The eternal mask

The Lone Ranger: The Death Of Zorro #1 (of 5) (Dynamite/US$3.99) Writer: Ande Parks Artist: Esteve Polls (Covers by Alex Ross or Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler)

NEXT to Superman’s Clark Kent facade, Zorro’s “secret identity” is the most nonsensical idea in comics. I struggle to accept the fact that both villains and villagers are unable to pinpoint the similarities between Don Diego de la Vega and Zorro despite the uncanny resemblance, and the dearth of guys with moustaches and pearly white teeth living in the Spanish colonial era of California. Anyway, whatever shortcomings Zorro had, it’s hard to deny that he remains a hero.