The Visitor," a desperate Elena leaves her infant at Diego's doorstep, fearing her husband Jose Lopez will face ruin for speaking against oppressive taxes. When Zorro arrives, he takes up the cause, setting out to free Jose and reunite the family before the injustice tears them apart.

In "A Double for Diego," Zorro faces a clever trap set by Garcia, who convinces Diego to expose the Fox’s true identity. When Zorro arrives at the de la Vega hacienda to silence Diego, he walks into a carefully laid ambush—only to find Diego has outmaneuvered them both with a plan of his own.